Martin Hays
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 32° 30.016 W 094° 44.854
15S E 335824 N 3597233
Texas Historical Marker at the final resting place of Martin Hays in Longview's Grace Hill Cemetery, providing a mini-biography of this outstanding civil servant.
Waymark Code: WM18Y78
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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N 32° 29.966 W 094° 44.860
Marker Number: 9965

Marker Text:
(1883-1958)

Respected Longview citizen. Married Clara Harris, daughter of Gregg County pioneer family.

Active in civic affairs, first elected to public office, 1910, as city marshal and district clerk. County sheriff 1924-1932. Seldom carried a gun -- enforced law in a soft-spoken manner.

Was among first Texas sheriffs to organize junior deputies.

Member, First Baptist Church, a Royal Arch Mason; and Woodman of the World.

Recorded -- 1967
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