Re: Bays James Harrison 1850 IL
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In reply to:
Bays James Harrison 1850 IL
Jack m Withers 12/09/01
James Harrison Bays is in my line of Bays. His father was Grafton "Green" Bannister Bays, born Feb 1 1826 in Pittsylvania Co., VA and died in the Fall of 1900 in Hopkins Co., TX. His mother was Mary Polly Hatchett, born ca 1818 in Pittsylvania Co., VA and died Apr 1882 in Hopkins Co., TX.
Mary Polly Hatchett is my 3rd great grandmother and I descend from her first marriage to John Rape in Sangamon Co., IL in 1838. John Rape died of cholera in August of 1841 and Mary Polly Hatchett Rape then married Grafton "Green" Bannister Bays in 1847. They had 5 children (that I know of) together and your James Harrison Bays was their second born in November of 1851 in Sangamon Co., IL.
Green Bannister & Mary Polly Bays moved to Hopkins Co., TX around 1856 and Green Bannister was the town physician for many, many years before his death in 1900. Mary Polly Hatchett Rape Bays was the daughter of Harrison Hatchett, a Methodist minister born 1793 in Pittsylvania Co., VA.
Children of Green Bannister & Mary Polly Bays:
Martha Bays, b. 1848/1849 Sangamon Co., IL
James Harrison Bays, b. Nov 1851 Sangamon Co., IL
Mary Bays, b. 1853 Sangamon Co., IL
John T. Bays, b. June 1855 Louisiana
George Bays, b. 1857 Hopkins Co., TX
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