This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xih.2ACEB/1555 Message Board Post: Gary, thanks to Imogene Bennett we did connect my Margaret Jane Hays (Mrs. John Clayton Schrable) As reported The Springfield Republican, Oct 31, 1900 JOSEPH W. HAYS of Republc died yesterday morning at the home of John Schrable, corner of Locust and Sherman Streets, where he had been visiting. He died of Heart disease and was 69 years old. The remains shipped to Republic last night and buried today. Finally it is proven my Margaret Jane Hays Schrable is daughter of Enoch Monroe Hays and Margaret Carney. After all these years - cannot thank you enough or rootsweb. Just a grinning Charlotte