Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays

b. Sep, 1897, d. 1975
FatherMitchell Elmer Hays1,2,3,4,5,6,7 b. May 25, 1868, d. Oct 17, 1951
MotherEmma Jane Morrow1,2,3,4,5,6,7 b. Jan 12, 1870, d. Mar 14, 1938
     Ralph was born in KS in Sep, 1897.1,2,8,9,10,11,12,7,13
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was listed as a son in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1900 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.14
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was listed as a resident in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household in the census report in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in 1905.15
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was listed as a son in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1910 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.8
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was listed as a son in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1920 Census in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.16,17
     Ralph was listed as a nephew in Oscar Lee Hays's household on the 1920 Census in Lincoln Co, CO.12
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was employed by Elmer Hays as a blacksmith circa 1923 in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.18
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays was listed as a son in Mitchell Elmer Hays's household on the 1930 Census in 426 Washington, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.7
     They resided in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in Mar, 1938.5,6,10,11
     He resided in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, on Oct 25, 1945.19,20
     He resided in Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, in Oct, 1951, in South Washington.21,18
     Ralph "Staff" Lester Hays died in 1975.22 He was buried circa 1975 at Fairview Cemetery, in Smith Center, Smith Co, in KS.22
Ralph Hays
Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, KS
Photo by Julia Langel, July 2011

Citations

  1. [S138] 1900 Census -- KS, Hays, Elmer.
  2. [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays.
  3. [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays.
  4. [S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center.
  5. [S460] Smith County Pioneer, n31, March 31, 1938, page 6.
  6. [S462] Smith County Pioneer, n.29, March 17, 1938, page 1.
  7. [S1112] 1930 U. S. Census, Kansas, Smith County, Smith Center, ED 26, sheet 9A/197, line 10, 426 Washington, dwelling 226, family 240, Kansas, Smith County.
  8. [S143] 1910 Census -- KS, Smith Center, Hays , dwelling 44, family 45, Elmer Hayes household.
  9. [S375] 1915 Census -- Kansas, Smith Co, Smith Center , part 1, page 24, dwelling 196, family 203, line 9, M.E. Hays household.
  10. [S460] Smith County Pioneer, n31, March 31, 1938, page 6, page 6, column 6.
  11. [S462] Smith County Pioneer, n.29, March 17, 1938, page 1, page 1, column 3.
  12. [S995] 1920 U. S. Census, Colorado, Lincoln County, Precinct 6, ED 175, sheet 5B, line 92, dwelling 18, family 19, Colorado, Lincoln County.
  13. [S2017] Ralph L Hays Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS, this source says 1898.
  14. [S138] 1900 Census -- KS, Hays, Elmer , E.D. 165, sheet 5, line 92, dwelling 89, family 96 (Elmer Hayss household).
  15. [S142] 1905 Census -- KS, Smith Co, Mitchell Hays , page 4, line 15, family 29.
  16. [S383] 1920 Census -- KS, Smith Center.
  17. [S383] 1920 Census -- KS, Smith Center , page 13A, line 6, dwelling 182, family 182, Elmer Hays household.
  18. [S463] Smith County Pioneer, v80, n11, October 25, 1951, page 1, page 1, column 6.
  19. [S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6.
  20. [S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6, page 1, column 5 and 6.
  21. [S463] Smith County Pioneer, v80, n11, October 25, 1951, page 1.
  22. [S2017] Ralph L Hays Cemetery Marker, Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co, KS.
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