Mary

Notes:

Reno, Donnelly, and Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties all call her Mary French. Reno gives no parents. ECSSMVNNC gives her parents as James French and Elizabeth Meekin. Donnelly gives her parents as James French and Elizabeth Carberry.

Mary married Robert Thompson before 1687 in Maryland. Robert was born before 1652 in England; died before 1 Nov 1697 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Evidence that George Thompson was preceded by two Robert Thompsons, not just one as most genealogies show, can be found here at the Thompson DNA Project.

"[Robert Thompson's] son George Thompson did not marry Anne Clarke--I thought we'd put that one to bed a long time ago. He m. first, Rebecca Medley and second, Grace Greenwell." [Linda Reno, MDSTMARY-L, 13 Jan 2003.]

Family/Spouse: Grace Greenwell. Grace (daughter of James Greenwell and Grace Taylor) was born about 1686 in Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1747 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Rebecca Medley before 1706 in St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland. Rebecca (daughter of William Medley and Ann Reynolds) was born about 1682 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died about 1743 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Cole between 1734 and 1738. Mary (daughter of Robert Cole and Elizabeth Tant) was born between 1715 and 1720 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died before 1776 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Hayden. William (son of George Hayden and Charity) was born about 1742; died on 10 Apr 1794 in Washington County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Richard James Rapier about 1772. Richard was born about 1744 in Maynard's Comfort, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 12 Dec 1817 in Mansion House, near Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Linda Reno gives Charles Hayden's dates as 'b. Bef. 1772, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1811, Nelson Co., KY.'

His will (citation details below) appoints his wife and his son-in-law, PNH ancestor William Leo Hayden, executors of his estate. It also gives William, among other bequests, "my negro man, Dennis".

Charles married Eleanor "Molly" Elliott on 7 Sep 1793 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Eleanor (daughter of Matthew Elliott and Ann) was born before 1777 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 26 Oct 1813 in Nelson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor "Ellen" Lee. Eleanor was born about 1771 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in Aug 1859 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Jennet Lee on 8 Aug 1789 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Jennet died before Jul 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Mary Green on 7 Jul 1796 in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary was born on 8 Jun 1763 in Granville County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In bequeathing the "land where I now Live" to his wife Nancy in his will of 5 Sep 1827, Wilford Hayden mentions that the land had been deeded to him by Mordecai Lincoln.

Mordecai Lincoln (1771-1830) was an uncle of the 16th president of the United States. In 1797 he bought 300 acres near Springfield, Kentucky from Terah Templin, Kentucky's first ordained Presbyterian minister, and built a two-story log house on it. On 4 Feb 1802, Lincoln sold 200 of those acres, including the house ("that tract or parcel of land with the appurtenances and improvements") to Wilford Hayden. In around 1815 Hayden expanded the house, adding a Federal facade. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the structure survives today on US Highway 528 near Springfield, the only house of any member of the Lincoln family still standing in Kentucky. Renovated in 2007-08, it is open for tours by appointment.

On several occasions, President Lincoln referred to his uncle Mordecai as the relative who had most influenced him, remarking that "Uncle Mord ran off with all the talents of the family." Mordecai Lincoln married Mary Mudd, a Roman Catholic, and presumably converted; at any rate, he is buried at the Old Catholic Cemetery (also called the Lincoln Cemetery) near Fountain Green, Illinois. His son, also Mordecai Lincoln, the 16th President's cousin, was vehemently anti-Catholic; he was also known as a "woman-hater", i.e., a man determined to not marry. The younger Mordecai and the future President corresponded on several occasions and met at least once; they shared an avid interest in their family's history.

In a further twist of history, Mordecai Lincoln's wife Mary Mudd (d. 1850) was a first cousin twice removed to Dr. Samuel Mudd (1833-1883), tried and imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After more than three years he was pardoned by Andrew Johnson and released from prison in 1869. The question of his actual culpability is still controversial. Both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan wrote letters to his descendant Richard Mudd in which they agreed that Dr. Mudd had committed no crime.

In the "Statement of Significance" in the 1972 application to have the Mordecai Lincoln House added to the National Register of Historic Places, it is stated that Wilford Hayden (called in the document "Wilfred Haydon") was by 1815 "a wealthy man." In the same section, the Federal frame added by Wilford Hayden to Mordecai Lincoln's log house is called "one of the finest architectural examples in Kentucky."

Wilford married Ann C. "Nancy" Lee on 6 Jun 1793. Ann (daughter of Phillip Lee and Susannah Thompson) was born in 1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 17 Apr 1835 in Washington County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Rose's Cemetery, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated from Maryland to Kentucky in 1788. [www.stmarysfamilies.com, citing Hayden/Rapier and Allied Families by Mary Louise Donnelly.]

Laura Hayden notes that, compared to other Haydens of this time and place, there appear to be unusually long spans of time between the births of George and Mary Hayden's children. We suspect this means we don't have a full record of all of them.

The 1820 census enumeration of George Hayden's family lists two "Free White Persons - Males - 16 to 25", and two "Free White Persons - Females 10 to 15", none of whom can be accounted for by George and Mary's known children. This is specifically relevant to our belief that George and Mary were the parents of Joseph Hayden b. ~1800, who would account for one of the missing males aged 16 to 25; for more on that, see Joseph's own page. It could also account for another son named Clement, unless Clement is just Joseph Clement or Clement Joseph. We have no theory of the identity of the missing daughters aged 10 to 15, who would have been born between 1805 and 1810.

