Samuel Lewis Hays
N 38° 56.510 W 080° 49.146
17S E 515677 N 4310337
Tell about Samuel Lewis Hays who laid out the town of Glenville, WV in 1845.
Waymark Code: WMGJ0Z
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2013
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Samuel Lewis Hays
Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845. As a member of the Virginia Assembly, he urged the building of the Parkersburg~Staunton Turnpike. As a Congressman, in 1842, hays appointed Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson as a cadet to West Point. President Buchanan named Hays as Receiver of Public Moneys, 1857-60, Sauk Rapids, Minn. Died, 1871, and was buried there.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Samuel Lewis Hays
Marker Location: South of Route 33 / Route 119 just east of Glenville WV
County or Independent City: Glenville WV
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Historic Commission, 1963
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