Margaret Crawford
Robert Lyle Hay
Parents: Sarah McNeeley and David Crawford
Parents: Sarah Maiden and Thomas Hay
Born: October 15, 1826 in Saluda, Jefferson County, IN Born: September 30, 1821, Saluda Twp, Jefferson Cty, IN
Married: 3/13/1845 Robert Lyle Hay in Saluda, IN Married: 3/13/1845 Margaret Crawford, 10/8/1891 Mary Baker
Died: January 7, 1885 in Bradford, IL (no death certificate) Died: December 7, 1903, Annawan, IL (death certificate)
Interred: Mound Cemetery, 11 miles E of Bradford (tombstone) Interred: Mound Cemetery, 11 miles E of Bradford (tombstone)
Occupation: homemaker Occupation: Farmer and stock raiser "My grandmother died after a long illness during which her niece, Mary Frances Baker, came to help take care of her. This niece, daughter of grandmother’s sister Isabel, later became Robert Hay’s second wife. Her [Margaret’s] father was David Crawford and her grandfather William Crawford. They are said to have come to southern Indiana from North Carolina. The only child of this couple of whom I have knowledge was David who married Sarah McNeeley—daughter of Jeremiah [possibly Joseph] McNeeley and his wife whose name has not come down to me. Jeremiah [Joseph?] McNeeley is said to have been of Irish descent. There were eight children in David Crawford’s family, among whom Margaret was the third." -- William Perry Hay (1871-1947). Margaret died at age 58. Although separated by distance, she apparently was close to her siblings.
"Robert Hay lived in Jefferson County, IN until [November] 1850. In that year he moved with his family, consisting of his wife and three children, to Bureau County, IL where he bought an 80 acre farm near the present town of Bradford. His parents followed in six years, and all of his siblings but John. In the old house on this farm, ten more children were born. Later, a larger house was built and more land was bought until he became one of the largest land owners in the county [521 acres in IL and 160 acres in NE]. His wife, mother of all of his children, died in 1885, just months before the deaths of his parents. Six years later he married Mary Frances Baker, a niece of his wife. For a house he chose one of his farms, near Annawan, where they lived until his death." -- William Perry Hay (1871-1947). Robert was a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote in 1844 for James Polk, who may have been a distant relative (on his mother's side).
Margaret Crawford Hay
Census data: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
William Perry Hay's "Hay Genealogy" book,
William Perry Hay's page on Margaret Crawford
Robert Lyle Hay
Census data: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900
William Perry Hay's 1941 notes, and page on Robert Lyle Hay.
Photos: image 1, image 2 (from William Perry Hay's book).
Image 1 and reverse side, image 2 (from album).