The book History of Daviess County, Kentucky. Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens. And an Outline History of Kentucky (Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1883) states that George and Mary Hayden's son George Samuel Hayden (1810-1876) was "the youngest" of "a large family". In fact, we believe he was the youngest of George and Mary's children, and that George's several further children were the offspring of a second wife named Nancy Doncaster or Duncaster. But at any rate, three children - Elizabeth, Eleanor, and George Samuel - don't constitute "a large family" by the standards of the time. So we're strongly inclined to believe that George and Mary had more children than those for whom records have survived.

Family/Spouse: Nancy Doncaster. Nancy was born before 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary "Polly" Elliott on 7 Jul 1796 in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Matthew Elliott and Ann) was born between 1769-1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died before 1818 in Washington County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1779, St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland
• Alternate death: 7 Jan 1850, Fancy Farm, Graves, Kentucky

Thomas married Mary "Polly" Willett on 15 Jan 1802. Mary (daughter of Capt. Samuel Willett and Ann C. "Nancy" Lee) was born in 1788 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died before 6 Oct 1831; was buried on 6 Oct 1831 in St. Rose's Cemetery, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Arie Ann Gwynn on 28 Jun 1796 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Arie (daughter of Thomas Gwynn and Mary Ann Johnson) was born on 8 Jan 1778 in Prince George's County, Maryland; died on 29 May 1860; was buried in St. Thomas, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 20 Jul 1774
• Alternate birth: 24 Jul 1774

Mary married Basil Hayden on 15 Jul 1795 in Washington County, Kentucky. Basil (son of Basil Hayden and Henrietta Cole) was born on 7 Aug 1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 20 Jul 1833 in Washington County, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Mary Cemetery, Calvary, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Gwynn. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Gwynn and Mary Ann Johnson) was born on 20 Apr 1785; died on 29 Nov 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden on 4 Jan 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky. William (son of Charles Ewing and Henrietta Cole) was born on 16 Dec 1785 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 6 Dec 1867 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Nevitt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillip married Elizabeth Thompson Hayden on 22 Sep 1826 in Washington County, Kentucky. Elizabeth (daughter of Basil Hayden and Mary Rapier) was born on 20 Mar 1811 in Calvary, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mentioned in the will of his father. We have no other information about him.

James married Catherine Gibbs on 8 Oct 1821. Catherine (daughter of James Gibbs) was born in 1801 in Maryland; died on 6 Jun 1879; was buried in St. Stephen's Catholic Cemetery, Indian Creek, Monroe, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called William "Big Billy" Hayden.

William married Ann "Nancy" Hayden on 19 Jan 1814 in Kentucky. Ann (daughter of Basil Hayden and Mary Rapier) was born on 21 Sep 1797 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 2 Aug 1865 in Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1824, Kentucky

John married Ann Rebecca McAllister on 18 May 1847 in Washington County, Kentucky. Ann (daughter of Daniel McAllister) was born about 1828 in Springfield, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Hayden's parentage remains unproven. But we (Laura Hayden and PNH) think it very likely he was a son of George Hayden (1776-1859).

(1) DNA evidence indicates that Patrick is probably a direct paternal descendant of the immigrant Francis Heydon who died in St. Mary's County, Maryland circa 1694. Specifically, his brother Benjamin's Y-DNA is a 98% match to that of several people with documented paternal descent from Francis. Additionally, Benjamin's Y-DNA is also a strong match to that of people descended from Charles Evans Hayden (1873-1939), who was a grandson of George Hayden (1776-1859).

(2) We do not have a record of a straight father-to-son descent from Francis to Patrick. We have records that show Patrick is descended from Francis, but they go through the maternal line at least twice. (Specifically, the documented descent from Francis goes through Joseph's son James's wife Mary Drucilla Hayden, daughter of Urban Hayden, son of Mary A. Hayden, daughter of Charles Hayden, himself a direct male-line descendant of Francis. Urban’s father William Leo Hayden was not a descendant of Francis, but he married a Hayden, Mary, who was.)

(3) We have never been able to find a record of the parents of Patrick's paternal great-great-great grandfather Joseph Hayden (~1800-<1883).

(4) And yet, if the DNA evidence is to be believed, Joseph must be a direct paternal descendant of Francis.

This has led us to examine the question of which direct paternal descendants of Francis Hayden (d. ~1694) were in Washington County, Kentucky at the right time to be the father of Joseph Hayden who was (according to the 1883 History of Daviess County, Kentucky, citation details below) born there in approximately 1800.

William Hayden, direct paternal great-grandson of Francis Hayden, was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1742. He and his family emigrated from Maryland to Kentucky as part of the expedition led by his more famous brother Basil Hayden. William Hayden died in Washington County, Kentucky on 10 April 1794.

His sons were:
Charles Hayden, b. ~1766, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1813, Washington, KY
Benedict "Bennett" Hayden, b. 1768, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1794, Washington, KY
Henry Hayden, b. 1770, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1828, Washington, KY
Wilford Hayden, b. 1772, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1827, Washington, KY
George Hayden, b. <1776, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1859, Springfield, Washington, KY
Thomas Hayden, b. 1779, St. Mary's County, MD; d. 1850, Fancy Farm, Graves, KY

(Incidentally, the Wilford Hayden mentioned above, sold, in 1802, 300 acres near Springfield, Kentucky, to Mordecai Lincoln (1771-1830), uncle of the 16th President of the United States. More on Wilford's page, behind the link.)

