Frances "Fannie" Dobbins

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• Alternate birth: 1798, Ireland

Notes:

Or perhaps Dollin.

Frances married Charles William Coomes on 29 Apr 1824 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Charles (son of William Coomes and Rachel Coomes) was born on 20 Jan 1799 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died in 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1824
• Alternate birth: 27 Jan 1825
• Alternate death: 27 Nov 1857, Daviess County, Kentucky

Notes:

Sometimes given as "Rosalie"; sometimes given as "Anna Rosella".

Rosella married Urban Hayden on 14 Apr 1844 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Urban (son of William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden and Mary Hayden) was born on 13 Apr 1819 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 19 Aug 1888 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed, as a son of Urban Hayden and Anna Rosella Coomes, in Mary Louise Donnelly's John Medley (citation details below), which says only that he "d. young" and was buried at St. Raphael's.

Notes:

After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Frances (Gillim) O'Bryan, the widow of a Peter O'Bryan who had a son Peter O'Bryan. No children issued from this marriage.

Charles married Mary Malissa O'Bryan on 18 Apr 1871 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Peter E. O'Bryan and Susan Speaks) was born on 1 May 1852; died on 12 May 1898; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 25 Apr 1890, Curdsville, Daviess, Kentucky

Notes:

Also Drucilia, Drusilla, Drucy, various other spellings. Died of consumption.

Mary Drucilla Hayden and James S. Hayden were second cousins once removed, both (if our theory of Joseph Hayden's origins is correct) being descendants of William Hayden (1742-1794) and his wife Elizabeth Thompson.

Mary Drucilla Hayden was also a second cousin once removed to James S. Hayden's second wife Josephine Aud, both of them being descendants of PNH great-great grandparents Frances Coomes (1726-1822) and Charity Wood (1734-1796).

Owensboro Messenger, 30 Apr 1890, p. 4: "J. S. Hayden was appointed guardian of the heirs of Drusilla Hayden, deceased."

Mary married James S. Hayden on 28 Jan 1868 in Daviess County, Kentucky. James (son of Joseph Hayden and Catherine Clayton) was born on 23 Aug 1836 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 4 Nov 1908 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried on 5 Nov 1908 in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rosella married Joseph Gatton "Gat" Medley in 1866. Joseph (son of Joseph Thomas Medley and Ann "Nancy" Bryan) was born on 1 Dec 1840 in Rineyville, Hardin, Kentucky; died on 18 Aug 1914; was buried in St. John Baptist, Rineyville, Hardin, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1850, Daviess County, Kentucky

Notes:

Sister Mary Donnelly (citation details below) points out that the 1900 census of Daviess County lists Dora Hayden as a widow, living with the five then-living children of her and Lee Madison Hayden. And yet we also have a 1928 death certificate for Lee Madison; it's clearly the same man, correctly listing his parents and his wife. We know from contemporary newspaper reports that he succeeded in divorcing her in November 1898; so she may have preferred to tell the 1900 census taker that she was a widow. The excerpts from the Owensboro Messenger reproduced below suggest some pretty plausible reasons why this might have been the case.

It's also notable that on 16 Apr 1905, years after they divorced, "Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hayden" appear in the Owensboro Messenger, jointly announcing the impending marriage of their daughter Daisy Cecilia to Virgil Bowlds.

Lee Madison Hayden's death certificate has problems. The date of death is given as 31 Sep 1928; there are of course only thirty days in September. The doctor's statement is that he last saw the deceased on 30 Sep at 12:10; whether this was 12:10 AM or PM is illegible. Our guess is that Lee Madison Hayden died on 30 September, but it could have been 1 October.

The birth date we show for him, 5 Jun 1851, is derived from the age given on his death certificate: 77 years, three months, 26 days. This assumes he died on 30 Sep instead of 1 Oct.

From 1889 to 1923, the archives of the Owensboro Messenger and Messenger-Inquirer contain literally dozens of references to Lee Hayden being arrested, held overnight, and/or fined for drunkenness. We forbear to reproduce them all. A few of them are notable for language that appears to wryly acknowledge Hayden's evident incorrigibility: "Lee Hayden, the old 'regular,' was again locked up for drunkenness last night" [Messenger, 5 May 1894]; "Lee Hayden got on his regular Saturday night drunk last night and occupied a bunk in the police station" [Messenger, 19 Aug 1894]. Later in life, notes of pathos creep in: "Lee Hayden, a grey haired white man, was arraigned for drunkenness. Judge Haskins apparently saw something familiar in the make-up of Hayden and gave him $3 and costs" [Messenger-Inquirer, 23 Sep 1909]. "Lee Hayden was gathered in at the Union Station during the noon hour by Railroad Officer G. W. Sanderfur and sent to the lockup on a charge of intoxication at a railroad depot. Hayden will explain to Judge Watkins in the morning" [Messenger-Inquirer, 18 Jan 1923].

