HAYS, Ezra Ellis
1839 - 1920 (81 years)-
Name HAYS, Ezra Ellis [1] Born 17 Jan 1839 Tyler County, West Virginia 
- According to death record. Or Feb 20, County guessed from census details of parents.
Gender Male Census Details of 1870 Census Grant Township, Tyler County, West Virginia:
p. 3 (ancestry.com page 81 of 227), 16 August, 21/21
37. HAYS, Ezra 31, m, w, farm laborer, personal estate 200, born in Virginia
38. HAYS, Rachel 43, f, w, keeping house, born in Virginia
39. HAYS, Osburn 5, m, w, born in West Virginia
40. HAYS, Edward 3, m, w, born in West Virginia
41. Nick, Henry 17, m, w, farm laborer, born in Virginia
42. George, Mary 16, f, w, born in Virginia [Rachel’s mother, widowed wife of Elzy George]
[Note: next door to Ezra and Rachel is her son William George and his family. See 1870 census for Lantz - they are on the same page as Ezra Hays.]
Details of 1880 Census Grant, Wetzel County, West Virginia
p. 130B&C/6&7 (ancestry.com page 6 of 40), 9 June, 50/51
HAYS, Ezra w, m, 41, head, married, farmer, born in West Virginia, father born: West Virginia, mother born: Pennsylvania
HAYS, Rachel w, f, 50, wife, married, keeping house, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia
HAYS, Osburn w, m, 15, son, single, work on farm, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia
HAYS, Edmund w, m, 13, soon, single, work on farm, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia
George, Levi J. w, m, 3, grand-son, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia <—son of William George, Rachel’s illegitimate son
[Note: Rachel’s son William George and his family is living next door.]
Details of 1900 Census Grant, Wetzel County, West Virginia:
p. 22A (ancestry.com page 43 of 62), 27 June, ED 96, 391/393
41. HAYS, Ezra head, w, m, born feb 1836, age 64, widowed, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia, farm
42. HAYS, Edmund son, w,m, born jan 1866, age 34, married 12 years, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia, blacksmith, rent home
43. HAYS, Roon? wife
44. HAYS, Margaret daughter
45. HAYS, Amanda daughter
46. HAYS, William son
47. HAYS, Ezra? son
48. HAYS, Hoyd? son
[Note: son Osborne lives next door.]
Details of 1910 Census Grant District, Wetzel County, West Virginia:
pg. 10A (ancestry. com page 19 of 26) 22or23 April, ED 151, 84/88
38. HAYS, Ezra E. head, m, w, 71, 2nd marriage, 10, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia, farmer, own farm, free of mortgage
39. HAYS, Hannah E. wife, f, w, 65, 1st marriage, 10, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia
Details of 1920 Census Grant District, Wetzel County, West Virginia:
p. 15C or 16A (ancestry.com page 31 of 33), 20 Jan, ED 141, 137/144
5. HAYS, Ezra head, own farm, m, w, 81, married, born in West Virginia, parents born: West Virginia, general work on a farm, self employed, 36 on farm schedule
6. HAYS, Anna E. wife, f, w, 75, married, born in West Virginia, parents born: West VirginiaCensus 1840 Unknown Township, Tyler County, West Virginia - See father’s census notes for details.
Census 1850 District 64, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See father’s census notes for details.
Census 1860 Davenport, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See father’s census notes for details.
Census 1870 Grant Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1880 Grant Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1900 Grant Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1910 Grant Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
Census 1920 Grant Township, Wetzel County, West Virginia - See census notes for details.
LAND Checked Tyler County film:
Deeds, v. 5 1874-1876 FHL Film #8219457 - No Hays [Only film in time period they were in Tyler County that is digitized and available to view]
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Margaret Lantz and others
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Ezra hays
Admitted to Record June 24th A.D. 1887
This deed made this 10th day of February 1877 between:
Margaret Lantz widow of Alexander Lantz,
Susan Hays,
John Lantz,
Samuel Lantz,
Margaret [Lantz] Lively
Lot Lanz,
David Lively[son-in-law], children of Alexander Lantz deceased,
Druzilla Nart/Nash[?],
Margaret Cook,
Jacob Cochran,
Alex S. Cochran,
Emaline Milbourn
Zachquel Cochran,
Oliver Cochran, children of Mary, daughter of Alexander Lantz who in her life time was married to James Cochran,
Jacob Lantz, son of Jacob who was a son of Alexander Lantz deceased,
Lot Martin,
Jackson Martin,
Margaret Nolen,
Alexander Martin,
Adaline Martin,
Benj. Martin, children of Delilah daughter of Alexander Lantz deceased, who in her lifetime was married to John Martin
Margaret Ann Lantz,
Alexander Ferrill, children of Massa, daughter of Alexander Lantz decd, who in her life time married Wm. Ferrill
Frank Nolan,
John Martin,
William Ferrill,
James Cochran,
Mary Martin wife of Lot Martin,
Matilda wife of John Lantz,
Margaret wife of Samuel Lantz
Anthony Nash[?]