Benedict Hayden is unlikely to have been Joseph's father, unless our birth year for Joseph is off by at least six years. That leaves Charles, Henry, Wilford, George, and Thomas.

Kentucky's 1800 census records were burned by the British during the War of 1812. But surviving tax lists from 1800 turn up 17 men named Hayden, Heydon, Haydon, or Haydin being taxed in Washington County that year. Among those seventeen are names corresponding to all five of William Hayden's sons known to have been alive and in Washington County in 1800: a Charles Heydon, a Henry Heydon, a Wilfrid Haydin, a George Hayden, and a Thomas Haydon. ("Will Heydon" and "Willy Heydon", also among the 17 names, might well be the same individual as Wilfrid/Wilford.)

Charles Hayden is already known to be a 5G grandfather to Patrick, as the father of Mary A. Hayden who married William Leo Hayden, natural son of Basil Hayden's wife Henrietta Cole. Charles is unlikely to be the father of Joseph because the records show him and his wife Eleanor Elliott as parents of a different child born in 1800, Charles Hayden Jr., who married Eleanor Hagan (1803-1882) and died in 1838. That leaves Henry, Wilford, George, and Thomas.

Henry Hayden married Jennet Lee in Kentucky in 1789, and she had several children by him before she died sometime before 1796. In July 1796 Henry married Mary Green, and we have no record of them having any children.

Wilford Hayden married Ann Nancy Lee, and they had a child in 1800, Phillip Hayden, who married Elizabeth Thompson Hayden (1811-1849) and died in 1841.

Thomas Hayden married Mary Willett in January 1802. They had 13 children, including a John Joseph Hayden in 1812, but John Joseph married Elenor Hobbs and isn't our Joseph Hayden.

That leaves George Hayden (1776-1859) as the likeliest father for Joseph Hayden. George Hayden married Mary Elliott, the sister of his brother Charles's wife Eleanor Elliott, in Washington County, Kentucky in 1796. George and Mary's first recorded child is Elizabeth b. 1798; the next one we're able to find is Eleanor b. 1803. As Laura Hayden points out, this a very long gap for the usually-prolific Haydens; Joseph could well have been born to them in that gap.

Some unsourced online records show George Hayden and Mary Elliott with a son identified as "Clement Hayden" born c. 1800 in Washington County, Kentucky. It's hardly impossible that this Clement's full name was Clement Joseph Hayden, or Joseph Clement Hayden. Or Clement and Joseph could be separate children; the gap is long enough to easily encompass the birth of two. Relevant to this, the 1820 census shows George and Mary's household containing two "Free White Persons - Males - 16 to 25", which suggests that they had at least two otherwise unrecorded sons prior to 1805.

Just to reiterate, Joseph Hayden (1800-1883), Patrick's GGG grandfather, has to have been a direct paternal descendant of the immigrant Francis Hayden, unless the DNA results are wrong. And to repeat a supporting point, those DNA results also showed Patrick's brother Benjamin as a strong match to paternal descendants of a grandson of the George Hayden we are hypothesizing as Joseph Hayden's father -- Charles Evans Hayden (1873-1939), grandson of George by his second wife, Nancy Doncaster.

[Thanks to Laura Hayden for doing most of the work on this series of deductions.]

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Details from the 1820 US Federal Census, Bardstown, Nelson County, for George Haydon:
[Showing the presence of two males in his household born between 1795 and 1805]

Name:
George Haydon
Home in 1820 (City, County, State):
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky
Enumeration Date:
August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 12
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 12

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Another thing we know as well as we know anything about Joseph Hayden is that he married Catherine Clayton on 26 Aug 1823 in Nelson County, Kentucky, and that she was a daughter of Joseph Clayton who fought on the Virginia line in the Revolution and died in Nelson County, Kentucky between 1813 and 1824.

The following legal transcript, found at http://www.geocities.ws/johnadamfogle/26.html and entitled "Indenture, Nelson County, 11 April 1803", shows that as far back as 1793, William Hayden (father to George, who we believe to have been Joseph's father), and his son Charles Hayden, and Joseph Clayton, who would become Joseph Hayden's father-in-law thirty years later, were all neighbors in Nelson County, Kentucky, owning land that abutted one another's holdings.

