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John S. Hays (Nashville, Tennesse, and Frankfort, Kentucky, minister)

b. 1830? d. 1899-01-07

Nashville, Tennesse, and Frankfort, Kentucky, minister. Washington County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Frances M. Hays. Father of John L. Hays, Mary Bell Hays, Florence Hays, and Fannie Hays. Graduate of Jefferson College in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Graduate of Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, in 1853. Clergy of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Minister in Charleston, Indiana, from 1853 to 1856. Minister of the Second Presbyterian Church in Nashville from 1856 to 1861. Minister of the Presybterian Church in Frankfort from 1862 to 1867. Served as an Inspector of the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, Ward 2, p. 351.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 11, p. 542B-543A.

"Reveclass J.S. Hays D.D." The Frankfort Roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.), January 14, 1899, p. 4.

KYR-0001-008-0002.

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Hays, John S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196652 (November 12, 2026).

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