Margaret Ann (Keever) Hays (1832 - 1900)

Born 29 May 1832 in Vermillion, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Mar 1900 at age 67 in Louisa, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1832. She is the daughter of Elias Keever and Mary Shaw. Elias Keever (1799-1841) and Mary Paulina (Shaw) Keever (1804-1842)

Married John Hays (1826-1907)

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She was orphaned in 1842 when her parents died within 6 months of one another. She and her brother, Perry, were taken in and raised by neighbors James Guest (1793-1855) and Ruth (Gregg) Guest (1802-1882), who lived on a farm near Toolesboro, Iowa.

She attended college in Iowa City, Iowa for eight months prior to her marriage.

An obituary published in the Wapello Tribune Friday, March 9, 1900 reads as follows:

"Margaret Ann, wife of John Hayes, Sen. of Toolesboro, was born May 24, 1832 in Vermillion County, Indiana, and died at the family residence, Friday morning, March 2, 1900.

She was married to John Hays, May 10, 1849, and spent the greater part of her life near Toolesboro. She was the mother of 11 children, seven of whom (four sons and three daughters) with the husband survive her.

Quite a number of years ago she professed religion and united with the Baptist church."

Sources

1. ↑ Source will be added by Douglas Keever by 18 Aug 2017.

• Springer's History of Louisa County, Iowa
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58827782/margaretta-ann-hayes