This Indenture made the (blank) day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and three between Charles Morehead and Samuel Miller Commissioners of the County of Nelson of the one part and Joseph Fogle of the same county of the other part. Witnesseth that Whereas by an act of the general assembly of this state passed on the first day of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven entitled an act to reduce into one the several acts for the conveyance and division of lands the County Courts of this state were authorized and directed to appoint Commissioners in their respective counties to divide and convey lands in certain cases and the said Morehead and Miller having been duly appointed by the County Court of Nelson for the purposes contained in the above recited act and having been called upon by the said Joseph Fogle to divide 5 certain surveys or tracts of land held in tennency in common between him the said Joseph Fogle and a certain Adam Fogle of the aforesaid County of Nelson as will more fully appear from the title papers of them the said Joseph and Adam aforesaid being thereto had one of the said surveys or tracts of land containing two hundred and fifty acres of land lying on the North side of the Beechfork in the said County granted by patent to Josiah Lee, and conveyed by said Lee to said Joseph and Adam Fogle, a second tract containing one hundred and ninety acres, a third tract containing twenty five acres the fourth tract containing fifty eight and one fourth acres and the fifth tract twenty acres and three fourths which four last mentioned tracts are hereafter more particularly described. Now we the said Charles Morehead and Samuel Miller Commissioners as aforesaid in pursuance of the power and authority vested in us by the aforesaid recited act of assembly have enfeoffed transfered and conveyed and do by these presents enfeoff transfer and convey unto the aforesaid Joseph Fogle all the right title interest or claim of him the said Adam Fogle to the aforesaid four last mentioned tracts of land the one hundred and ninety acres situate lying and being in the County of Nelson on the north side of the Rolling Fork of Salt River conveyed by deed duly recorded in the Bairdstown District Court by Josiah Lee and wife to said Joseph & Adam Fogle and is bounded as follows, towit, Beginning at a sycamore and Mulberry on the bank of said fork at the lower corner of James Andersons one hundred acre survey, thence north twenty west one hundred poles thence north forty east thirty poles to a white oak and maple thence south eighty east forty poles to a white oak thence south ten east one hundred and thirty eight poles to two beeches in James Anderson's line, thence with said line north eighty west two hundred and forty five poles to the Beginning. The twenty five acres bound as follows, towit, Beginning at a hickory tree south of the Ball alley, running thence south 84 west 53 1/2 poles to a white oak black walnut and sugar tree corner to Clarke and Hayden, thence S 2 1/2 E 88 poles to a sugar tree on the west side of the road, thence north 87 E 40 poles to a stake near a dead white oak and black walnut in Duncaster's plantation thence N 4 W 39 1/2 to a small black oak, thence up the said road N22, E 40 1/4 poles to a stake in the said road, thence north 4 W 14 poles to the Beginning, which said tract William Hayden is bound by bond dated the sixth day of May 1793 to convey to said Adam & Joseph Fogle.

The fifty eight and one fourth acres is bounded as follows towit, Beginning at an old hickory standing near the old battery and running thence north two degrees west 100 poles to a large white oak in Haydons line, thence south 77 3/4 degrees west seventy three poles to a white oak standing in the road, thence south 75 west 36 poles to white oak standing in the edge of a glade, thence south 10 east 74 poles to a small cedar standing in a glade, thence north 84 East 108 poles to the beginning which said tract of 58 1/4 acres Kanellam Peak is bound by Bond dated the (blank) to convey to the said Adam & Joseph Fogle, Twenty acres and which Joseph Clayton is bound by bond dated the (blank) to convey to the said Adam and Joseph Fogle is bounded as follows, towit, Beginning at a white oak and red oak corner to Joseph Claytons and George Clarke land on the top of a hill on the south side of Russells branch and running thence south 79 east 108 poles to two sugar trees and Iron wood sapling standing in the head of a small drain of Pottengers Creek, thence North 2 1/2 degrees West 41 3/4 poles to a dogwood stump corner to Charles Hayden, thence along his line passing said Haydens corner due west 80 poles to a large white oak in George Clarks line, thence South 49 1/2 degrees west 39 poles to the beginning. To have and to hold the aforesaid four last mentioned tracts of land lying and being in the County of Nelson and containing in the whole two hundred and ninety four acres and all and singular the appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining to him the said Joseph Fogle his heirs, Exors, admons and assigns forever to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Joseph Fogle his hers & e forever.

In witness whereof we the said commissioners have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals the day and year first above written.

Witness
Chs Morehead seal
Saml Miller seal

At a County Court held for Nelson County on Monday the 11th of April 1803.
This Indenture from Charles Morehead & Samuel Miller two of the commissioners of Nelson County to Joseph Fogle was acknowledged by the said commissioners to be their voluntary act & deed for the purposes therein expressed and the said Indenture together with the papers agreeable to which the within division was made was ordered to be recorded.

Teste, Ben Grayson, c.c

A copy Attest
B.L. Blakey, C.N.C.C.

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Regarding his death date, Laura Hayden notes: "We don't have a date of death for Joseph. We only know it was after his last sighting in the census records - 1850 - and before his mention in this excerpt from the History of Daviess County (pub. 1883): 'James S. Hayden, born in Nelson County, KY, Aug. 23, 1836, is a son of Joseph Hayden (deceased), a native of Washington County.'"

The Owensboro Messenger, 24 Aug 1880, lists "Hayden, Joseph S" as among those with a letter addressed to them at the Owensboro Post Office which "if not called for in thirty days will be sent to the Dead Letter Office."

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The 1850 census records Joseph as living in Nelson County with his daughter Mary Ellen Hayden and her husband Orville Price, and gives his age as "50". This is the chief evidence for a birthdate of around 1800.

A Findagrave.com page exists for "Joseph Haydon", listing him as born in 1800 and buried in St. Catherine Cemetery, New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky. It gives no death date, and the user who recorded this cemetery notes that they photographed every stone there and found no stone for him. Despite the fact that this Joseph Haydon's birthplace is given as "New Haven, Nelson County, Kentucky" instead of Washington County, we think this is our Joseph, because his daughter Mary Ellen and her husband Orville Price, in whose household we last see Joseph living in 1850, are both buried there as well.

