By Muriel Bristol | January 28, 2024
Ichabod Hayes was born in Madbury, NH, June 5, 1770, son of Daniel and Sarah (Plummer) Hayes. He was a namesake for his paternal grandfather, Ichabod Hayes (1691-1734), who had signed the Rochester “Assocation Test” in 1776. His maternal grandmother was the “Beard” for whom Sen. Beard Plummer and others would be named in the years to follow.
Ichabod Hayes, born and reared in Madbury, this [Strafford] county, and familiar from boyhood with the pioneer labor of clearing and improving the land, removed to Milton, where he was engaged as a tiller of the soil for most of his life (Biographical Review, 1897).
Ichabod received the land on which he lived in Rochester, N.H., by deed of gift from his father. It was situated in what is now West Milton adjoining the homesteads of his brothers, Daniel and Ezekiel. It has never passed out of the family and the old colonial house built by Ichabod is occupied in 1935 by his great-grandson Charles Thurston Hayes and his mother. The original house, built about 1796 to 1798, was divided, and a part of it forms the present kitchen and rear of the house, the front of which was built about 1818 to 1820. The present shed was a part of the original barn. In the present barn may be seen a small room which was fitted up by Mr. Hayes for a school room, and in it for a time Mrs. Hayes taught the neighborhood children for the munificent sum of twenty-five cents a week (Richmond, 1936).
Ichabod Hayes married (1st) in Rochester, NH, March 20, 1803, Lydia Wentworth, he of Milton and she of Rochester, NH. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. She was born in Rochester, NH, July 2, 1785, daughter of Ephraim and Phebe (Wentworth) Wentworth.
(The children of Ichabod and Lydia (Wentworth) Hayes were: Ephraim Hayes (1804–1861), Sarah P. Hayes (1806–1891), and Lydia Hayes (1808–1882)).
Ichabod Hayes and his brothers, Daniel Hayes, Jr., and Ezekiel Hayes signed the Rochester Division Petition of May 1802.
Son Ephraim Hayes was born in Milton, December 10, 1804. He was a namesake for his maternal grandfather, Ephraim Wentworth. Daughter Sarah Plummer Hayes was born in Milton, July 8, 1806. She was a namesake for her paternal grandmother, Sarah (Plummer) Hayes.
Father Daniel Hayes died in Madbury, NH, February 26, 1807.
Daughter Lydia Hayes was born in Milton, April 27, 1808. Her mother, Lydia (Wentworth) Hayes, died in Milton, April 30, 1808, aged twenty-two years.
His first wife, in maidenhood Miss Wentworth of New Castle, N.H., died a few years after their union, leaving three children – Ephraim, Sarah, and Lydia (Biographical Review, 1897).
Her wedding ring, inscribed with the words: “Love and live happy,” was kept for the daughter Lydia, whose wedding ring it became when she married … (Richmond, 1936).
Ichabod Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus [himself], one male aged under-10 years [Ephraim Hayes], two females aged under-10 years [Sarah P. Hayes and Lydia Hayes], and one female aged 26-44 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Varne, Jr., and Wm. Matthews.
Icobod Hayes married (2nd) in Madbury, NH, Sally Card, October 31, 1810, he of Milton and she of Dover, NH. Rev. William Hooper performed the ceremony. She was born in New Castle, NH, November 26, 1778, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Neal) Card.
He afterward married Miss Sally Card, and of their eight children, but two survive [in 1897] (Biographical Review, 1897).
(The children of Ichabod and Sally (Card) Hayes were: Ichabod Hayes, Jr. (1811–1876), Abigail Hayes (1813–1896), Thomas Hayes (1814–1887), Israel Hayes (1816–1898), William Hayes (1818–1908), Phebe Hayes (1820–1827), Eliza Hayes (1825–1861), and Richard Hayes (1827–1894)).
Son Ichabod Hayes [Jr.] was born in Milton, June 28, 1811.
Mother Sally (Plummer) Hayes died in Madbury, NH, February 9, 1812.