From 1900 on, it's not always clear whether a Lee Hayden referred to in newspaper reports is this Lee Hayden. For instance, the story on page 5 of the 19 Sep 1909 Messenger headlined "LEE HAYDEN WORSE", about Lee Hayden and two others being bitten by a mad dog, is probably not about our Lee Hayden, since it refers to another victim of the dog as a "little girl" who is his "daughter", and by then all of Lee Madison Hayden's daughters had grown up. Likewise, it's unclear that the Lee Hayden, farmer of Yelvington, mentioned several times in the early 1900s, is our Lee.

Owensboro Messenger, 1 Oct 1889, p. 4:

LEE HAYDEN STABS A NEGRO

Henry Phillips, the Horse Trainer, Tries to Use a Brick but is Stopped by the Steel.

A colored horse-trainer named Henry Phillips was stabbed and dangerously wounded Sunday afternoon by Lee Hayden.

Hayden and some other white men were at Baer's and Price's saloons and had been drinking beer when Phillips came up. He went in to get beer and left his horse and cart in the street. Two of the men got into the cart and drove up the street, and when they came back Phillips got a brick and swore he intended to knock them out of the cart. Hayden remonstrated and Phillips cursed him and threatened him. Hayden then took hold of Phillips' coat and the latter struck at him with the brick. Hayden had his knife out, his friends say before the quarrel began, and with it he stabbed Phillips in the right breast. They were pulled apart at this time and no more blows were passed.

Hayden was arrested and put under guard. He was taken before Esq. Adams yesterday and on account of the negro's condition the case was postponed until Thursday at 2 o'clock.

The negro was resting well last night, but serious fears are entertained regarding him.

[Henry Phillips survived this incident.]

Owensboro Messenger, 22 Oct 1893, p. 8:

AN OBSTREPEROUS PRISONER.

Lee Hayden Peels an Officer's Head and in Turn Is Peeled.

Lee Hayden got on a tear last night and drove his wife and children out of the house. His wife notified the police and Officers Grady and Myrick effected his arrest about 11 o'clock after a lively fight, in which Grady had his head peeled by an iron poker. Myrick then took a hand in the scrimmage and returned the compliment by skinning Hayden's head also. He was put in the lock-up. He is charged with disorderly conduct and breach of the peace.

Owensboro Messenger, 4 Nov 1893, p. 5:

Notice is hereby given by this article that I warn and forbid any person to give, sell, or convey in any manner any intoxicating drink to my husband, Lee M. Hayden, from this date on, as I will most positively prosecute any one so doing to the fullest extent of the law.

Mrs. Lee M. Hayden
Owensboro, Ky., Nov. 3, 1893

Owensboro Messenger, 29 Nov 1893, p. 1:

Lee Hayden's Wife Brings Suit for Divorce

Madora C. Hayden sues Lee M. Hayden for divorce. She alleges cruelty, drunkenness and failure to provide. Hayden has featured in police court frequently of late for beating his wife and is now on the rock pile.

Owensboro Messenger, 21 Aug 1894, p. 8:

While being taken to the workhouse yesterday Lee Hayden managed to escape the officers by pretending to be changing shirts at his home on the way.

Owensboro Messenger, 28 Feb 1895, p. 4:

In the circuit court yesterday the petition for divorce of Mrs. M. C. Hayden vs. Lee M. Hayden, filed a few days ago, was dismissed, the couple having "made up."

[This is clearly at least the second time that Madora sued for divorce, since we know she also did so in November 1893.]

Owensboro Messenger, 24 Jul 1897, p. 5:

LEE HAYDEN IN JAIL

On a Peace Warrant Sworn Out By His Wife.

Lee Hayden, a market gardener, living just below the city on the Henderson road, was arrested and lodged in jail Friday on a peace warrant sworn out by Mrs. Hayden charging him with abuse of his family. Hayden and his wife have not lived together for about two years. One of Mrs. Hayden's daughters is ill at the father's house and she desired to go and nurse her, but he would not permit it. Hayden is a hard drinker, is of a quarrelsome disposition, and gives his family considerable trouble. When arrested he was too drunk to be tried and he was sent to jail till today when he will be brought out for trial on the warrant.

Owensboro Messenger, 28 Oct 1897, p. 5:

Suit for Divorce.

A petition for divorce was filed with the circuit court clerk late yesterday afternoon by Little & Little, attorneys for the plaintiff, Lee Hayden, against Madora C. Hayden. The plaintiff says that he and the defendant were married on the 27th of October, 1875, and that they continued to live together as man and wife until July 1896, when, the plaintiff alleges, without fault of his own, his wife left him and they have since lived apart. Of the children born to the couple, five are under twenty-one years of age, and the plaintiff prays for custody of these.

Owensboro Messenger, 23 Jun 1898, p. 3:

LEE HAYDEN'S TROUBLES.

Denies He Beat His Daughter and Talks of Family Affairs.

