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| Hayes, Thomas - 1860 US Federal Census Thomas Hayes, age 50, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included wife Ann (38) and children William (15, working as a farm laborer), Thomas (14), Alexander (13), Margaret (10), Dennis (8), and Martha (5). Record is very faded and difficult to read; the Hayes family is listed about halfway down the page as family number 1523. |
| Hayes, Thomas - 1870 US Federal Census (p1) Thomas Hayes, age 59 and recently widowed, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included daughter Margaret (20, the lady of the house), Thomas (28), Dennis (17), and Martha (14). Both the younger Thomas and Dennis worked on the farm as laborers. |
| Hayes, Thomas - 1870 US Federal Census (p2) Thomas Hayes, age 59 and recently widowed, was living in Richfield, WI and working as a farmer. Family included daughter Margaret (20, the lady of the house), Thomas (28), Dennis (17), and Martha (14). Both the younger Thomas and Dennis worked on the farm as laborers. |
| Hayes, Thomas - 1880 US Federal Census Thomas Hayes, age 72, was living in Richfield, WI and was listed as a retired farmer. Living with him was his new wife Bridget (48), who was also a first generation Irish immigrant. His son Thomas (32) was living with his family next door, or perhaps in a house on the same property. |