Alma HAYES (son of Thomas J. HAYES and Polly HESS)339, 340 was born 11 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois340, and died 05 Apr 1935 in Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho340. He married (1) Annselina Selina THOMAS on 09 Feb 1867 in Farmington, Davis County, Utah340. He married (2) Louisa Jane Sheffield on 01 Jul 1872 in Farmington, Davis County, Utah340.
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Ancestral File Number: 17W1-H1 ALMA HAYES by Ruth Adams Alma Hayes was born in Nauvoo, Illinois, on January 11, 1846, a son of Thomas and Polly Hess Hayes. His parents both died at Mt. Pisgah when Mr. Hayes was very young. Their deaths occurred through the persecutions which the Mormon people received. Almacame with strangers to Utah in one of the earliest battalions. He located withthem in Farmington when it was in its first crude stages of settlement. Alma Hayes well knows know the early pioneers persevered in their labors of foundinga state under most unpromising conditions, and he came to manhood well fitted to contest with nature and to conquer in the fight. At an early age he was taught to work and was employed as a herder and as a laborer on the farm until he was eighteen years of age. Then came the troublous times of the Blackhawk War in1865, and Mr. Hayes joined the ranks of the forces battling against the Indians. After the war he turned his attention to ranching, and on November 9, 1867, he was united in marriage with Annselina Thomas, a native of Missouri and a daughter of Robert and Catherine Lewis Thomas.
After his marriage, Mr. Hayes established his home in Morgan County, Utah, and there resided for about six years. Then in 1874 he came to Georgetown and was so pleased with the country that he was determined that this should be his home. He had no cause for regret in the choice of his location or in his financial success. He was prominent in all public affairs. He served as water master for a long term of years and held many offices in the church. His children were Mary E., John R., Alma H., Catherine, Alice L., Margaret, Harriet A., Esther, Mary J., Edith, David, and Robert.
Alma Hayes married Louisa Jane Sheffield July 1, 1872 at Salt Lake City. She was a daughter of Thomas and Jane Fowler Sheffield. Their children are as follows: Joseph S., Polly Jane, Walter, Thomas, Ann Selina, Zina Ruth, Horace, Wilford, Hattie, and Lucy. He was bishop of the Georgetown Ward for fourteen years. He was greatly loved and respected by all who knew him and was only released tomove to Soda Springs, Idaho. There he was patriarch of the stake, giving many blessings to members of his family as well as others of the stake. He was holding that position at the time of his death on April 5, 1935. **HISTORY Of BEARLAKE PIONEERS, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Bear Lake County, Idaho; pg. 42-243
LIFE SKETCH OF ALMA HAYES Compiled by Diana Hayes Wilcox
Alma Hayes, second son of Thomas and Polly Hess Parks Hayes, was born January 11, 1846 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. Little is known about Alma's father Thomas Hayes, but records show that he participated in Zion's Camp on their march from Kirkland, Ohio, to redeem the Saints in Missouri. He was one of the first men stricken with cholera during that march. After Zion's Camp was disband he apparently settled near or in Ray County, Missouri. Somewhere between 1839 and 1843 he and Polly Hess became acquainted. Polly Hess was the daughter of Jacoband Elizabeth Foutz Hess, who had moved to Missouri after joining the Mormon Church in Richland, Ohio. Before that time they had lived in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Polly married Madison Parks in Ray County on February 20, 1839.
Thousands of Saints were driven out of Ray County and other Northern areas of Missouri by persecution of the mobs. Many found refuge in the area of Quincy, Illinois. The Hess family moved to Bear Creek and built a home for their family. On May 23, 1843 Thomas Hayes and Polly Hess Parks were married at HancockCounty, Illinois. While living at Bear Creek their first child, a son, Nephi was born January 18, 1844. Because persecution and violence was so great in the area. The Saints were forced to leave their meager belongings and flee to Nauvoo. Thomas and Polly moved to Nauvoo with the help of family and friends. While in Nauvoo their second son, Alma was born Ja
More About Alma HAYES: Baptism (LDS): 20 Aug 1855341, 342 Burial: 09 Apr 1935, Georgetown, Bear Lake County, Idaho.342 Christening: 11 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.342 Endowment (LDS): 10 Mar 1865, EHOUS.343, 344 Record Change: 20 Sep 2001344 Sealed to parents (LDS): 13 Apr 1943345, 346
More About Alma HAYES and Annselina Selina THOMAS: Marriage: 09 Feb 1867, Farmington, Davis County, Utah.346 Sealed to spouse (LDS): 01 Jul 1872, EHOUS.346
More About Alma HAYES and Louisa Jane Sheffield: Marriage: 01 Jul 1872, Farmington, Davis County, Utah.346 Sealed to spouse (LDS): 01 Jul 1872, EHOUS.346
Children of Alma HAYES and Annselina Selina THOMAS are:
Alma HAYES (b. 11 Jan 1846, d. 05 Apr 1935)
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