Lee Hayden feels aggrieved at the paragraph in the Messenger of Tuesday which represented him as having beaten his daughter. He is sure his wife, who has not been living with him for three years, had it put in the paper. He says he didn't beat the girl, but that she refused to do certain work he had assigned her, and he slapped her four or five times, and then she left and went to her mother. He says the girl is now past sixteen, is thinking more of buggy-riding with the boys than attending to domestic duties, and he grew tired of it. Her elder sister also left the next day, taking with her the afflicted daughter, aged twelve, so only two of the children, both boys, now remain with the father, and when he dies he proposes to leave all he has to them. Lee says the Messenger is always writing him up unnecessarily, frequently attributing to him the misdeeds of another Lee Hayden. It was suggested to Lee that he was a hard-working, thrifty man and if he would [paper torn] let whisky alone he would not [paper torn] much trouble with his family, [paper torn] insisted that as long as whisky [paper torn] ade he intended to have his [paper torn] f it.

[paper torn] policeman who reported the [paper torn] the Messenger says the girl [paper torn] evidence of having been badly [paper torn]

Owensboro Messenger, 13 Nov 1898, p. 7:

Mary Mitchell was granted a divorce from Link Mitchell, and Fanny Houston was granted a divorce from Frank Houston, and Lee Hayden a divorce from Madora Hayden.

Owensboro Messenger, 23 Nov 1898, p. 3:

HIS HANDY KNIFE.

Lee Hayden Stabs a Man Perhaps Fatally at Henderson.

Henderson, Ky., Nov. 22. — Several men who have been working for the new telephone company filled up on mean whisky Sunday and after returning to their rooms, upstairs in the Stanley building, on North Main street, they got into a general fight, resulting in black eyes, mashed noses, and bruised faces. One of the fighters, Will O. Hanback, was stabbed in the stomach and breast in a horrible manner by Lee Hayden, of Owensboro. The wounded man was taken to the sanitarium, where he is lying in a critical condition, but the indications are that he will pull through, provided that blood poison does not set in. Hayden, the man who did the stabbing, succeeded in making his escape. Tom Barrett and Will Hurbert, of Evansville, both of whom were engaged in the difficulty, were arrested and locked up as accessories to the stabbing. In the event that Hanback dies from the effects of the knife wounds Barret and Hurbert will have to answer for murder.

Hayden was arrested in Evansville Monday night.

[This would have been the evening of the day after the melee, Monday 21 Nov.]

Owensboro Messenger, 24 Nov 1898, p. 2:

Lineman Badly Stabbed.

Henderson, Ky., Nov. 22. — W. O. Hanback was probably fatally stabbed by Lee Hayden at the Eblen hotel here, the result of a trivial quarrel. Both were linemen for the new telephone company, and lived in Evansville. Hayden has skipped. The victim was stabbed in the right breast. Physicians have no hope for him.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 24 Nov 1898, p. 4:

Will Be Tried Next Monday.

Lee Hayden, who cut William Handback at Henderson last Sunday, is still in jail awaiting the results of Handback's injuries. His case is set for hearing next Monday, but it will probably not be tried then.

Owensboro Messenger, 25 Nov 1898, p. 7:

HAYDEN'S TRIAL POSTPONED.

The Man He Cut Still Unable to Appear in Court.

Henderson, Ky., Nov. 24. — A sequel to the cutting scrape among the linemen of the new telephone company was a trial of three of the offenders yesterday in 'Squire Davis' court. W. Hubert, against whom the charge of cutting with intend to kill was made, was acquitted. Tom Barret was charged with striking with intent to kill, but the charge was reduced to breach of the peace. The trial of Lee Hayden, charged with cutting with intent to kill, was postponed until next Monday, the delay being made to await the results of the wounds of Hanback, who is at the sanitarium.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 30 Nov 1898, p. 2:

Lee Hayden Fined.

Lee Hayden, who stabbed William Handback, in Henderson, a week ago, was tried yesterday and fined $50, and not being able to pay, was returned to jail. He was arrested in Evansville, on a charge of malicious cutting and wounding, but the charge was reduced to cutting in sudden heat and passion.

[One infers that William Hanback, or Handback, ultimately survived.]

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 18 Dec 1900, p. 6:

LEE HAYDEN ATTACKED.

Negro Makes a Murderous Whack at Him With a Corn Knife.

Lee Hayden was badly cut by a negro named Will Moorman at Stanley Monday afternoon. The weapon used was a corn knife. The two men had a quarrel, and Moorman struck at Hayden with the knife. Hayden raised his arm to avert the blow from his neck, and received a cut about six inches long on the forearm, which penetrated to the bone. But for this he would certainly have been killed. Moorman was arrested and brought to the city by Constable John Bowling and placed in jail.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 5 Feb 1904, p.7:

POLICE COURT.

Trial of General Row on Henderson Road Comes Off.