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Joseph married Catherine Clayton on 26 Aug 1823 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Catherine (daughter of Joseph Clayton and Eleanor Cole) was born before 1803 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died about 1840 in Nelson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married Charles Vowels on 23 Oct 1826 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Charles was born on 4 Jun 1807 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 8 Jan 1889 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George S. Hayden (deceased), one of the pioneers of Daviess County, Ky., was born near New Hope, Nelson Co., Ky., Nov. 15, 1810, a son of George and Mary Elliot Hayden, natives of Maryland who came to Washington County, Ky., at an early day. They had a large family and George S. was the youngest. George S. was reared on a farm in Nelson County and was married there to Miss Delphenia Elder, May 4, 1833. She was a daughter of Dr. Guy and Mary (Birch) Elder. The summer following his marriage he came to Daviess County, settling on his farm in Upper Town Precinct. His wife died here in October 1839. They had three children, James D., born May 3, 1834, died June 2, 1837; Lucy A., born Aug. 11, 1836, is the wife of Wilferd J. Hayden; Mary V., born Sept 9, 1838, wife of John H. Payne, both residing in Upper Town Precinct. June 2, 1810, Mr. Hayden married Miss M. Teresa Burch. She was born in Hardin County, Ky., March 17, 1822, a daughter of John H. and Mary A. (Greenwell) Burch. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Hayden settled on the old farm in Upper Town Precinct where his wife still resides and where he died May 4, 1876. They had a family of thirteen children - Virginia A., born March 11, 1841, married Wm. H. Monarch; Robert H., born Dec. 20, 1842, died Sept. 16 1878; Margaret E., born Feb. 14, 1845, married John W. Hagan who died Oct. 26, 1882; J. Artelia, born Feb. 11, 1847; George S. Jr., born Jan. 25, 1849, died Dec. 31, 1852; Nannie T., born March 11, 1850, married S. W. Osborne; C. W., born April 15, 1853, resides on the old homestead with his mother engaged in farming; Eva E., born May 16, 1856, married William W. Blandford, Jan. 23 1883; Joshua B., born April 2, 1858, is employed in the "Famous" clothing house of St. Louis, Mo.; H. Walter, born March 22, 1860, is a farmer and stock dealer of Curdsville Precinct; Frank X., born May 5, 1862; George S. born April 8, 1865; and Teresa G., born Feb. 22, 1868. The last three reside at home with their mother. The family are all members of the Catholic church. Mr. Hayden was not only one of the pioneers of Daviess County, but was a good neighbor and a representative citizen, loved and respected by all who knew him. [History of Daviess County, Kentucky]

George married Delphenia Elder on 4 May 1833 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Delphenia (daughter of Dr. Guy Elder and Mary Birch) was born on 14 Feb 1815; died in Oct 1839 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in Gough Cemetery, Sorgho, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mary Teresa Burch on 2 Jun 1840 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of John Hanson Burch and Mary A. Greenwell) was born on 17 Mar 1822 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died on 20 Oct 1892 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine Elizabeth Mattingly. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eleanor Hobbs. Eleanor was born on 9 Oct 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 9 Sep 1885 in Hickman, Kentucky; was buried in St. Jerome Cemetery, Fancy Farm, Graves, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann Nancy Wilson. Ann was born on 23 Sep 1821; died in 1898; was buried in St. Jerome Cemetery, Fancy Farm, Graves, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Matilda Moore on 29 Sep 1835 in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Matilda (daughter of Alexander Moore and Frances) was born about 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 16 Jun 1796

Notes:

"Ellender" is the spelling in the Leo Hayden family Bible.

Eleanor married Francis Joseph Roberts on 4 Jan 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 2 Nov 1797, Nelson County, Kentucky
• Alternate birth: 26 Nov 1797
• Alternate birth: 25 Nov 1798

Notes:

For her birthdate, Leo Hayden's family Bible lists both this date given here and, on a looseleaf sheet, 21 Sep 1797. She's referred to as "Nancy Will". Her gravestone gives her birthdate as 21 Nov 1797.

Ann married William "Big Willie" Hayden on 19 Jan 1814 in Kentucky. William (son of Wilford Hayden and Ann C. "Nancy" Lee) was born on 5 Aug 1794 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 30 Jul 1851 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 8 Oct 1809

Notes:

"Margret H. Deser" is the name as given in the Leo Hayden family Bible.

The transcription of Leo Hayden's family bible, in "Bible records of Basil Hayden (Basil Robert Hayden, 1774-1833)," Kentucky Genealogical Records Book, GRC Book Series 1, volume 319, pp. 84-87, gives her birth date as 8 Oct 1809 and her brother Joseph's as 4 Apr 1809. At least one of these has to be wrong.

Margaret married George Dyer on 8 Jun 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 22 May 1804, Washington County, Kentucky

Notes:

Leo Hayden's family Bible lists both the birthdate given here and, on a looseleaf sheet, 22 May 1804.

Family/Spouse: Peninah Ann Williams. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leo married Catherine P. Ewing on 3 Oct 1833. Catherine (daughter of George Ewing and Elizabeth Woods Wallace) was born on 18 Feb 1810; died on 8 Jun 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Leo married Sarah Jane Wallace after Jun 1839. Sarah was born on 8 Jan 1819; died on 14 Dec 1870 in Lincoln, Kentucky; was buried in Buffalo Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 4 Apr 1809, Washington County, Kentucky

Notes:

The transcription of Leo Hayden's family bible, in "Bible records of Basil Hayden (Basil Robert Hayden, 1774-1833)," Kentucky Genealogical Records Book, GRC Book Series 1, volume 319, pp. 84-87, gives Joseph Hayden's birth date as 4 Apr 1809 and his sister Margaret's as 8 Oct 1809. At least one of these has to be wrong.

