Raymond B. Hayden

1821 - 1885  (64 years)

• Name	Raymond B. Hayden
  Born	11 Feb 1821	Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jun 1885	Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky   [1, 3]
  Buried	St. Joseph's Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky   [1]
  Person ID	I6479	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Lewis Hayden,   b. 20 Aug 1796, Washington County, Kentucky ,   d. 1849, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary "Polly" Dant,   b. 1795, Nelson County, Kentucky ,   d. 10 May 1879, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky  (Age 84 years)
  Married	13 Feb 1810  [1]
  Family ID	F1142	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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S258] Hayden/Rapier and Allied Families: Colonial Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A. by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: MLD Genealogy Company, 1991. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., date and county only. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., date only.