The trial of Gus Hocker, George Bausch, Lee Hayden and B. A. Sandefur for having a general row on the Henderson Road one week ago last Sunday. According to Hocker the dispute arose over the price Hayden was to pay for a piece of meat. Hocker is the proprietor of a butcher shop. Hocker and Sandefur threw Bausch and Hayden out of the building. A day or so later Hayden told Officer Rhodes that "we had a hell of a fight, and me and George Bausch got knocked out." Bausch has never been arrested, having gone to Evansville immediately after the fight. Hayden was fined $20 for provoking a difficulty by attempting to force Hocker and Sadefur to sell him meat. Hocker was himself fined $10 for cursing Hayden. Sandefur was released.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 16 Apr 1905, p. 11:

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hayden announce the marriage of their daughter, Daisy Cecelia, to Mr. Virgil Bowlds, to take place on Wednesday, April 26, in the parsonage of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the ceremony to be performed by Rev. E. S. Fitzgerald. The attendants will be Miss Nina Clark and Mr. Tony Smith.

Owensboro Messenger, 1 Sep 1905, p. 7:

Mr. Lee Hayden recently happened to a very painful accident. He ran a nail in his foot, causing a painful but not serious wound.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 2 Mar 1906, p.3:

Lee Hayden Hurt.

Mr. Lee M. Hayden, an old man residing across the river, fell on the levee Wednesday evening and badly fractured the cap of his knee. He was walking down the path to the ferry when he slipped on the ice and fell. Men who witnessed the accident picked him up and Dr. C. C. Phillips was summoned to attend him. The ambulance of the Owensboro Undertaking association was called and the injured man was removed to the hospital. The accident will make him a cripple for life, as the use of the knee will never be fully regained.

Owensboro Messenger, 14 Apr 1906, p.8:

Mr. Lee Hayden, who has been at the city hospital for several weeks on account of a broken limb, is able to be out.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 26 Oct 1919, p. 13:

FARMERS BUSY STRIPPING WEED

Early Cutting Is Prepared For Market; Burley Growers Are Selling Crops

Many farmers in the county, especially in the St. Raphael's neighborhood, were busy during the past week stripping tobacco. Most of this weed is of the early cutting, and it has cured up beautifully, with a heavy weight and nice color, the farmers in this section, who are experienced tobacco growers, say that the tobacco will keep in good order until the market opens in December. In this neighborhood James U. Hayden, Lee Hayden and others have stripped possibly 3,000 sticks.

[James U. Hayden was James Urban Hayden (1856-1933), Lee Hayden's brother.]

Owensboro Messenger, 4 Oct 1928, p. 7:

WILL OF LEE HAYDEN

Lee M. Hayden devised his entire estate to Joseph U. Hayden and his wife in his will admitted to probate in county court yesterday after it had been proven by the evidence of Theresa Clark and J. M. Vowells. He provided that $50 be paid to the pastor of St. Raphael's church for masses. Joseph Hayden was named executor, without bond, and he qualified. Judge McFarland appointed F. M. Shively, Tom Hayden and Roy Simmons as appraisers. The will was executed September 26, 1928.

[Joseph U. Hayden was his nephew Joseph Urban Hayden (1889-1966), son of his brother Charles William Hayden (1845-1918). "J. M. Vowells" may have been his first cousin once removed James Madison Vowels (1863-1935). Theresa Clark was almost certainly his niece, PNH's great-great aunt Teresa McQuina Hayden (1875-1940), who married Philip Ernest Clark. The identity of "Tom Hayden" is unclear to us.]

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 4 Oct 1928, p. 7:

Mrs. Virgil Bowlds, who was called here by the death of her father, Lee M. Hayden, and who has visited the past few days in the home of J. M. Bowlds, returned to her home at Detroit yesterday.

Lee married Medora Clark on 27 Oct 1874 in Daviess County, Kentucky, and was divorced on 12 Nov 1898 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. Medora (daughter of Pius Clark and Mary Marcella Wathen) was born on 10 Jun 1854 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 20 Feb 1926 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 23 Feb 1926 in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married John Henry Higgins in 1871 in Daviess County, Kentucky. John was born on 18 Mar 1843; died on 12 Mar 1892; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Oct 1855, Daviess County, Kentucky
• Alternate death: Aft 1900

Jerome married Matilda Wayne in 1882. Matilda died after 7 Jul 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Despite the handwritten caption on the photo of him as a young man, which says he died 3 Mar 1933, in fact his gravestone and all the other records say he died 17 Apr 1933.

His mother Rosella Combs died when he was less than two years old; he was raised by his stepmother, Martha Ann Higdon.