Joseph married Nancy Williams on 20 Jan 1830. Nancy was born on 22 Nov 1809 in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky; died on 23 Mar 1890 in Loire, Wilson, Texas; was buried in St. Luke Catholic Cemetery, Loire, Wilson, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 23 Mar 1811
• Alternate birth: 20 Mar 1812, Calvary, Marion, Kentucky

Notes:

Leo Hayden's family Bible lists both the date given here and, on a looseleaf sheet, 23 Mar 1811.

Elizabeth married Phillip Hayden on 22 Sep 1826 in Washington County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Thomas Dant about 1843 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The loose leaf in the Leo Hayden family Bible has her married to a Richard Hamilton.

Family/Spouse: Richard Hamilton Hill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 2 Jun 1817, Calvary, Marion, Kentucky

Notes:

Leo Hayden's family Bible lists both the date given here and, on a looseleaf sheet, 2 Aug 1817.

William married Mary Beatrice Freymuth on 20 Jan 1846 in St. Peter, Missouri. Mary was born on 13 Mar 1823 in Prussia; died on 17 Jan 1872; was buried in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery, St. Paul, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Lewis Hayden, Jr. on 2 Sep 1845 in St. Thomas, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Lewis (son of Lewis Hayden and Mary "Polly" Dant) was born on 19 Sep 1819 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 2 Oct 1904; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Delphina married George Clark on 15 Jul 1834 in Marion County, Kentucky. George was born on 18 Sep 1808 in Washington County, Kentucky; died in Feb 1884 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She appears from the will of her father to have married a Pike.

Martha married George Washington Morgan on 5 Sep 1837 in St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Daviess, Kentucky. George died on 10 Dec 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twin brother of Urban Hayden (1813-1888).

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Hayden. Mary (daughter of James Hayden and Mary) died on 18 Dec 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twin brother of J. Raymond Hayden (1813-1856).

The Owensboro Messenger and Examiner for 13 Aug 1879, page 3, reports: "A hen belonging to Urban Hayden, Esq, rose up and cackled over an egg within an egg last week. The phenomenon can be seen at his office."

The Owensboro Messenger for 16 May 1885, page 4, records under "Real Estate Transfers": "Urban Hayden to Jo Aud, parcel of land for love and affection." Urban Hayden's daughter Mary Drucilla Hayden (d. 1890) was the first wife of James S. Hayden. James S.'s second wife was Margaret Josephine Aud.

The Owensboro Messenger for 9 Feb 1889, page 4, for 10 Feb 1889, page 5, and for 22 Feb 1889, page 4, reports: "COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE, Daviess Circuit Court. C. W. Hayden, &c., Plaintiff, vs. J. G. Medley, &c., Deft. In Equity. All persons having claims against Urban Hayden deceased, are hereby notified to present same properly proven, to the undersigned, on or before March 1st, 1889. GEO. F. HAYNES, Master Commissioner." C. W. Hayden is probably Urban's eldest son Charles William Hayden (1845-1919).

The Owensboro Messenger for 10 Feb 1892, page 1, reports: "Jerome Hayden sues James Hayden for a settlement of the estate of Urban Hayden." The James Hayden mentioned here is probably not Urban's son-in-law James S. Hayden, but rather his son James Urban Hayden (1856-1933). The Jerome is probably Urban's son Jerome, born about 1854.

Urban married Rosella Coomes on 14 Apr 1844 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Rosella (daughter of Charles William Coomes and Frances "Fannie" Dobbins) was born on 25 Jan 1825 in Kentucky; died on 26 Nov 1857 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried on 27 Nov 1857 in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Urban married Martha Ann Higdon on 4 Mar 1858 in St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Daviess, Kentucky. Martha died on 15 Jan 1892 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Donnelly, John Medley (1615-1660): "According to the settlement of his estate WILLIAM C. HAYDEN owned lots of property in the Village of Delaware in Daviess County, where he ran a store which sold dry goods, farm implements, groceries, liquor, medicines, etc."

William married Ann "Nancy" Hayden about 1847 in Kentucky. Ann (daughter of William "Big Willie" Hayden and Ann "Nancy" Hayden) was born on 22 Oct 1827 in Kentucky; died on 26 Oct 1854 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Emeline Medley on 7 Jan 1856 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Joseph Thomas Medley and Ann "Nancy" Bryan) was born on 5 Aug 1834 in Colesburg, Hardin, Kentucky; was christened in St. Clare's Catholic Church, Colesburg, Hardin, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marcellus married Maria Louisa Hayden on 16 Nov 1847 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Maria (daughter of William "Big Willie" Hayden and Ann "Nancy" Hayden) was born on 3 Jan 1831; died on 10 Feb 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louisa married Samuel Pike on 13 Jan 1844 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Alvin H. Hayden on 16 Nov 1847 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Alvin (son of William "Big Willie" Hayden and Ann "Nancy" Hayden) was born on 4 Dec 1825; died on 13 Jan 1894 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He appears to have supported his parents in the last ten years of their lives.

