Henrietta Cole

Notes:

See the notes for her son William Leo Hayden for the story of William Leo's birth and of Henrietta Cole's complicated relationship with Charles Ewing.

From Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories: Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories by Junie Estelle Stewart King (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2010):

HAYDEN, HENRIETTA. "To worshipful Court of Washington County, I, Henrietta Hayden of said county do hereby declare that I will not take or accept the provision made for me by Will of my late husband, Basil Hayden, dec'd., or any part thereof and I do hereby renounce all Benefit which I might claim by said Will, and I hereby claim Dower as the law directs. As witness my hand and seal this 9 day of February, 1805. Wit: William Hayden, Lewis Hayden." Recorded April Court, 1805.

Henrietta married Basil Hayden before 1771 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Basil (son of George Hayden and Charity) was born on 2 Jan 1744 in St. Andrew's Parish, St. Mary's County, Maryland; died between 21 Jun 1804 and 6 Aug 1804; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married Charles Ewing on 19 Feb 1805 in Springfield, Washington, Kentucky, and was divorced on 3 Feb 1808 in Kentucky. Charles (son of Charles Ewing and Martha Baker) was born between 1750 and 1753; died after 3 Feb 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sharon J. Doliante (citation details below) says that he married, first, Henrietta Hilton, then Mary Carlin, then Mary Rapier. Sister Mary Louise Donnelly (citation details below) is not frequently more right than Doliante, but in this case she appears to be correct: Mary Carlin was the wife of Stanislaus' next-younger brother Robert. She predeceased Robert, and when he made his will, he named his older brother Stanislaus his executor and the caretaker of his children. Mary Rapier was the wife of Basil Hayden, Jr., the third son of Basil Hayden and Henrietta Cole. Basil Jr. died in 1833 and his wife died in 1838. This leaves a narrow window in which Mary Rapier could have married Stanislaus (leaving aside that this would be wildly unlikely behavior in such a Catholic family), but no actual evidence suggests that this was the case. In fact Stanislaus Hayden married, first, Henrietta Hilton, the mother of his children; and second, on 14 Jan 1834, Susanna Overstreet Walker, who survived him and inherited a third of his estate.

"STANISLAUS HAYDEN was to be court martialed in Springfield, Kentucky on 8/2/1794 as a militia delinquent. BASIL HAYDEN, SR., BASIL HAYDEN, JR. and A. Brown spoke on his behalf. BASIL HAYDEN, SR. said 'his son from his infancy has been deficient in his hearing,'…and should be exempted. The other witnesses gave the same declaration. After mature deliberations the court was of the opinion he should be fined thirty seven shillings and six pence. On 6/16/1798 STANISLAUS HAYDEN appeared and requested to have his name cleared, 'whereupon the Court ordered that he be cleared.'" [John Medley (1615-1660), citation details below]

Stanislaus married Henrietta Hilton on 9 Aug 1791 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Henrietta (daughter of William Hilton and Mildred) died before 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stanislaus married Susanna Overstreet Walker on 14 Jan 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1806, Nelson County, Kentucky

Robert married Mary Carlin on 4 Feb 1796 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Mary died before 20 Aug 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 21 Jul 1833

Notes:

He owned the first mill on the Rolling Fork. It was there, during the cholera epidemic of 1833, that he was struck down by the disease and died intestate.

Basil married Mary Rapier on 15 Jul 1795 in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Richard James Rapier and Margaret Thompson) was born on 21 Jul 1777 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 30 Jan 1838 in Calvary, Marion, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Mary Cemetery, Calvary, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 30 May 1788, Washington County, Kentucky

Teresa married Henry Moore on 25 Feb 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky. Henry died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 5 Mar 1798

Edward married Catherine Queen on 26 Nov 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"On 10/14/1837 LEWIS HAYDEN purchased 1382 1/2 acres of land in Daviess County, next to his brother WILLIAM LEO HAYDEN on the south bank of the Panther Creek (Deed E:521-523). Upon his death, LEWIS HAYDEN's 13 children became heirs to this property. LEWIS and Mary apparently never lived in Daviess County. Both are buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Bardstown, Kentucky." [John Medley, citation details below]

Lewis married Mary "Polly" Dant on 13 Feb 1810. Mary (daughter of Joseph Dant and Elizabeth Belinder Shercliffe) was born in 1795 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 10 May 1879 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Leo Hayden (1785-1866) was the natural son of Henrietta (Cole) Hayden, by Charles Ewing.

