Maud Callaway Hays
Maud Callaway Hays | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Portrait of Hays in 1924 | |
| President National, U.S. Daughters of 1812 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maud Angie Callaway June 4, 1906 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Cecil Theodore Hays (m. 1925) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Maryville College University of Chattanooga |
| Occupation | clubwoman genealogist |
Maud Angie Callaway Hays (born June 4, 1906) was an American clubwoman and genealogist who served as President National of the National Society of United States Daughters of 1812.
Early life
[edit]Hays was born as Maud Angie Callaway on June 4, 1906, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Elnora (née Koons) and William Claud Callaway.[1][2] She graduated from Maryville College in 1924.[2][3] She also attended the University of Chattanooga.[2]
Lineage societies
[edit]She was a member of the Mission chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century in Texas.[4][5] She served as the Colonial Dames XVII Century's Tennessee Organizing President and State Organizing Secretary.[6]
She was a member of the The Huguenot Society of America and served as a delegate at the Huguenot Congress in Washington, D.C. in 1963.[7]
Hays served as President National of the United States Daughters of 1812.[8] In 1969, she attended the Daughters of 1812 Texas State Council at the Hotel America in Houston, Texas.[8] During the council, she was the principal speaker at a Dolley Madison luncheon.[8]
Hays was a genealogist and wrote two books, including The Hays Family and Roberts and Allied Families in 1952.[5]
Personal life
[edit]She married Cecil Theodore Hays on September 28, 1925. They had two children, Ted Cecil and Don Callaway.[1][9] She lived on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga.[10] She was an antique collector and had a collection of little pitchers. In 1960, according to The Chattanooga Times, she had the world's largest collection of liberty bell glass, pressed glass from the Centennial Exposition.[10]
Legacy
[edit]In 1962, the Maud Callaway Hays Scholarship Fund was established East Tennessee State University (then the East Tennessee State Teachers College) in honor of her work with the Colonial Dames in Tennessee.[11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hoffmeyer, Bessie Callaway (1948). The Callaway Clan. College Press. p. 77. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Archive.org.
- 1 2 3 The Hereditary Register of the United States of America 1973. United States Hereditary Register, Inc. 1973. p. 671. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Archive.org.
- ↑ "A Maryville Graduate". The Sunday Times. May 18, 1924. p. 32. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Richmonder Wins National Dames Office". Richmond News Leader. No. 19524. Richmond, Virginia. April 15, 1957. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- 1 2 Krisch, Lucille S. (March 1, 1959). "Twigs and Trees + Dames to Meet". San Antonio Light. p. 10D. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Clarendon Chapter celebrates 50 years". August 20, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Two From LaFayette Elected As Huguenot Society Officers". Walker County Messenger. LaFayette, Georgia. April 17, 1963. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "1812 Daughters Set Meeting". The Baytown Sun. Vol. 47, no. 126. Baytown, Texas. February 11, 1969. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Don Hays". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga, Tennessee. November 7, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- 1 2 Fort, Keith (June 24, 1960). "Largest Liberty Glass Collection is Assembled Here by Mrs. Hays". The Chattanooga Times. p. 14. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Colonial Dames Hear a Lecture on Stewardship". The Chattanooga Times. March 10, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved July 28, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- Harris Records with Allied Families of Claiborne Gillison Thompson Whitsett (1953) by Maud Callaway Hays
- 1906 births
- 20th-century American art collectors
- American genealogists
- American people of French descent
- Clubwomen
- American women art collectors
- Maryville College alumni
- Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
- People from Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Presidents national of the United States Daughters of 1812
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alumni
