This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: hays Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xih.2ACEB/1437.1 Message Board Post: paulette, i notuced that you are looking for hays' in southern il. i also am looking for the parents of Joseph hays b 1851 Tn. parents are henry l b abt 1821 Tn neomia wilson Hays.tn joseph married virginia fiser in1879 in jefferson county. Joseph had a first wife susannah hooper whoom he married in knox coounty, in. They had a son willard born 1875 in In. They must have moved to Il where susannah died in 1878 and is buried in Pleasant Hill cem. I can not find Henry in any cecus for il nor tn, i just cant seem to go back any farther maybe you have some info. thanks sherry hays thornton sherryl1004@sbcglobal.net