George Cook
Catherine, wife of Jacob Cochran
Angeline, wife of Alex. L. Cochran,
Uriah Millbourn,
Mariah wife of Jackquel Cochran,
Jemima Lantz widow of Jacob Lantz
parties of the first part and Ezra Hays of the second part witnesseth that in consideration of Eighteen hundred and thirty nine dollars the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged the parties of the first part do grant unto the parties of the second part the following described property descended to them as heirs at law of Alexander Lantz deceased to wit. a certain tract or parcel of land situated in Wetzel County W. Va. bounded as follows to wit:
beginning at a stone pile thence
S19 W63 poles to a white oak thence
S40 W124 poles to a hickory thence
N58.5 W174 poles to a stone pile, thence
N46 E47 poles to a beech, thence
N46 W52 poles to a hickory, thence
N43 E98 poles to a beech, thence
N66 E170 poles to a stone pile thence
N11 W57.5 poles to a stone thence
S88 E92 poles to the beginning
Containing 306 1/2 acres. And the said parties of the first part do hereby covenant with the party of the second part that they will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed. [deed_haysezra_v23p56_57lantzest.pdf four images for this deed]Died 17 Apr 1920 Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia [2] Buried 19 Apr 1920 Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia [3] - Lieuts-Bates Cemetery, located at the South end of Jacsonburg, past Anderson’s tore and through the bridge. It is on a knoll on the left side of the highway.
Person ID I90 Shepard and John Tree Last Modified 3 May 2019
Father HAYS, Edmund W., b. 8 Oct 1815, Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia , d. 13 Mar 1870, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 54 years) Mother LANTZ, Susanna, b. 16 Apr 1820, Greene County, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Sep 1889, Montrose, Wright County, Minnesota (Age 69 years) Married Nov 1836 Tyler County, West Virginia [4] - marriage bond dated November 24, 1836 indicates they will be married shortly
Family ID F67 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 GEORGE, Rachel Ann, b. 27 Sep 1827, Virginia , d. 15 Feb 1899, West Virginia (Age 71 years) Married 7 Mar 1863 Wetzel County, West Virginia [5] Notes - Marriage record reads as follows:
Date March 7, 1863, Wetzel County, Ezra E. Hays and Rachael George, ages 24 and 25 respectively, both single, both born in Tyler County, West Virginia, both live in Wetzel County, grooms parents are Edmund and Susan Hays, wife’s not listed, groom is a farmer, Caleb Headlee performed the ceremony.
Children 1. HAYS, Ausburn B., b. 8 Jul 1865, Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia , d. 8 Oct 1918, Grant District, Wetzel County, West Virginia (Age 53 years)2. HAYS, Edmund William, b. 19 Jan 1866, Wetzel County, West Virginia , d. 1 Jul 1944, Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia (Age 78 years)Last Modified 28 Nov 2008 Family ID F66 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 TOOTHMAN, Hannah Elizabeth/Lucy, b. 27 Oct 1844, Wood County, West Virginia , d. 21 Jan 1922, Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, West Virginia (Age 77 years) Married 4 Sep 1900 Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia [6] - at the Floyd Hotel
Last Modified 6 Nov 2014 Family ID F580 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones 
Ezra Hays headstone
Lieuts-Bates Cemetery, located at the South end of Jacsonburg, past Anderson’s tore and through the bridge. It is on a knoll on the left side of the highway.
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Notes - From Gathered sources:
Ezra was the only child of Edmund and Susanna Hays who did not come to Minnesota with them in 1869. (Apparently he did go to Minnesota with the family but walked back to Lot [Jacksonburg], West Virginia Rachel Hays would tell the story of his trip, he was her grandfather.) He was married with two sons at the time, but he also had two sisters and two brothers married with children at the time they came to Minnesota. He stayed in West Virginia living on Buffalo Run at Lot [Jacksonburg]. He raised cattle, sheep and was also a shoe cobbler. His brothers from Minnesota sent him deer hides from which he made shoe strings. His grandsons remember him getting up in the middle of the night with an old shotgun to check on his sheep.
The home he shared with his family burned down a few years ago. The dug well is all that is left of the homestead. This well had good water for people would stop to get water when passing through. There was also a slaughter house on the place in which Ezra butchered for other people. Ezra died of double pneumonia.
Notes from William Shepard, Jr.
My great grandfather Ezra E. Hayes died April 17 1920, when I was only 3 months old. However, he outlived my grandfather Ausburn Hays by almost two years. I never saw either of them.
The 300 acre farm this family lived on, and the 300 acres of the adjoining Edward Hays property was an area that was highly developed for oil production when it was first discovered in the mid to late 1800s. Osborne Hays operated support facilities for the oil business. My mother, Rachel Ann told of barns full of draft horses and many wagons and drivers loading and moving the piping and equipment to and from the oil fields.
I remember in the late 1920s when the oil boom was fading out, the reserves of oil mostly depleted, there were hundreds of delapitated wooden oil derricks (rigs) with spills of oil that had polluted the streams, (creeks or runs they were called). Some oil production was underway in the early 1900s but it was a bare trickle compared with the boom years.
The Hays farm was one of the most prosperous in the area of Jacksonburg. My mother was raised in this setting and tells of always having her own horse for transportation. She was a small woman in comparison to the other children, just 5’ tall and she was probably spoiled.
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Florence Rasset has mixed up some names - influenced no doubt by incomplete records in Minnesota concerning Ezra Ellis Hays who really did go to Minnesota with the Hays - (from Brown County, Ohio) in 1969[1869?]. He accompanied them to Minnesota and then walked back to Lot (Jacksonburg, West Virginia now). My mother, Rachel Ann Hays, has told me of her grandfather’s (Ezra Ellis) trip and walk back to Lot. Also Ezra Ellis married Rachel George (not Georgeria Rachel, George is/was a large family group near Lot. I remember the George family as I played with - and fought with, one of the George boys my age, as I did with Ellis Ezras...
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