Thomas Marion Hays
b. 5 November 1841, d. 5 January 1894
- Father: Benjamin W. Hays b. circa 1800, d. April 1880
- Mother: Nancy Willoughby b. circa 1817, d. about 1844-1847
- Thomas Marion Hays was born on 5 November 1841 in Alabama.
- Benjamin W. Hays and Catherine (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Marion Hays, Mary Ann Hays, Nancy A. Hays, Elizabeth P. Hays, Sarah L. Hays and Benjamin Franklin Hays. They were enumerated on the page preceding the William Hays and Isaac Williams households.
- Benjamin W. Hays and Eliza (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Lineville, Randolph County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Marion Hays, Elizabeth P. Hays, Sarah L. Hays, Benjamin Franklin Hays, Oscar Zenella Ward and James Olander Ward.
- He married Elizabeth Jane Nolen, daughter of Stephen Nolen and Mary A. Mann, circa 1863.
- Thomas Marion Hays and Elizabeth Jane Nolen appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Blakes Ferry, Randolph County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary Catherine Hays, James Franklin Hays and Nancy Elizabeth Alice Hays. Also in the household was "Waldrop" Hays, age 13.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1870 census.
- Thomas Marion Hays and Elizabeth Jane Nolen appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Randolph County, Alabama, living not far from Thomas' brother Benjamin, and next to Isaac Nolen, likely a brother of Elizabeth's father.. Other members of the household included James Franklin Hays, Mary Catherine Hays, Nancy Elizabeth Alice Hays, Laura Eliza O. Hays, Francis W. Hays and Thomas Stephen Benjamin Hays.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- Thomas Marion Hays died on 5 January 1894 at age 52.
- He was interred at Christiana Baptist Church Cemetery, Lineville, Randolph County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 20 Jul 2016
Family: Elizabeth Jane Nolen b. 10 November 1838, d. 8 September 1924
- Mary Catherine Hays+ b. 11 February 1865, d. 19 July 1942
- James Franklin Hays+ b. 9 October 1867, d. 10 April 1947
- Nancy Elizabeth Alice Hays+ b. 18 December 1869, d. 15 February 1926
- Laura Eliza O. Hays b. March 1872, d. 27 May 1929
- Francis W. Hays b. February 1875
- Thomas Stephen Benjamin Hays b. 28 December 1878, d. 4 August 1942
- Montana Elizabeth Aurora Hays+ b. 15 January 1883, d. 13 January 1965
- Dora Hayes b. circa 1889, d. 29 April 1941