Raymond B. Hayden

1821 - 1885  (64 years)

• Name	Raymond B. Hayden
  Birth	11 Feb 1821	Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jun 1885	Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky   [1, 3]
  Burial	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)
  Marriage	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.