Drewzella Longcor

b. Sep 5, 1872, d. Apr 18, 1954
FatherWilliam Longcor1
MotherMargaret Harris1
     Drewzella was born in Greencastle, Jasper Co, IA, on Sep 5, 1872.1,2,3
     She married William McCall in Gaylord, Smith Co, KS, in 1889.4,5
     Drewzella was divorced from William McCall in probably Gaylord, KS, between 1889 and 1895.6
     She married James "Jim" Peleg Hays in Smith Co, KS, on Nov 24, 1895.7,8,5,6,9,2
     
James and Drewzella Hays
Photo courtesy Teresa Williams

     Drewzella was listed as James "Jim" Peleg Hays's wife on the 1900 Census in Lane Township, Smith Co, KS.10
     Drewzella was listed as James "Jim" Peleg Hays's wife on the 1910 Census in Denton, Doniphan Co, KS.11
     Drewzella Hays was a member of the Methodist church, before 1911, in Gaylord, Smith Co, KS.6
     They moved in 1911 to Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.5,9
     She resided in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, in 1911.6
     Drewzella Hays was a member of First Methodist, 1911, in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.6
     Drewzella was a Ladies Aid and Missionary Societ member in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, in 1911.8
     
Jim and Drewzella Hays
Charlotte says this is Lee and Effie Hays, but I don't because a) Effie died at 35, and this woman looks older than that, and b) because this woman looks like the Drewzella in some other pictures
Photo courtesy Charlotte Shaffer

     Drewzella was listed as James "Jim" Peleg Hays's wife on the 1920 Census in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.12
     
Luella Hoskins, Drewzella Hays, Harriet Frazier, Mae Frank
Photo courtesy Teresa Williams

     
     Drewzella died on Apr 18, 1954 in home of Mrs. Perry Frazier, Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS, at age 81.13,2,8,6 Her body was interred on Apr 20, 1954 in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS. Funeral services held at Londeen Funeral Chapel. Rev. E. N. Judd presiding. Music provided by Miss Lo Ellen Taylor and Mrs. Gaylord Buhrer. Pallbearers were grandsons Dale Hoskins, Howard Frank, Kenneth Hoskins, Guildford Frank, James Frazier, and Vernon Hays..6 An obituary was published on Apr 22, 1954 in the Chapman Advertiser in Chapman, Dickinson Co, KS.8

Family 1

William McCall
Children
  • Bernice McCall b. between 1889 and 1895, d. in infancy
  • Mae McCall b. between 1889 and 1895

Family 2

James "Jim" Peleg Hays b. April 13, 1858, d. October 17, 1945
Children

Citations

  1. [S112] IGI, Longcor, Drewzella Birth.
  2. [S424] Tombstone, Longcor, Drewzella.
  3. [S28] The Chapman Advertiser, April 22, 1954, page 1, Page 1, Column 5.
  4. [S28] The Chapman Advertiser, April 22, 1954, page 1, Page 1, Column 6.
  5. [S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6.
  6. [S28] The Chapman Advertiser, April 22, 1954, page 1, Page 1, Column 6.
  7. [S113] IGI, Longcor, Drewzella, Marriage.
  8. [S28] The Chapman Advertiser, April 22, 1954, page 1.
  9. [S153] Chapman Advertiser, October 25, 1945, page 1, column 5 and 6, page 1, column 5 and 6.
  10. [S35] 1900 U. S. Census, Kansas City, MO, Kansas, Smith Center, James Hays household.
  11. [S34] 1910 U. S. Census, unknown cd2, Kansas, Smith County.
  12. [S33] 1920 KS Census, Hays, James , Microfilm T625, Roll 530, Kansas, Dickinson County, Chapman, ED 50, Sheet 11A, Line 42, (James Hays household).
  13. [S378] Charlotte Shaffer, "Re: Pictures," e-mail to Julia Langel, February 10, 2000.
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