Charles married Mary Melissa Coomes on 17 Nov 1857 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Richard Raymond Coomes and Julia Ann Derickson) was born on 28 May 1835 in Hodgenville, LaRue, Kentucky; died on 24 May 1909; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Henry Eubanks in 1840 in Marion County, Kentucky. Henry was born in 1818 in Kentucky; died on 21 Mar 1861 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elias married Mary J. Goodrum in 1845 in Marion County, Kentucky. Mary was born about 1825 in Kentucky; died in 1881 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Pretty much the most extreme case of pedigree collapse among PNH's relatives of which we're aware.

Alvin married Mary Angela "May" Hayden on 16 Nov 1847 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden and Mary Hayden) was born on 15 Jan 1829 in Washington County, Kentucky; died after 9 Jul 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married William C. Hayden about 1847 in Kentucky. William (son of William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden and Mary Hayden) was born on 14 Mar 1821 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 18 Dec 1876 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria married Marcellus Hayden on 16 Nov 1847 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Marcellus (son of William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden and Mary Hayden) was born on 16 Jan 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ellen Cerene Ballard. Ellen (daughter of William Proctor Ballard and Mary Greenwell) was born on 14 May 1838 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 9 Sep 1895 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gabriel Bryan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was for many years coroner of Owensboro, frequently mentioned in the Messenger.

George married Martha Elizabeth "Patsy" Harrell on 25 Feb 1862 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Martha was born on 25 Mar 1844 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died in 1882 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moved to Ralls County, Missouri about 1896.

John married Henrietta "Hetty" Hagan on 18 Jan 1870. Henrietta (daughter of Horace Hagan and Eleanor Catlin) was born on 24 Jul 1848 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 6 Jun 1922 in Saline, Ralls, Misouri; was buried in Holy Rosary Cemetery, Monroe City, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rosella married William Zachariah Wheatley on 12 Feb 1878 in St. Augustine Church, Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky. William was born in 1841; died on 22 Nov 1886; was buried in St. Charles Cemetery, St. Mary, Marion County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1860

George married Sarah "Sally" Celeste Bullock on 27 Jan 1885 in St. Francis, Marion, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Bullock and Mary M. O'Bryan) was born on 25 Mar 1866; died on 24 May 1956; was buried in Goodland Cemetery, Goodland, Sherman, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Anna Mary Osbourne on 13 Jan 1885 in Marion County, Kentucky. Anna was born on 22 Mar 1868 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 21 Nov 1958 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio; was buried in Holy Cross and St. Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Correspondent Steve McDonald writes: “Nobody knows where or when Sid died, but it wasn't in KY. He deserted his family about 1900, when he appeared in the Snohomish County, WA census as single. My grandmother told me her mother, Sally Bullock Hayden (Sid's sister in law), saw him on a train in Idaho around 1910. Sid got up without a word, left the car, and was not heard of again."

Charles married Dollie "Willie Mae" Breckinridge in 1899. Dollie was born on 11 Sep 1881 in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky; died on 27 Nov 1915 in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky; was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Emma Clark in 1916. Emma (daughter of Francis Marion Clark and Mary Catherine Powers) was born on 3 Mar 1884; died on 5 Jun 1959 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her tombstone reads "Ellen Price."

From the 1850 census, it appears that Patrick's GGG grandfather Joseph Hayden, father of Mary Ellen Hayden, and his son, Patrick's GG grandfather James S. Hayden, were both living in the Price house at the time. James is reported as being 15 and Joseph is shown as 50.

Mary married Orville H. Price in 1845. Orville was born in 1821; died in 1910 in Nelson County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Catherine's, New Haven, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Clement Jesse "Jett" Fogle on 2 Sep 1851 in St. Catherine's, New Haven, Nelson, Kentucky. Clement (son of Joseph Fogle and Margaret Clark) was born in 1828 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 9 Feb 1896 in Nelson County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Catherine's, New Haven, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James S. Hayden and Mary Drucilla 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.

From the record of James S. Hayden's marriage to Mary Drucilla Hayden, we can see that, like PNH's father, he abbreviated his first name to "Jas".

US Civil War: Company K, 4th Kentucky Infantry (Confederate), 1861-1865.

From History of Daviess County, Kentucky, together with sketches of its cities, villages, and townships, educational religious, civil military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, biographies of representative citizens, and an outline history of Kentucky. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Company, 1883:

James S. Hayden, born in Nelson County, KY, Aug. 23, 1836, is a son of Joseph Hayden (deceased), a native of Washington County. He came to this county in 1852. He enlisted in the Company K, Fourth Kentucky Infantry. He was in many of the principal battles and never lost a day's service while in the army. He was married Jan. 28, 1868, to Mary D., daughter of Urban Hayden. Eight children have been born to them, only six living -- Clarence, Richard I., Treasie M., Robert, Claude and Mary A. Mr. Hayden owns a farm of 103 1/2 acres. He belongs to the Catholic church and Total Abstinence Society.

From History of the First Kentucky Brigade by Edwin Porter Thompson (Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868):

JAMES HAYDEN, Daviess County, Ky., fought at Baton Rouge, Murfeesboro, Jackson, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Rocky Face Gap, Resaca, and Dallas; from Dallas to Atlanta; both days at Jonesboro', and in all the mounted engagements.

From the Owensboro Messenger, 5 Nov 1908, page 3:

TAPS SOUNDED
FOR ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE SOUTHERN CAUSE.

James S. Hayden Dies at His Home at West Louisville--Born in Nelson County.

