Effie Viola DeWitt

b. Apr 8, 1888, d. Dec 29, 1935
FatherElisha "Lish" DeWitt1,2,3,4 b. Jul 6, 1848, d. Dec 17, 1916
MotherFlora Virginia Shellhorn1,5,2,3,4 b. Dec 3, 1858, d. Jun 11, 1944
     Effie was born in DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 8, 1888; some sources say April 9.6,7,8,9,4
     Effie Viola DeWitt was listed as a daughter in Elisha "Lish" DeWitt's household on the 1900 Census in South Fork Precinct, Pawnee Co, NE.4
     She married Orice Lee Hays in Pawnee City, Pawnee Co, NE, on Apr 11, 1907.2,10,9
     
Lee and Effie Hays Wedding Portrait

     Effie Viola Hays and Orice Lee Hays lived in 1907 in DuBois, Pawnee Co, NE.2
     Effie was listed as Orice Lee Hays's wife on the 1910 Census in Ellsworth Co, KS.11
     They moved in 1912 to Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.2
     
     Effie was listed as Orice Lee Hays's wife on the 1920 Census in Junction City, Geary Co, KS.12
     Effie Viola DeWitt moved circa 1928 to Salina, Saline Co, KS.2
     Effie Viola Hays was listed as a wife in Lee Hays's household on the 1930 Census in 401 East Republic, Salina, Saline Co, KS.9
     Effie died on Dec 29, 1935 in home, Salina, Saline Co, KS, at age 47. The cause of death was uremia.5,2,10 An obituary was published on Dec 30, 1935 in the Salina Journal in Salina, Saline Co, KS.5 A second funeral was held on Dec 31, 1935 at Federated Methodist Church in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS. Rev. L.F. Arend of the University Methodist Church, Salina, presided; Rev. J. P. Wilely assisted.2,5 Effie's funeral was held on Dec 31, 1935 at Ryan Mortuary in Salina, Saline Co, KS.2 She was buried on Dec 31, 1935 at Indian Hill Cemetery, in Chapman, Dickinson Co, in KS.5,2,10
Lee and Effie DeWitt
Indian Hill Cemetery, Chapman KS
An obituary was published on Jan 2, 1936 in the Chapman Advertiser in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.2

Family

Orice Lee Hays b. December 15, 1884, d. December 4, 1945
Children

Citations

  1. [S175] Sharon Shellhorn Phelps, Descendants of Barnet DeWitt, online www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/h/e/sharon-s-phelps/index.html.
  2. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5.
  3. [S454] Chapman Advertiser, December 21, 1916, page 1, column 1.
  4. [S1737] 1900 U. S. Census, Nebraska, Pawnee County, Sourth Fork, ED 133, page 5B, line 53, dwelling 82, family 84, Nebraska, Pawnee County.
  5. [S49] The Salina Journal, December 30, 1935, page 7.
  6. [S49] The Salina Journal, December 30, 1935, page 7, This source says April 9.
  7. [S154] Chapman Advertiser, January 2, 1936, page 1, column 5, This source says April 8.
  8. [S423] Effie Viola Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, This source says April 9.
  9. [S1062] 1930 U. S. Census, unknown cd2, Kansas, Saline County.
  10. [S423] Effie Viola Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.
  11. [S19] 1910 U. S. Census, Kansas, Ellsworth County, ED 32, line 71, dwelling 35, family 37.
  12. [S32] 1920 U. S. Census, Kansas, Geary County, Junction City, ED 61, sheet 7B, line 94, dwelling 127, family 142.
  13. [S282] Wichita Eagle, February, 1998.
  14. [S897] Lassen County News Online, January 17, 2001, http://www.lassennews.com/News_Story.edi?sid=108
  15. [S170] Mervin Mitcher Hays, birth certificate record no 211664 (August 15, 1914).
  16. [S422] Ila Loretta Hays Cemetery Marker, Indian Hills Cemetery, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.
  17. [S459] Newton Kansan, February 24, 1997, page 2, column 2.
  18. [S1073] The Hutchinson News, August 30, 2002, http://www.hutchnews.com/past/08-30-2002/obit/obit8.html
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