GEN. ALEXANDER HAYS of SAMUEL and AGNES BROADFOOT) HAYS married ANNIE McFADDEN
History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821.
Pg. 258
GEN. ALEXANDER HAYS (deceased) was born in Franklin, Pa., July 8, 1819...(pg. 259) At the time of his death he was commissioned brevet major-general.The following is a list of his battles in the great rebellion: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, The Orchard, Glendale, Malvern, Bristoe (August, 1862), Bull run, Groveton, Gettysburg, Auburn, Bristoe (October, 1863), Locust Grove, Mine run, Morton’s Ford, Wilderness.
GEN. HAYS’ father, SAMUEL HAYS, came from the north of Ireland to America in 1795, being then a boy, and became a general, commanding Pennsylvania troops in the War of 1812.He married AGNES BROADFOOT.Their son, GEN. ALEXANDER HAYS, married ANNIE A., daughter of JOHN B. McFADDEN, in 1846.MRS. HAYS’ ancestry is traced in a direct line from JOHN and PRISCILLA ALDEN, of the Plymouth colony.She still survives her husband, as do their seven children: AGNES (wife of GEORGE A. GORMLY), ALDEN F., RACHEL (MRS. J. S. SULLIVAN), GILBERT A., MARTHA (MRS. R. B. BLACK), ALFRED PEARSON and JAMES McFADDEN.
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