James S. Hayden, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Daviess county, died suddenly of heart trouble Wednesday afternoon at his home in the West Louisville neighborhood. His death was entirely unexpected, as he was apparently in good health.

Mr. Hayden, for many years, was a resident of Daviess county and a valuable citizen. He was [born] in Nelson county, Ky., August 23, 1836, and was a son of Joseph Hayden, deceased, a native of Washington county. He came to this county in 1852. He enlisted in Company K, Fourth Kentucky Infantry, Confederate army. He was in many battles and never lost a day's service while in the army. He was married to Miss Mary D. Hayden, on January 28, 1868, his first wife, and eight children were born to them. He is survived by his second wife and five children, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Hayden was a member of the Catholic church and was a Christian gentleman.

The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon from St. Alphonsus chuch, and the interment will take place at the church cemetery.


From the Owensboro Messenger, 8 Nov 1908, page 7:

SHOWN THE MEMORY OF JAMES S. HAYDEN
Meeting of Rice E. Graves Camp of Confederate Veterans Held and Resolutions Adopted.

Rico [sic] E. Graves camp was called together to take action on the death of Comrade James S. Hayden, who died near West Louisville. On motion the commander appointed the following committee on resolutions: Nick Lancaster, Thomas Murphy and James H. Cottrell.

The committee reported the following, which was adopted:

Whereas, One more call, one more answer. J. S. Hayden, member of Rice E. Graves camp, answers to the final call and passes into the great beyond. Brave soldier and good man, always ready, both in the field of battle, or in the peaceful pursuits of life; generous in life, true to his friends, and stood by his political party to the last. When death called he was anxiously scanning the returns of the election, like a [sic] brave soldier he was. "Oh," he said and joined his comrades on the other side. Just a promotion, higher up in the ranks, where the boom of cannons or the strains of a soldier's life is not known. Peace to his ashes.

J. S. Hayden was born in Nelson county, in the year 1836. Daviess county was his adopted county. He was a member of Captain Millett's company K, Fourth Kentucky infantry, also a member of the Rice E. Graves camp.

Therefore be it resolved. That we, as members of said camp, express our sympathy and sorrow for the broken link in the chain that is almost too short to be counted. A few of us still remain to gather around one more dead comrade and we extend to the family our heartfelt sympathy.

Second. That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the camp roster and a copy sent to the family of the deceased.

T. M. MURPHY.
NICK LANCASTER.
J. H. COTTRELL.
Committee.

James married Mary Drucilla Hayden on 28 Jan 1868 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Urban Hayden and Rosella Coomes) was born on 4 Apr 1847 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 25 Apr 1890 in near West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Josephine Aud on 3 Nov 1891 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Josephine (daughter of Raphael G. Aud and Catherine Hite) was born about 1848; died on 13 Nov 1919 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Margaret M. Morgan in 1855. Margaret (daughter of George Washington Morgan and Martha Ann Hayden) was born about 1838 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married James Edward Clark on 10 Oct 1865. James (son of George Clark and Delphina Hayden) was born on 28 May 1841 in Marion County, Kentucky; died on 3 Mar 1904 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Wilford John Hayden on 15 Jan 1855 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Wilford (son of William Hayden and Nancy Ann Hardin) was born on 25 Feb 1830 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died on 23 Jan 1920 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ary married Joseph Simeon Hayden on 9 Oct 1855 in St. Thomas, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Joseph (son of Lewis Hayden and Mary "Polly" Dant) was born on 25 Mar 1835 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; was christened in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; died on 14 Jun 1914 in Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Rosa P. Bowles on 7 Sep 1876. Rosa was born on 29 Jan 1860 in St. Paul, St. Charles, Missouri; died on 14 Oct 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed in the Xavierian Brothers as Brother Dennis.

Family/Spouse: John E. W. Head. John (son of James Greensbury Head and Susannah Emerson) was born on 24 Oct 1835 in Knottsville, Daviess, Kentucky; died on 2 Jun 1919 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Mar 1841, Daviess County, Kentucky

James married Julia Ann Vowels on 10 Oct 1865. Julia (daughter of Charles Vowels and Eleanor Hayden) was born on 1 Jan 1844 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 20 Jun 1888 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Mary Catherine Powers on 4 Feb 1871 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Sylvester Powers and Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Johnson) was born in Oct 1852 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 24 May 1935 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Henry Vowels in 1855. Henry (son of Charles Vowels and Eleanor Hayden) was born on 19 Feb 1834; died on 19 Mar 1919; was buried in St. Alphonsus Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Charles T. Miles on 29 Jan 1861 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. Charles (son of Charles T. Miles) was born on 9 Sep 1834; died on 7 Jul 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Amanda J. Grant on 11 Apr 1871 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. Amanda (daughter of Pius Grant and Louisa Newton) was born on 31 Oct 1846; died on 19 Jul 1913; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Sarah married Richard A. Mitchell in 1880 in Daviess County, 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

Died young.

Notes:

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Notes:

In a meaningless but striking coincidence, he died on the day PNH's mother was born.

James married Mary E. Hungate on 9 Feb 1885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anselm Joseph Reisz. Anselm (son of Anselm Martin Reisz and Franceska "Francis" Laub) was born on 16 Mar 1838 in Hauenberstein, Germany; died on 30 Jun 1918 in Rome, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sharp married Grayce Elizabeth Long in Jun 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]