Re: Jessie Monroe Hays
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Re: Jessie Monroe Hays
Carol Powell 12/15/10
If Jesse Monroe Hays lied when he enlisted then he claimed to be younger than he actually was.He said he was 19 when he enlisted.Later in life (such as applying for a pension or on the 1910 census), his age claims would have made him enlisting at age 21 (pension), 24 (1910 census), 25 (death information), or 26 (1900 census).
I do not believe that a man in his twenties would claim to be 19 when he enlisted.If he was 15, then I could understand him claiming to be 19 but that is not the case with Jesse.