When the Hayden family arrived in north-central Kentucky in 1785, they and the rest of their migrant party were confined for some months inside a rough-and-ready fort for their protection. It’s easy to imagine that this was hard on them all, and Henrietta (Cole) Hayden had further reason to be depressed; she had lost four children on the trek from southern Maryland. Whatever her reasons, she had an affair inside the fort with a sketchy land speculator named Charles Ewing, and became pregnant as a result. She subsequently confessed the liaison to her husband, who publicly denounced her but did not divorce her. Henrietta and Basil went on to have several more children. William Leo, son of Henrietta by Charles Ewing, was raised in Basil and Henrietta’s family, where his nickname was “Not Blood.” Basil’s will provided William Leo with half the amount he gave to each of his own surviving children.

After Basil’s death in 1804, Henrietta immediately married Charles Ewing. Shortly afterward, she declared in court that she "will not take or accept the provision made for me by Will of my late husband, Basil Hayden, dec'd., or any part thereof and I do hereby renounce all Benefit which I might claim by said Will, and I hereby claim Dower as the law directs." But in 1807 Charles Ewing left her and bigamously married one Mary (or perhaps Margaret) Flint. In 1808 Henrietta managed to divorce Charles, which required an act of the Kentucky legislature.

From Littel's Laws of Kentucky, Volume 3:

[Page 446] An act concerning the marriage of HENRIETTA EWING. approved Feb. 3, 1808 This act authorised her to sue CHARLES EWING, for a divorce, in the Nelson court, and to obtain it on a jury's finding that he had seperated from her and intermarried with MARY FLINT, and continued to live in adultery with said Mary.

From John Medley (1615-1660) by Mary Louise Donnelly (citation details below):

William Leo "Little Willie" Hayden was born 12/16/1785 in Washington Co Ky, the son of Henrietta Cole Hayden. The account of William Leo Hayden's birth is told in letters written by Rev Stephen Badin to Bishop Carroll.

"The widow Hayden who had disgraced herself in marriage, has renewed her past scandals and finished by marrying heterodoxum corum heterodoxo (a protestant by a protestant - in 2/4/1805 letter). Mr Rohan who is keeping school on my land has among his school-boys a subject that might become a clergyman were not the illegitimacy of his birth an obstacle to it. I thought proper to inform you of his virtue & talents, & also that the parents are willing & in some degree able to procure him a liberal education. He belongs to Mr Hayden's family, tho he be not his father: he is twelve or thirteen years of age."

William Hayden, mentioned in Basil Hayden, Sr's will as "Henrietta's son" [sic — the actual phrase is "my wife's son" —PNH], might be the illegitimate son of Charles Ewing whom Henrietta married seven months after Basil Hayden, Sr's death. In Washington Co Ky, on 2/5/1810 William Leo Hayden married first Anna Pike (d. 1/8/1811), the daughter of John Pike. In Washington Co on 1/4/1813 he married secondly Mary Hayden the daughter of Charles Hayden and Eleanor Elliott. The information on his birth and marriages was recorded in his family Bible.

William Leo Hayden was well educated and was the teacher of his own children. In 1835 he moved with his family to Daviess Co Ky. On 11/16/1841 William Hayden purchased 1523 acres of land on the south bank of Panther Creek from William R Griffith and Philip and Eliza H. Triplett (Deed F: 554-555). For a time Court was held in his home. In 5/1866 William and Mary Hayden deeded to Charles Leo Hayden, "...who supported said William and Mary last 10 years ...," 206 acres (Deed T: 306-307). Mary died 7/14/1866 and William Leo Hayden died 12/6/1867 in Owensboro, Ky.