He married (as his second marriage) Mary Etta Newton, a daughter of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis. His sister Mary Drucilla Hayden married James S. Hayden, her second cousin once removed, and their son Clarence married Mary Etta Newton's sister Sarah Frances Newton. And his son (by his first marriage, to Lou Belle Wayne) Frances Urban Hayden married Mary Lela Newton, daughter of Joseph Sylvester Newton and granddaughter of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis. In other words, James Urban Hayden was the single individual most central to the great entanglement between the Hayden and the Newton clans.

From the Owensboro Messenger, 18 April 1933:

James U. Hayden, 77 years old, died at his home on the Wayne Bridge road at 4 o'clock Monday morning of complications of diseases. Surviving are his widow, four sons, Frank U., Jas. U., Jr., and Noel Hayden all of Rome and Leslie Hayden of Calhoun, and six daughters, Mrs. Jas. T. O'Bryan, Mrs. Geo. Schwartz, of Stanley, Mrs. Pat Ballard of Stanley, Mrs. Joe Ballard, Mrs. Wathen Head and Miss Wilma Hayden of Rome; one sister, Mrs. Fannie Higgins, of Owensboro; one brother, Jerome Hayden of Evansville, and thirty-nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at St. Raphael's Catholic church at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning with burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Active - Edward and Urban O'Bryan, Bernard and Herman Hayden, Dennis Ballard and Jimmy Sims; Honorary - Thos. Hayden, Frank Shively, J.P. O'Bryan, Joe Sims, Virgil Hayden and Hurm Hayden.

James married Lou Belle Wayne on 6 Feb 1883 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. Lou was born on 12 May 1866; died on 3 Mar 1892; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Etta Jane Newton on 9 Jan 1894 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis) was born on 19 Apr 1870; died on 7 Aug 1950 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Alice Hayden and George Elmer Morgan were second cousins, both great-grandchildren of PNH ancestors William Leo Hayden and Mary Hayden.

Mary married George Elmer Morgan on 24 Nov 1896 in Daviess County, Kentucky. George (son of George Washington Morgan and Amanda J. Grant) was born in Mar 1872 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Henry Lyvers. William (son of Thomas Madison "Matt" Livers and Sarah Medley) was born on 3 Dec 1871 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 23 Oct 1933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lula B. Winstead. Lula was born on 27 Feb 1882; died on 8 Sep 1962; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Verna Winstead. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sister Donnelly spells her middle name the conventional way, Genevieve. The spelling used here comes from the one-sheet Family Record of Charles and Malissa Hayden, citation details below.

Family/Spouse: Dr. Michael Edward O'Bryan. Michael was born on 15 Aug 1879; died on 11 Oct 1932 in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His Find a Grave page erroneously has him as a son of Urban Hayden (1819-1888), who was in fact his paternal grandfather.

Joseph married Mary Ermena Riney on 17 Oct 1911 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of James William Riney and Lilly Victoria Miles) was born on 14 Jun 1890; died on 26 Nov 1978; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Drowned.

Notes:

Removed to Detroit.

Family/Spouse: Agatha Wethington. Agatha was born on 4 Jun 1904 in Casey County, Kentucky; died on 25 Feb 1980 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Owensboro Messenger, 7 Apr 1907, page 9:

EIGHT CHILDREN IN EIGHT YEARS

Is Record of Young Curdsville Couple.

Among them are three sets of twins -- Four Boys and Four Girls

If All People Followed Their Example Owensboro Would Extend From Hardinsburg to Henderson.

Whether there is race suicide in process of perpetration in this country or whether there is not, there is a young couple in Daviess county, eight years married and parents of eight children. If their example were followed by all the people in Daviess county this section would shortly be such a city that Main street would extend from Hardinsburg to Henderson. It would be a city that could furnish wives for the womanless of the West and soldiers for the armies of the world.

These young people are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hayden of the Curdsville neighborhood. Mr. Hayden is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hayden, his wife was, before her marriage, Miss Fannie Newton. Both are members of well known and highly respected families. Mr. Hayden is a farmer by occupation and is prosperous.

Of their children four are boys and four are girls. Among them there are three pairs of twins. The first was a boy, then came twins, then a girl and then came twins again, two boys. Saturday, on the eighth anniversary of their marriage, a third pair of twins came, bringing the total number of children to eight. The latest twins are girls.

Mr. Hayden is thirty-three years old and weighs 125 pounds. His wife is twenty-nine years old and weighs 150 pounds.

This record has probably never been surpassed in Daviess county. There is a case on record of a couple in this same section of the county who had five children in a year—but this was maintained for only one year. It was nearly forty years ago. In January, twins were born to them, and in December of the same year triplets were born. But Mr. and Mrs. Hayden have the record for recent years.

The father of Mr. Hayden brought the news of the birth of the latest pair of twins to Owensboro yesterday afternoon.



Owensboro Messenger, 9 Feb 1908, page 9:

YOUNG FARMER DIES

And Leaves a Widow and Eight Children

Clarence Hayden died of heart trouble at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon at his home at Rome, after an illness of several months. His death, while sudden, was not unexpected. He had been in poor health for some time. Mr. Hayden was twenty-eight years old and a respected farmer of the Rome section. His wife, who was before her marriage Miss Newton, survives him, with eight children. The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock Sunday morning from St. Raphael's church. The interment will be in the church cemetery.

