Twelfth Generation


1477. Lillie GAY was born on 12 January 1896 in Owsley County, Kentucky. She died on 16 July 1998 at the age of 102 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana.

1920 Census. Hazard City, Perry Co, KY, Hh 614
Taylor Hays, 32, Farmer, working out
Lillie, wife, 23
Kelley, son, age 1 year, 11 months
Mattie, dau, 4 months
Lucy Hensley, servant, 16

1930 Census. Bowling, Perry Co, KY, Hh 127
Taylor Hays, 41, married at age 34, Farmer
Lillie, wife, 32, married at 21
Kelley, son, 12
Mattie, dau, 11
Ola, dau, 9
Earl, son, 4
Meria, dau, 3
John, son, months marker out and unreadable

1940 Census. Perry Co, KY, Hh 336
Taylor Hays, 47
Lillie, wife, 41
Mattie, dau, 20. Ola, dau, 18. Earl, son, 13. Marie, dau, 11. John H., son, 9 Ettie, dau, age 6.

Lillie GAY and Taylor HAYS were married in 1917 in Perry County, Kentucky. Taylor HAYS was born on 4 July 1889 in Clay County, Kentucky. He died on 3 June 1963 at the age of 73 in Austin, Scott County, Indiana.

12 Sep 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Taylor Hays lived in Saul, Perry Co, KY - he was 34, born 4 Jul 1884. He was a farmer. Lillie Hays was his nearest relative. Medium height & build, blue eyes, black hair.

Taylor apparently served in the armed forces but perhaps not in wartime - the Veterans Affairs Death file shows his birth as 4 Jul 1889; died 3 Jun 1963. He enlisted 8 Dec 1910 and was released, 7 Dec 1912.

Lillie GAY and Taylor HAYS had the following children:

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Etta "Babe" HAYS was born on 28 January 1934 in Perry County, Kentucky. She died on 27 February 2001 at the age of 67 in Scottsburg, Scott County, Indiana.