Hugh Lawson Hayes

b. 19 July 1848, d. 14 December 1933
  • Hugh Lawson Hayes was born on 19 July 1848 in Texas.
  • He married Susan Margaret Goree, daughter of Langston James Goree and Sarah Williams Kittrell, circa 1869, and Susan's brother Robert married Hugh's sister Melinda.
  • Hugh Lawson Hayes and Susan Margaret Goree appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Midway, Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Lawson Hayes, Eddie Goree Hayes and Berta Hayes. Census enumerator for the area was Sue Hayes' husband's brother Edwin King Goree.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
  • Hugh Lawson Hayes and Susan Margaret Goree appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Madison County, Texas, enumerated near the Whatley & Herring Convict Farm. Other members of the household included Hugh Lawson Hayes, Sudie Goree Hayes, Mary Melissa Hayes, Herbert Thomas Hayes and Sarah Williams Kittrell. Also in the household were two farm laborers. Enumerator for the area was Susan's brother Pleasant Kittrell Goree.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Hugh Lawson Hayes and Susan Margaret Goree appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Melissa Hayes and Herbert Thomas Hayes. Enumerated next to the household of Sue's brother Pleasant Kittrell Goree who was census enumerator for the area.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Hugh Lawson Hayes died on 14 December 1933 at age 85.
  • He was interred at Midway Cemetery, Midway, Madison County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 30 Jun 2017

Family: Susan Margaret Goree b. 23 September 1848, d. 7 January 1931