William Austin Hays Born: Jul 1861 Died: 24 Oct 1924 Plot:
Where born: IN; IL death records say b: 12 Aug 1861 Where died: Mt Carmel Son of: James Hays (7 Feb 1829 IN-28 Jul 1907 Ripley Co MO) & Carolina Weatherman (11 Dec 1831 IN-5 Apr 1880 MO) Married: 27 Feb 1899 Wabash Louisa J Pearson (Mar 1871 IN-1955 bur Highland Cem m1: 30 May 1892 Wabash Pearl Crow bur Highland Cem) Lived at: 1880-1920 Mt Carmel: ch: Esther (Apr 1899 IL) & Ida Fay (Oct 1894 IL) & Rollie Austin (19 Jan 1897 IL) & Frank C (ca 1902 IL) & Charley L (ca 1904 IL) & Roy W (ca 1907 IL) & James E (ca 1908 IL) & Robert (ca 1910 IL)
* indicates buried with William Austin Hays in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