From The Immigration of William "Little Willie" Leo Hayden, quoting a letter written in January 1886 by Richard R. Coomes to the Hon. B.J. Webb:

[A]s some of St Raphael's congregation appear to show some dissatisfaction of the short and, in truth, unjust reference to said congregation, I feel bound to give some items concerning it.

The facts concerning its settlement are these. In 1834 a man well known about Holy Cross [Catholic Church in Calvary, Marion County, Kentucky] as "Little Willie" Hayden, son of Basil Hayden, sold his farm near the church and immigrated to Daviess County, Kentucky to look for better situations for himself and his sons. With him came his brother, Lewis Hayden. The two selected land adjoining the St. Raphael farm, with "Little Willie" agreeing to purchase 1,500 acres adjoining the 200 acres that he had selected for the church. Lewis selected a like amount adjoining that of "Little Willie"'s if William R. Griffith, the owner, would donated 200 acres to the church. Griffith willingly gave the 200 acres and, by doing so, made a sale of the 3,000 acres to the two brothers. The sale of the land that he owned in that part of he county benefited himself, the Hayden brothers, and the Catholic Church. The above purchase was made in 1833 or 1834. At the time, there was not a Catholic living nearer than ten miles from Owensboro, in Daviess County, Kentucky.

"Little Willie"'s family came in 1835 as the first settlers in St. Alphonso's congregation, his house being the first and only station for church until the first log church was built in 1844. He was the principal head of Catholic affairs so long as he was able to get about. He died on December 6, 1867, aged 82 years. There was another William Hayden who settled near St Raphaels but moved within the bounds of St Alfonsus before 1840.

In 1841 when I moved within the bounds of the then St Raphael's, now St Martin's, there was living in the St Raphael's congregation Randall Blandford, William Sims, Reson Cravens, John Livers, Charles Clayton, John Hayden, John Mattingly, Sylvester Hayden, James M Hayden, Phillip Hayden's widow and family, Thadius Coomes, and others whose names I can't now recall. But this I can say, that after 1845, by marriages and imigration the county filled up very fast so that it was soon necessary to build the church of St Alfonso within seven miles of St Raphael's and a few years thereafter that of St Martin's both principally within the original boundry of St Raphael's all of which may be said to be a fairly prosperous farming country so that the Hayden purchase gave to the Catholics of Kentucky a chance for homes without having to go so far west, and as a general thing, to do better nearer home, not that I am opposed to going West by any means, some of my own brothers & a sister went and did better.

I hope this will give you a better idea of the St Raphael country.

Will of William Leo Hayden, written 21 Dec 1866, probated 6 Jan 1868:

In the name of God. Amen. I WILLIAM HAYDEN, of Daviess County, Kentucky, being of extreme old age but of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind that all men must die and wishing to arrange my temporal concerns before I am imposed by the call to appear before my God and Judge to determine my lot through all Eternity hereby revoking and annulling all other wills which I may have made heretofore do make and establish this as my last Will and Testament to wit.

Item 1. I bequeath my soul to God who gave it me and my Body to the Earth from which it was taken to be decently interred in an ordinary and plain manner.

Item 2. I will and bequeath unto my granddaughter, HELEN MARION PIKE, one bed and furniture, the same that she now uses, it being in the possession of my daughter-in-law (Melissa Hayden) who is entitled to use of the same until my granddaughter may find it to be her interest, or necessary to leave her Aunt Melissa in that event it is to be given up to her demand.

