Person:Richard Hays (1)

Richard Jackson Hays
b.5 Mar 1822 Virginia
m. 15 May 1811
  1. Sarah Jane Hays1814 - 1860
  2. Richard Jackson Hays1822 - 1899
  1. Stokely Donelson Hays1851 - 1905
Facts and Events
Name Richard Jackson Hays
Gender Male
Birth? 5 Mar 1822 Virginia
Marriage to Sarah Ann Ballou
Death? 5 Feb 1899 Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States
References
  1.   Richard Jackson Hays, in Find A Grave.

    Historical marker at the foot of Richard Jackson Hays gravesite.

    Marker #4
    Richard Jackson Hays
    (Jackson’s First Mayor)

    Hays was first elected in 1845 and served until May of 1846. At this time he resigned to fight in the Mexican War. When he returned from the war, he was again elected in 1856 and a third time in 1858.

    Alexander, Harbert. Tales of Madison. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press, 2002.

  2.   Smith, Jonathan K. T. TNGenWeb., in Tombstone Inscriptions in Historic Riverside Cemetery in Jackson Tennessee (Revised Edition)
    Page 66, 1998.