About Henry Blake Hays
Lived 1829 – 1881 (aged 51). Henry Blake Hays was a businessperson and cavalry.
Henry Blake Hays (1829–1881) was a leader of the coal industry in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Early life He was born August 12, 1829, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the son of James H. Hays and Mary Cready.
Military career He served as a captain in the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Civil War from 1861 to his resignation in 1864. He operated the H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad, a narrow gauge coal railroad with branches that ran along Becks Run and Streets Run. He was a director of the Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway.
He married Mary Howard in Pittsburgh on November 17, 1869, and they had two children.
He died at his home in Allegheny County on August 10, 1881.
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coal industry pioneer
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Henry Blake Hays was born on 12 August 1829 in Allegheny County.
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Henry Blake Hays was a businessperson and cavalry.
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