History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 658. [Harrison County] [Cynthiana City and Precinct] THOS. C. HAYS, deceased; was born in Bourbon County, Dec. 12, 1811, and died May 5, 1881, son of Walter and Catharine (Kendall) Hays; he, a native of Maryland and a farmer, she, of Bourbon County, Ky. They had nine children. Our subject received his education in the schools of Nicholas and Bourbon Counties, and, when a lad, learned the shoemaker's trade, in connection with which occupation he pursued farming until his death. At Oddville, Harrison Co., Dec. 8, 1838, he married Miss Rachel C. Whitaker, born August 24, 1815, at Oddville, daughter of Joseph and Sukey (Horrey) Whitaker, he, born in 1779, in Harrison County; she, in 1781, in Bourbon County, Ky. Mr. Hays had nine children born to him, seven of whom are living: Sudie, Wm. T., Gusta A., Lucius, Joseph L., Abbott B. and Eva C. Sudie is the wife of Wm. H. Mathers; Wm. T. is married and living at Oddville; Gusta A. is the wife of Abraham Lingenfelter; Joseph also is married. Mrs. Hays has a fine farm of 110 acres. Mr. Hays was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, a Good Templar and a Democrat. Mrs. Hays and her entire family are members of the Methodist Church. Hays Kendall Whitaker Horrey Mathers Lingenfelter = Nicholas-KY Bourbon-KY MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/harrison/hays.tc.txt