Descendants of Thomas Bays (1798-1886)

Authors: R.C. and Beverly Bays SteeleAfter 10 years of research, a book reporting the research to-date including recent discoveries and leads for future research. This book details more than 1300 descendants of Thomas Bays, the son of John Franklin Bays and Mary Ann Knight. It includes Bays families in West Virginia, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Oregon, Idaho, California, Texas, and other states with a lesser presence of Bays families. It also includes many collateral family connections such as Abbott, Ashworth, Blake, Childers, Hobbs, Jensen, Linigar, Radford, Reese, Sheehan, Stowers, Tarr, Treadway, Wass, and Wood. This volume is actually three books in one, each organized around one of three progenitors. There is an index of names for each part.   Part 1: Thomas Bays (1798-1886) and a separate chapter for each of Thomas’ 15 children, most covered for five generations, excluding his son Isaac Runols Bays. Part 2: Isaac Runols Bays (1822-1888) and a separate chapter for each o