Clarence married Sarah Frances "Fannie" Newton on 31 Jan 1899 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Henry Isaac Newton and Margaret Matilda Lewis) was born on 7 Oct 1880 in Liberty Hall, Breckinridge, Kentucky; died on 15 Nov 1970 in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 8 Sep 1872
• Alternate birth: 8 Sep 1873, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

Notes:

According to the U.S. Army Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914, on ancestry.com, he served (as a clerk) in the US Cavalry, 27 May 1895 to 26 May 1898 and was discharged at Fort Du Chesne, Utah. According to U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, also on ancestry.com, he then re-enlisted on 11 Jun 1898 and was discharged on 14 Oct of the same year with the rank of sergeant in company B of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry. His gravestone at Arlington describes him as a veteran of the Spanish-American War, which took place from April through August of 1898. Where he fought, if in fact he saw combat, is unknown to us. He may have re-enlisted again; the newspaper story transcribed below refers to him having been "[f]or a number of years", in connection with the Army, "stationed at Washington, and later at St. Louis".

However those postings may fit into his timeline, the record of his daughter Jane's birth on 3 Oct 1906 says that he worked at that time for the "US Postal service". In 1910 he is seen in the record as a US government clerk at Liguan Military Reservation in the Philippines. He left that position in June 1912 for a job as the clerk of the Army quartermaster's depot in Jeffersonville, Indiana. In late 1912 he left government service for a job at an airplane company in Cincinnati, but by Sep 1918 he was a clerk at the War Department in Washington, DC, a position he still had in 1920. He was still living in Washington, DC in 1930. This is as much as we know of his working life.

He died of bladder cancer at the VA hospital in the Bronx. The abstract of his death certificate helpfully informs us that his residence by then was "Vermont Apartments" in New Jersey.

His death certificate gives his date of birth as 8 Sep 1873. His gravestone at Arlington says 8 Sep 1872.

From the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 5 Jan 1913, page 3:

LETTER

CLEARS UP DISAPPEARANCE OF IVO HAYDEN

Left Jeffersonville to Get Position in Cincinnati—Was Born Near West Louisville

Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 4. — R. Ivo Hayden, who was transferred to the quartermaster's depot here, last June from the Philippines, and located with his wife and two children, in a cottage at 305 East Chestnut street, and whose sudden and mysterious absence from his home caused much anxiety and uneasiness among his friends has been heard from, a letter being received by Frank B. Shepherd, a messenger at the government depot.

Hayden, in his letter to Shepherd, said he had left Jeffersonville for the purpose of quitting the government service and had gone to Cincinnati, from which city he wrote, with a view of finding a position that he thought he would like better than the one he has been filling. It was stated by Hayden that he had notified his wife, who is in Lexington, Ky., where he was, and she would join him later.

After reaching Cincinnati, Hayden wrote, three good positions were found to be open and one was accepted with an aeroplane company.

The personal effects of Hayden are still in the cottage where he had been living since last June, 305 East Chestnut street, and no mention of them was made in the letter. Neither did Hayden offer any explanation as to why he left Jeffersonville unannounced, without locking the front door to his home. The vacancy caused by the leaving of Hayden brings up the question of how it will be filled. The general impression of those who were talked with last evening is that under the new army reorganization law an enlisted man will be promoted and send to Jeffersonville. If this is the case he will be the first soldier clerk at the depot.

Born At West Louisville

Ivo Hayden is the son of James S. Hayden, deceased, and was born and raised in the West Louisville neighborhood. He has a brother, Robert Hayden, living near Curdsville, and a sister, Mrs. Ernest Clark, near West Louisville. When a very young man Hayden entered the army, and by his efficient service has been promoted to a number of important positions. For a number of years he was stationed at Washington, and later at St. Louis.

Family/Spouse: Patricia Jane "Patsy" Embry. Patricia (daughter of Jacob Embry) was born on 22 Jan 1878; died on 5 May 1963; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 24 Aug 1875, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky

Notes:

The name on her death certificate is, on ancestry.com, mistranscribed as "Thomas M. Clark".

She and her husband were half third cousins, being both descendants of Henrietta Cole (1754-1837).

Family/Spouse: Philip Ernest Clark. Philip (son of William M. Clark and Laura Ann Hayden) was born on 16 May 1876 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 25 Jun 1923 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 11 Aug 1878

Notes:

Known as "Denver Bob".

Cause of death: gastric ulcer.