Item 3. I will and bequeath unto my son, CHARLES L. HAYDEN an equal share with all my other heirs not named of all money or cash notes or other estate of which I die possessed first paying or settling all just dues or demands against me out of the sd. money and before distribution is made. I further bequeath to my sd son, CHARLES L, HAYDEN trundle bed stead and bedding attached thereof. Also other articles of household and kitchen furniture and farming implements as also my large Duoay bible all of which last mentioned articles I now deliver into his possession as being his own right and I further bequeath to my son CHARLES L. HAYDEN the right of a roadway one rod wide leading from his farm along the lines of a sixty acre tract which I formerly sold to James Eubank so as to enter at the south of the land dividing between Alvin Hayden's farm and the farm which I have sold to URBAN HAYDEN which road and land shall be one rod wide thru from end to end and unobstructed by any gates or fence also on other land intersecting the land by or at the southeast corner of the orchard on the sd. farm and running through the sd. farm passing by URBAN HAYDEN's farm in the direction of the Glenn Bridge as so called this lane shall be one rod wide from end to end with gates there planted, this described road and lanes are reserved in the contract and sale of the land and premises to URBAN HAYDEN unto the afsd CHARLES L. HAYDEN and his heirs forever.

Item 4. I will and bequeath unto whichever of my children I may be living with at the time of my demise my bed and all its furniture attached, my wearing apparel, my big arm chair, and small chair also any articles of furniture which I term side board, a large demijohn or glass bottle, a few other small bottles and convenient articles unnecessary to mention.

And lastly, I hereby nominate and appoint my son WILLIAM C. HAYDEN the executor of this my last will and Testament. Given under my hand this 21 st day of Dec. 1866 in my own writing.

[Signed in the presence of James Hayden, Edwin C. Hayden and James S. Hayden; the latter presumably his grandson-in-law James S. Hayden, husband of his granddaughter Mary Drucilla Hayden.]

*****

The family bible of William Leo Hayden is supposedly now at St. Joseph's, Maple Mount, Daviess, Kentucky. Its transcription, "Bible records of Basil Hayden (Basil Robert Hayden, 1774-1833)", in Kentucky Genealogical Records Book, GRC Book Series 1, volume 319, pp. 84-87, lists, among the children of Basil and Henrietta (Cole) Hayden, "Milly Hayden 12/16/1785." William Leo Hayden was born 16 Dec 1785; "Milly" is very likely a mistranscription of "Willy".

William married Anastasia "Anna" Pike on 5 Feb 1810 in Washington County, Kentucky. Anastasia (daughter of John Pike) died on 8 Jan 1811 in Washington County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Hayden on 4 Jan 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Charles Hayden and Eleanor "Molly" Elliott) was born on 4 Jun 1794; died on 14 Jul 1866 in West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank Queen. Frank died in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Ignatius Price on 22 May 1819 in Nelson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dometite LeBlanc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucretia married John Speaks on 20 Jan 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Joseph Queen on 3 Nov 1824 in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Richard Queen on 15 Aug 1818 in Nelson County, Kentucky. Richard (son of James Queen and Elizabeth Boone) died before 24 Feb 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mildred married Sylvester Hayden on 15 Oct 1835 in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Sylvester (son of Lewis Hayden and Mary "Polly" Dant) was born on 28 Jan 1813 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky; died on 5 Jun 1850; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married John Henry Mullican on 20 Apr 1829 in St. Rose's, Springfield, Marion, Kentucky. John (son of Basil Mullican and Teresa) was born on 6 Nov 1797 in Montgomery County, Maryland; died on 10 Mar 1852 in Nelson County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Rose's Cemetery, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 22 Jun 1895

Maria married John Clayton on 3 Apr 1808 in Nelson County, Kentucky. John (son of Joseph Clayton and Eleanor Cole) was born in 1790 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 7 Nov 1859 in Nelson County, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion, Kentucky. [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]

Anna married John Mattingly on 10 Sep 1830 in Washington County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Matthew Vowels on 15 Nov 1833 in Washington County, Kentucky. Matthew (son of Henry Vowels and Priscilla Price) was buried in St. Augustine Church, Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Rebecca Humphrey on 1 Jun 1835 in St Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Humphrey) was born about 1818; died on 8 Apr 1891 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sylvester married Mildred "Millie" Hayden on 15 Oct 1835 in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Mildred (daughter of Stanislaus Hayden and Henrietta Hilton) was born on 31 Dec 1804 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 11 Oct 1859; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alexander Hamilton. Alexander (son of Thomas Hamilton and Ann Hodgkins) was born on 6 Jan 1788 in Prince George's County, Maryland; died on 7 Nov 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed on 27 Nov 1832 as Sister Mary Angeline, Sister of Loretto, Nerinckx, Kentucky.

