George Hayden

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: 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]

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]

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]

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

LETTER

CLEARS UP DISAPPEARANCE OF IVO HAYDEN

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

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

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

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

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

Born At West Louisville

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

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

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

Notes:

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

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

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

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• Alternate birth: 11 Aug 1878

Notes:

Known as "Denver Bob".

Cause of death: gastric ulcer.

Owensboro Messenger, Wednesday, 25 Jun 1919:

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

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

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

Claudia [sic] Hayden.

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

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

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

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.

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• Alternate birth: Mar 1886

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

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]

Edna married Richard Ellis Childress about 1926. Richard was born on 17 Apr 1905 in Daviess County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1973 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky; was buried on 10 Feb 1973 in Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1902

Notes:

Worked at Chevrolet Motors. Drowned when his boat overturned during a fishing party at Spring Lake, White Cloud, Michigan.

James married Elizabeth Buck on 23 Jun 1923 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. Elizabeth was born about 1906 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1902

Notes:

In the US Army, at Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama, about 1920.

James married Mildred Workman on 31 Jan 1935 in St. Gregory, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Mildred (daughter of William Richmond Workman and Katherine "Kate" Jacobs) was born on 9 Mar 1911 in Fulton, Fulton, Kentucky; died on 30 Sep 1990 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried on 3 Oct 1990 in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died in a car accident.

Mary married John Burgest Towery on 18 Sep 1923 in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky. John was born on 26 Jul 1901 in McLean County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1906

Family/Spouse: Frances Helen O'Connell. Frances was born on 23 Jan 1910 in Carson City, Montcalm, Michigan; died on 11 Jan 1983 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan; was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Carson City, Montcalm, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1906

Mary married Walter Glen Sweeney on 23 Feb 1935 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Walter was born on 25 Mar 1904 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri; died in Dec 1968 in Michigan; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Frank G. Schmidt about 1928. Frank (son of Frank Schmidt and Elizabeth) was born on 3 Dec 1908 in Michigan; died on 19 Sep 1974 in Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan; was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Frances Lillie "Peggy" Hayden on 9 Jan 1937 in Daviess County, Kentucky. Frances (daughter of Joseph Urban Hayden and Mary Ermena Riney) was born on 29 Oct 1914 in Daviess County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Jeannette Mary White on 7 Sep 1957 in St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. Jeannette (daughter of Everett Luke White and Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles) was born on 28 Sep 1935 in Flint, Genesee, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Domenico Papagni. Domenico was born on 11 Jun 1939 in Vieste, Foggia, Puglia, Italy; died on 23 May 2013 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Delores Thorley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On marrying the former Teresa Barbara Nielsen, he changed his surname from Hayden to Nielsen Hayden.

Patrick married Teresa Barbara Nielsen on 23 Mar 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Teresa (daughter of Victor Louis Nielsen, Jr. and Barbara Jean Crandall) was born on 21 Mar 1956 in Chamberlain, Brule, South Dakota; was christened on 30 Apr 2000 in St. Augustine, Brooklyn, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Laura Marie Wightman on 6 Sep 1985 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. Laura (daughter of Robert Alan Wightman and Joyce Ann Marie Dixon) was born on 30 Jun 1962 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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