Owensboro Messenger, Wednesday, 25 Jun 1919:

Robert Hayden, a well known young farmer of the Curdsville vicinity, died of stomach trouble at his home at 6:45 o'clock Monday evening. Mr. Hayden had been in failing health for more than one year, and was taken to his bed a few weeks ago. His condition grew worse last week, and remained so up to the time of his death. Mr. Hayden was 42 years of age, and was born near West Louisville. He was a very popular young man and had many friends. For 12 years he was in the service of the United States army. The deceased is survived by his wife, who was Miss Flora Blandford, two sons and two daughters. he is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Ernest Clark, of West Louisville, two brothers, Ivo Hayden of Washington and Crawford Hayden, of Nebraska, both of whom have been doing government work for many years. 

James married Mary Florella "Flora" Blandford on 12 Jan 1904 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Dr. Thomas Walter Blandford and Louisa Cecilia Luckett) was born on 10 Apr 1881; died on 24 May 1963; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Owensboro Twice-a-Week Messenger, 3 Jul 1915, p. 8:

Claudia [sic] Hayden.

A telegram received by Robert Hayden, of the Curdsville neighborhood, announced the death of his brother, Claudia [sic] Hayden, which occurred Thursday morning in the National Soldier's Home in Washington, D. C.

Mr. Hayden was thirty-seven years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Hayden, deceased. He was born and reared near West Louisville. He left Daviess county seventeen years ago and enlisted in the army, where he served until he was forced to retire on account of ill health, two years ago. Mr. Hayden was ill with heart trouble, the cause of his death. His remains will be shipped here for burial, which will take place in the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church burying grounds.

Mr. Hayden is survived by his sister, Mrs. Pete Clark [sic — his sister Teresa was married to Philip Ernest Clark], West Louisville; four brothers, Robert Hayden, Curdsville; William Hayden, Cradford Hayden [sic — Crawford], and Ivo Hayden.

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Died young.

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The memorial inscription on his gravestone, as shown in the photograph on his Find a Grave page, clearly gives a death date of 16 Sep 1915. But the Navy record of his death says that on "9 September 1915", on the U.S.S. Decatur, "At 3:45 p.m. an explosion occurred in compartment A-2 or A-97-M, killing HAYDEN, William U., Chief Gunner's Mate, USN; BELL, Ewell, Gunner's Mate 3rd Class, USN; ELKINS, Loid J., Gunner's Mate 3rd Class, USN."

Owensboro Messenger, Wednesday, 24 Nov 1915:

BURIAL OF A SOLDIER TAKES PLACE AT ST. JOSEPH

The remains of William U. Hayden, formerly of West Louisville, who was killed in an explosion while acting as chief gunner's mate on board the Decatur at Cavite, Philippine Islands, about the middle of last September, arrived Tuesday morning and were taken to St. Joseph, where the funeral was conducted from St. Alphonsus Catholic church, with interment in the church burying grounds. The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hayden, both deceased, and has several brothers and one sister. Mr. Hayden served many years in the army, enlisting the last time in the navy at San Diego, Calif., May 4, 1913.

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• Alternate birth: Mar 1886

Crawford married Hazel Amelia Daigle on 6 Jan 1917 in Denver, Denver, Colorado. Hazel was born in 1897; died in 1959; was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Donnelly, John Medley (1615-1660): "JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY (849) was born 4/2/1868 in Rineyville, Kentucky, the son of JOSEPH GATTON "GAT" MEDLEY (487) and ROSELLA ANNA HAYDEN (549). JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was named as an heir of his grandfather URBAN HAYDEN (276) (Deed D:132, Daviess Co., KY). He spent many years on his father's farm prior to his marriage, and served in the Spanish American War. On 5/5/1905 he married first Mary Virginia Blandford (d 9/24/1909). At the time of their daughters births they were residing in Omaha, Nebraska and then returned to Owensboro, Kentucky. In Owensboro on 8/16/1911 he married secondly Malissa Marie Clark (b 10/27/1882, d 12/27/1947 in Owensboro, KY), the daughter of Felix Clark and Catherine Blandford. They moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was a professional photographer and the family lived near Army installations as he specialized in troop pictures. They next moved to Texas City, Texas, and then to El Paso, Texas where he built a large home for his growing family. Malissa Marie was never satisfied being so far from Kentucky and eventually the family returned to Kentucky and bought a large farm across the river in Indiana. A flood wiped out his entire first crop and the family lost everything. The family returned to Owensboro where JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was a policeman and park supervisor of Mooreland Park. While a policeman he never arrested a drunk. Instead he called a taxi to take the person home, and payed for it out of his own pocket. While a park supervisor he planted all the beautiful trees that one today sees in Mooreland Park. At the time of his death on 2/7/1932, he was a barber in Owensboro. He is remembered by his children with respect and love.

Joseph married Mary Virginia Blandford on 5 May 1905. Mary died on 24 Sep 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Malissa Marie Clark on 16 Aug 1911. Malissa was born on 27 Oct 1882; died on 27 Dec 1947 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Owensboro Messenger, 1 Dec 1900, p. 7: "Mrs Lee Hayden has returned from an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. Daniel McSweeney, of Chicago, Ohio."

