Third Generation

41. Rosco Conklin HAYS^9,43,107,108 was born on 18 March 1886 in Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas.^9,13,31,46 He died in 1961 at the age of 75 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.²⁹

1910 Census. Still at home with parents. Listed as a Merchant.
1920 Census. Van Buren Township. Rosco lived at 574 Fayetteville Street. Listed as grocer, own store.
Obituary stated he had moved to Oklahoma City in 1937. He was a member of the Masonic Blue Lodge, Van Buren.

1930 Census. Burnett, Pottawatomie Co OK, Hh 157
Rosco Hays, age 37, married at age 23, b. AR, father b. AR, mother b. Kansas
Ruth, wife, age 34, married at age 21, b. AR, parents b. U.S.
Hale, son, age 13, b. AR. Mary, dau, age 9, b. AR. Judy, dau, age 2 years, 1 month, b. AR.
Two boarders also lived with the family.

Rosco Conklin HAYS and Ruth Emma WATERS were married in 1916.^29,31 Ruth Emma WATERS, daughter of John William WATERS and Mary Judy HALE, was born (date unknown).

Rosco Conklin HAYS and Ruth Emma WATERS had the following children:

145	i.	Hale Waters HAYS (private).103
146	ii.	Mary Oliva HAYS (private).103
147	iii.	Judy May HAYS (private).103