William Jackson Hays
b. 12 June 1886, d. 13 January 1938
- Father: Benjamin Franklin Hays b. February 1850, d. 14 December 1913
- Mother: Martha Lavenia Pugh b. 12 August 1861, d. 11 June 1901
- William Jackson Hays was born on 12 June 1886 in Guin, Marion County, Alabama.
- Benjamin Franklin Hays and Martha Lavenia Pugh appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Pikeville, Marion County, Alabama. Other members of the household included William Jackson Hays, Isaac Benjamin Hays, James T. Hays, Thomas Wilburn Hays, John Washington Hays and Henry Webster Hays.
- He was attending school and working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
- He married Ida Thompson.
- William Jackson Hays registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Marion County, Alabama, while living with his wife and two children in Detroit, and employed farming there.
- William Jackson Hays died on 13 January 1938 at age 51 in Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- His wife Ida Thompson became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Terrell Cemetery, Marion County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 22 Jul 2016
Family: Ida Thompson b. circa 1888
- Audie Connelly Hays b. circa June 1916, d. 18 October 1964