We have found no record of the marriage of any Daniel McSweeney to any of the daughter of Lee Hayden and Madora Clark, but the record of the 23 Jul 1922 marriage, in Willard, Huron County, Ohio, of Margaret Elizabeth McSweeney to Hugh Robert Sullivan, gives the bride's parents as Daniel Chas. McSweeney and Mary R. Hayden. This fits perfectly: The "Chicago, Ohio" referred to in the above paragraph in the Messenger was a town in Huron County, which subsequently renamed itself, first, Chicago Junction, and second, in 1918, Willard.

Given all of the above, Mary Louise Donnelly's statement that Mary R. Hayden, daughter of Lee Hayden and Madora Clark, died before 1900, has to be a mistake.

Family/Spouse: Daniel Charles McSweeney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1880, Kentucky

Notes:

"Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hayden announce the marriage of their daughter, Daisy Cecelia, to Mr. Virgil Bowlds, to take place on Wednesday, April 26, in the parsonage of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the ceremony to be performed by Rev. E. S. Fitzgerald. The attendants will be Miss Nina Clark and Mr. Tony Smith." [Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 16 Apr 1905, p. 11]

Daisy married Virgil Thornton Bowlds on 26 Apr 1905 in St. Paul's, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. Virgil was born on 4 Apr 1881 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; died on 3 Apr 1945 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Dec 1881
• Alternate birth: 1882

Family/Spouse: John Woodward. John was born in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Nov 1883
• Alternate birth: 1884

Notes:

According to his death certificate, he died unmarried, of chronic alcoholism. He was an epileptic. His mother is the informant on his death certificate.

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 24 Mar 1918, p. 2:

EMMET HAYDEN DIES SUDDENLY

Emmett Hayden, 32 years of age, a well known young man, died Saturday evening about 7:45 o'clock at the city hospital after a very short illness. Young Hayden was walking along the pavement near Lea and Davis's livery stable on West Third street shortly after 6 o'clock, when he suddenly fell to the pavement. He was in an unconscious condition, and was rushed to the hospital. He was given medical aid, but died a short time after he arrived at the hospital.

Mr. Hayden was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hayden and was a grate setter by trade. Besides his parents, he is survived by one brother, Urban Hayden, and three sisters, Mrs. Daisy Bowlds, of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Rosa McSweeney of Pittsburg. He also has a sister living in St. Louis.

Notes:

He died of injuries sustained when he was run over by a wagon.

The 1900 census lists him as 16 years old, a farm laborer, living with his father, and married.

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• Alternate birth: 1888

Notes:

He was a newspaper reporter.

Family/Spouse: Joseph Mills. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James T. O'Bryan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Schwartz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alphonsus "Fonnie" Grant. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a carpenter.

Francis married Mary Lela Newton on 7 Jan 1913. Mary (daughter of Joseph Sylvester Newton and Margaret Magdalen Furrow) was born on 16 May 1894 in Kentucky; died on 21 Aug 1971 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Lou Belle, Lue Belle, Loubilla, Loubella, Lura Belle. Her gravestone says Loubelle. She died young, of tuberculosis.

Loubelle married Wathen Elmore Snyder on 30 Sep 1917 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. Wathen (son of John Snyder and Ordelia) was born on 4 Apr 1897 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 17 Mar 1971 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Richard Reisz. Charles (son of Anselm Joseph Reisz and Mary Matilda Hayden) was born on 20 Nov 1887 in Rome, Daviess, Kentucky; died on 20 Apr 1963 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Ressurection Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Beatrice married William Patrick Ballard in 1918. William (son of John Brown Ballard and Cordelia Isabel "Delia" Powers) was born on 11 Oct 1891 in Kentucky; died on 8 Oct 1944 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shown in some records as Ellen Carey Hayden.

Family/Spouse: Joseph Anthony Ballard. Joseph (son of John Brown Ballard and Cordelia Isabel "Delia" Powers) was born on 30 Jan 1897 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 30 Jan 1972 in Knottsville, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James Wathen "Watt" Head on 9 Jan 1917 in St. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. James (son of Joseph Leslie Head and Imelda Mulligan) was born on 18 Apr 1896; died on 12 Nov 1934; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Edna Fischer. Mary (daughter of John A. Fischer and Anna) was born on 30 May 1906 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; died on 9 Jul 1991 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Zilpah Robertson on 18 Aug 1931. Zilpah was born on 15 May 1901 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 15 May 1983 in McLean County, Kentucky; was buried on 17 May 1983 in Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, McLean, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mabel Batman on 6 Jan 1931. Mabel (daughter of Oscar Batman and Clara Johnson) was born on 2 Jun 1908 in Hancock County, Kentucky; died on 11 Apr 1997; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roy Lee "Jack" Terry. Roy was born on 1 Nov 1911; died in 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]