Lewis married Julia Ann Rapier on 2 Sep 1845 in St. Thomas, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Julia (daughter of Charles Rapier and Elizabeth Gwynn) was born on 6 Jun 1827 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 7 May 1888 in Nelson County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was the distiller who devised the Old Grand-Dad brand of bourbon (or, as the early labels called it, "sour mash") whiskey, which first appeared in 1882. He was a lifelong bachelor, and according to several online sources, was found dead in his orchard with a bottle of poison by his side, and his death was ruled a suicide.

We note that if the Church had believed that he committed suicide, it would be unlikely for him to be buried at St. Joseph's.

Notes:

Hardin County newspaper abstract (compiled by Carolyn Wimp), published Oct 22, 1897:

Basil Hayden is one of the wealthiest farmers in Nelson Co. Lives in the eastern part of the county, 10 miles from Bardstown. He is now 75 years old and has not touched his foot to the earth for over 30 years. He is spending his declining years in solitude. One of his brothers, Raymond H Hayden, for years held controlling interest in one of the most famous distilleries in the United States. He too, had peculiar ideas, and lived a bachelor all his life, and died at an advanced age under singular circumstances. He was found dead in his orchard a number of years ago, a bottle that had contained poison lying by his side. It was thought that he had committed suicide, but there were some who believed that he had met with foul play. Basil "Hermit" Hayden, in his youth, was a social leader. When the war broke out, he entered the Confederate army. When he came back after the war, he changed. He declared that the Lord had dealt harshly and unjustly with him, depriving him of his slaves and out of revenge, he registered a terrible oath that he would never again put his foot to the Lord's ground, and so far has kept his vow. Mr Hayden is described as a fine looking man, with a full beard and flowing hair.

WASHINGTON COUNTY (KY) NEWS LEADER 2/23/1899
HEYDON, BASIL:

A remarkable case is that of Basil Haydon, who has spent 30 years in one Room. There lives in Washington county, we are informed, 6 or 7 miles south of Springfield, one of the most eccentric human beings, we feel warranted in saying in Kentucky. Shortly before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president of the U.S., on the 4th of March, 1861, Basil Haydon was to have married a young lady in the neighborhood in which he now lives, but before the day set for the marriage arrived she eloped with another man and has never been heard from by any of her relatives. This weighed on the mind of her former admirer, and the day the president took his seat in the White House he went to his room in the second story of the building and declared he would nerver step on the earth again as long as he should live. His father and mother were both dead, and he had been living in the house alone for several months, doing his own cooking. His bitter disappointment he gave as a reason for his seclusion. People at first thought him to be crazy, but, after a sufficient length of time, discovered their mistake. Since he first secluded himself 38 years ago, so far as is known, he has never broken his word. Some say he lives 2 miles form Frederickstown, in the Poplar Flat neighborhood. He being an uncle of Mr. Alex Hamilton and Mrs. George Robertson. He is quite wealthy and looks after his business affairs and has accumulated a large estate. He had a brother who died several years ago who was a distiller and quite wealthy.

HAYDEN, BASIL
DAILY IOWA STATE PRESS, IOWA CITY, IOWA 5/1/1899
A KENTUCKY HERMIT
OWNS FINE FARM AND IS VERY WEALTHY
WAS ONCE A LEADER IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD
SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
SAYS THE LORD HAS TREATED HIM WRONGLY
HIS QUEER ACTIONS

