Orice Lee Hays

b. Dec 15, 1884, d. Dec 4, 1945
FatherJames "Jim" Peleg Hays1 b. Apr 13, 1858, d. Oct 17, 1945
MotherAnna Loretta Phetteplace1 b. Mar 5, 1863, d. May 20, 1895
     Orice was born in Smith Co, KS, on Dec 15, 1884.2,1,3,4 Orice Lee Hays was also known as Lee.4
     Orice Lee Hays was listed as a resident in James "Jim" Peleg Hays's household in the 1885 census report in Centre Township, Smith Co, KS.5
     Orice Lee Hays was listed as a resident in the census report in Banner Township, Smith Co, KS, on Mar 1, 1895.6
     Orice Lee Hays was listed as a son in James "Jim" Peleg Hays's household on the 1900 Census in Lane Township, Smith Co, KS.7
     
Orice Lee Hays, c 1907

     He married Effie Viola DeWitt in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 11, 1907.8,9,4
     
Lee and Effie Hays Wedding Portrait

     Orice Lee Hays and Effie Viola Hays lived in 1907 in DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE.8
     Orice was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census in Ellsworth Co, KS. Lee was a farmer, renting..10
     They moved in 1912 to Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.8
     Orice was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Junction City, Geary Co, KS. Lee was listed as a farmer, owning his farm. Clarence, Verda, and Lowell were in school..11
     Orice Lee Hays moved circa 1928 to Salina, Saline Co, KS.8
     Orice Lee Hays was employed as a taxi driver circa 1929 in Salina, Saline Co, KS.12
Lee Hays and His Taxi

     Lee was listed as the head of a family on the 1930 Census in 401 East Republic, Salina, Saline Co, KS. Lee was a laborer in a produce house. The family was renting for $20 per month. Lowell, Mervin, Vernon, Clein, Lila, Pearl and Rosalie were in school.4
     He resided in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, on Jan 2, 1936, at the time of Effie Hays' death.8
     
Lee, James, and Mervin with baby ... Janice?

     
Orice Lee Hays, before 1945

     
Orice Lee Hays, before 1945

     
Mervin, Lee and James with baby ... Sondra?
13 An obituary was published on Dec 4, 1945 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.2
     Orice died of a heart attack on Dec 4, 1945 en route to hospital, Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 60.3,2,12 An obituary was published on Dec 6, 1945 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.12 Orice's funeral was held on Dec 9, 1945 at Ryan Mortuary in Salina, Saline Co, KS.12 A second funeral was held on Dec 9, 1945 at Chapman Methodist Church in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.12 He was buried on Dec 9, 1945 at Indian Hill Cemetery, in Chapman, Dickinson Co, in KS.3

     

Family

Effie Viola DeWitt b. April 8, 1888, d. December 29, 1935
Children

Citations

  1. [S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6.
  2. [S23] The Salina Journal, December 4, 1945.
  3. [S421] Orice Lee Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.
  4. [S1062] 1930 U. S. Census, unknown cd2, Kansas, Saline County.
  5. [S44] 1885 Kansas State Census, Kansas, Smith County, unknown repository address.
  6. [S38] 1895 State Census, unknown record info.
  7. [S35] 1900 U. S. Census, Kansas City, MO, Kansas, Smith Center, James Hays household.
  8. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  9. [S423] Effie Viola Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.
  10. [S19] 1910 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, ED 32, line 71, dwelling 35, family 37.
  11. [S32] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Geary County, Junction City, ED 61, sheet 7B, line 94, dwelling 127, family 142.
  12. [S24] Salina Journal, December 6, 1945.
  13. [S452] Obituary, Hunsinger, Daisy , page 1, column 5.
  14. [S282] Wichita Eagle, February, 1998.
  15. [S897] Lassen County News Online, January 17, 2001, http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=108
  16. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  17. [S170] Mervin Mitcher Hays, birth certificate record no 211664 (August 15, 1914).
  18. [S422] Ila Loretta Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.
  19. [S459] Newton Kansan, February 24, 1997, page 2, column 2.
  20. [S1073] The Hutchinson News, August 30, 2002, http://www.hutchnews.com/past/08-30-2002/obit/obit8.html
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