Living ten miles east of Bardstown, Ky., is one of the most singular characters in the state. Now in his 75th year, he has not touched his foot to the earth for over thirty years. Living in a comfortable residence, surrounded by many acres of the best land in Nelson county, he is spending his declining years in colitude. Basil Hayden, referred to above, is one of the wealthiest farmers in a district composed of half a dozen counties , and is descended from a family well known in the pioneer annals of the state. Many of them have also been distinguished in the different lines of life. One of his brothers, Raymond Hayden, was the originator of a celebrated brand of whisky, and for years held a controlling interest in once of the most famous distilleries in the United States. He, too, had peculiar ideas, and lived a bachelor all his life, and at last died at an advanced age under singular circumstances. He was found dead in his orchard, a number of years ago, a bottle that had contained poison lying by his side. It was generally supposed that he comitted suicide, but there were some of the opinion that he had met with foul play, and that the poison bottle had been placed near him for a blind. Basil Hayden, or "The Hermit," as he is known throughout the section in which he lives, in his youth was a social leader, and very popular with a circle of friends. When the war broke out he entered the confederate army and made a good soldier to the last end. When he returned home he found his slaves free and his property greatly damaged. The emancipation of the negroes affected him seriously, and he brooded over it constantly. He became silent and morose, declining all overtures of friendliness on the part of his neighbors. He declared the Lord had dealt harshly and unjustly with him in depriving him of his slaves, and out of revenge he registered a terrible oath that he would never again put his foot to the Lord's ground, and so far he has kept his vow. Never since its registration has he appeard without his door, nor will he have intercourse with any save one or two, who are immediately connected with him, and then his words are of the briefest possible character. His landed interests are extensive, and under the management of the competent overseer yield him a handsome income. The overseer makes his reports to the queer old man in his darkened retreat, who gives his directions and orders as tersely as possible. He has never spoken to a woman in any manner since his self-imposed exile, nor will he allow one to be employed upon his place. How he spends his time in his darkened room no one knows, but it is said he is a miser as well as a hermit, and that his chief employment is counting and toying with his money, of which he is said to have a vast amount in silver and gold. Be this as it mauy, a Bardstown banker twice a year visits Mr. Hayden, and through him the recluse settles his financial manners with the outside world. Mr. Hayden is described as a fine-looking man, with a full beard and flowing hair. His confinement has bleached him until his is as white as a infant, and his hands are as soft as raw cotton. He had a sale of mules at his farm recently and a number of animals were sold at fancy prices. A large number of people were present at the sale, among them the writer, but never a glimpse was caught of Hayden. His instructions to the auctioneer were sent out by the overseer, written in a crabbed hand and were very direct.


HAYDON, BASIL
OBIT
WASHINGTON COUNTY (KY) NEWS LEADER 9/19/1909
45 YEARS IN HIS ROOM, WAS BASIL HAYDON WHO DIED LAST FRIDAY

Seldom it is the duty of an editor to chronicle the death of one whose life is so shrouded in mystery, as that of Mr. Basil Haydon, who died last week, in Nelson County just over the border line of this county. Mr. Haydon was born in Nelson County eighty five years ago. His parents came there from Maryland in the early part of the nineteenth century, and were among the early settlers of the county, and it was they who purchased the farm and built the brick house where Mr. Haydon was living when he died. Basil was one of twelve children, eight boys and four girls. Of the girls, two entered the convent at Loretto, and one at St. Catharine, the other married Mr. Hamilton and was the mother of Mr. Alex Hamilton and Mrs. G. D. Robertson, Sr., of this place. Basil Haydon grew to manhood in the county of birth and never wandered far from the place of birth. He was educated at St. Joseph's College at Bardstown. In the early days he mingled in the highest society and was very cultured in intellect and handsome in person. He lived as other men and mingled with them until about the close of the civil war, when without any apparent reason and without disclosing to any one his motive he suddenly went into retirement and for the remainder of his days he live the life of a hermit. During this long period of nearly a half century he seldom saw anyone. The house where he lived was built in the early colonial style of those days, situated on his farm of 600 acres, far from the road the way to which lies through a dense forest. Here, far from the madding crowd he was content to spend his days, never leaving his room, seldom talking to anyone. The only persons on the place besides himself was a Mr. Logue Borders and his wife who lived in the house with him and managed his affairs for him. In his habits he was very peculiar, and during the hottest days of the year kept a fire burning in the great fire place. What was the man's motive and what led him to choose so strange a manner of living will never be known for this secret of his life is buried with him. If it was some vow taken to live this secluded life, it was faithfully kept. Though separated from the world and scarcely living in it, he knew what it was doing in every land. He was well informed on all leading questions of the day and conversed intelligently on all subjects with the few who had the privilege of being admitted to his presence. Though never voting, he was an ardent Democrat and always took an intense interest in political subjects. During his life, he had his farm conducted successfully and doubtless made money. Several fortunes were left to him but what disposition he made of his property is not yet known. When death came too close the existence of one who had been dead to the world for nearly half a century, it came not in the form of disease to cut short his existence but as a gentle messenger when life's candle burnt out. Funeral services were conducted at Fredrickstown Sunday by Rev. Father Pieters and the remains were laid to rest in St. Joseph's cemetery at Bardstown. Thus closes the final chapter in the life of a man whose acts no mortal can judge, for his motive was known only to himself and his Savior.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 29 Jan 1830, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky
• Alternate death: 29 Oct 1897, Daviess County, Kentucky

John married Mary Jane Mattingly on 23 Nov 1858 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of John Mattingly and Anna "Nancy" Moore) was born on 25 Jan 1842; died on 23 Jan 1890; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed as Sister Mary Louise of the Dominican sisters. According to some sources she was at one point married to Alfred Green Crabtree.

Joseph married Ary Frances Rapier on 9 Oct 1855 in St. Thomas, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. Ary (daughter of Richard Rapier and Matilda Moore) was born before 25 Jul 1836 in Springfield, Marion, Kentucky; was christened on 25 Jul 1836 in St. Rose's, Springfield, Marion, Kentucky; died on 16 Oct 1876; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed on 1 Nov 1852 as Sister Mary Alexis, Sisters of Loretto, Nerincks, Kentucky.

Jerome married Lucy Ann PikeDaviess County, 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]

Mary married Felix Hayden Mullican on 8 Mar 1859 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Felix (son of John Henry Mullican and Susanna Hayden) was born on 24 Jan 1830 in Washington County, Kentucky; died on 17 Feb 1874 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married William M. Clark on 1 Feb 1870 in St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Felix married Mary Malvina Hayden on 8 Mar 1859 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of Sylvester Hayden and Mildred "Millie" Hayden) was born in 1838 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed in the Sisters of Loretto as Sister Imelda, of Nerinckx, Kentucky.

Notes:

He changed the spelling of his surname to Mulligan.

William married Elizabeth Ann Hagan on 8 Jan 1861. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hagan and Elizabeth Hayden) was born on 18 Jun 1842; died on 9 Oct 1926; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed in the Sisters of Loretto as Sister Maxcentia, of Nerinckx, Kentucky.

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]

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]

Mary married John Chrysostom Hayden on 23 Nov 1858 in Daviess County, Kentucky. John (son of Lewis Hayden and Mary "Polly" Dant) was born on 27 Jan 1830 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died on 28 Oct 1897; was buried in St. Raphael's Cemetery, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William I. Shaunty in Nov 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Richard Monroe Clark on 31 Jan 1865. Richard (son of Basil Richard Clark and Susannah Rapier) was born on 11 Sep 1838 in Nelson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary on 25 Apr 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twin to Josephine.

Notes:

Twin to Delphina.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1854

Frances married James Monroe O'Bryan in 1873. James (son of Clement O'Bryan and Isabella Rhodes) was born on 21 Jan 1851; died on 18 Oct 1908 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucinda married George Robertson on 8 May 1863. George was born on 14 Feb 1833 in Springfield, Marion, Kentucky; died on 28 May 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Professed in the Xavierian Brothers as Brother Dennis.

Theodore married Caroline Belle HunterSt. Raphael's Catholic Church, West Louisville, Daviess, Kentucky. [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]

Notes:

In the settlement of the estate of William Leo Hayden, John Whitehead and his wife Susan E. Whitehead are named as heirs.

Family/Spouse: John Whitehead. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]