The Milton Selectmen of 1812-13 were Ichabod Hayes, Jas. Roberts, and Josiah Witham.
Ichabod Hayes and his brothers, Ezekiel Hayes and Daniel Hayes, contracted with the U.S. Government to provide ship timbers during the War of 1812.
In partnership with his brothers Ichabod and Ezekiel, he [Daniel Hayes] furnished ship timbers and masts by contract with the U.S. Government for the navy at the time of the War of 1812. The records of this partnership with the details of ship dimensions are preserved (Richmond, 1936).
Daughter Abigail Hayes was born in Milton, January 24, 1813. She was a namesake for her maternal grandmother, Abigail (Neal) Card.
Daughter Lydia Hayes was said to have suffered from a childhood bout of St. Vitus Dance (Sydenham’s Chorea), which can follow rheumatic fever. It most often afflicts children of between five and fifteen years, in which age range Lydia Hayes would have been between 1813 and 1823.
Among Ichabod’s papers is an early medical prescription for St. Vitus Dance furnished by the distinguished Dr. Ammi R. Cutter [(1735-1820)] of Portsmouth, presumably for Ichabod’s daughter Lydia, who was said to have had this trouble for a short time when she was a child. As soon as she recovered, she appears to have been an example of the effectiveness of Dr. Cutter’s remedy: “For the Nervous Disorder called St. Vitus Dance I have found cold bathing by plunging the Patient naked into Cold Water every Day, then [w]rapping them in warm woolen & giving half a glass of warm Wine when put to bed, this method has been the most successful of any & in my Opinion the most to be relied on. A.R. Cutter” (Richmond, 1936).
Son Thomas Hayes was born in Milton, July 27, 1814. He was a namesake for his maternal grandfather, Thomas Card.
Ichabod Hayes signed the Milton Road Weight Petition of 1816. (See Milton Road Weight Petition – 1816).
Son Israel Hayes was born in Milton, May 19, 1816. Son William Hayes was born in West Milton, in 1818.
Ichabod Hayes signed the Milton Anti-Division Remonstrance of June 1820. The petitioners opposed the proposal to divide Milton in order to divide its militia company. (See also Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).
Daughter Phebe Hayes born in Milton, October 16, 1820. She may have been a namesake for Phebe (Wentworth) Wentworth.
Ichabod Hayes signed one of the Milton Militia Division petitions of November 1820. (See Milton Militia Division Petitions – November 1820 and Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).
Ichabod Hayes was said to be one of the organizers of the Milton Social Library, in and after 1822. He left behind among his papers a list of books contained then in the library (with his opinions of their literary merit in quotes) (Richmond, 1936). (See also Milton Social Library – 1822).
Daughter Eliza Hayes was born in Milton, July 23, 1825.
Daughter Sarah P. Hayes married in Milton, June 8, 1826, Enoch M. “Moody” Clark. He was born in Greenland, NH, April 12, 1802, son of Joseph and Comfort (Weeks) Clark.
Mother-in-law Abigail (Neal) Card died in Milton, July 2, 1827, aged seventy-nine years.
[Her husband,] Thomas Card was lost in a storm at sea, 7 Oct. 1805. His wife, Abigail Neal, spent her last days in the home of her daughter Sally, and is buried in the Hayes cemetery in Milton. The following receipt, found among the Ichabod Hayes papers, suggests comparison with current prices: “Received of Ichabod Hayes two Dollars and fifty cents in full for coffin maid [made] for Widow Card” (Richmond, 1936).
Son Richard Hayes was born in Milton, August 14, 1827.
Daughter Phebe Hayes died in Milton, October 29, 1827, aged seven months, and thirteen days.
Daughter Lydia Hayes married, March 20, 1828, Simon French Hayes. He was born in Farmington, NH, February 13, 1802, son of Ichabod and Deborah (French) Hayes. (His father was the contemporary “other” Ichabod Hayes (1775-1833) of neighboring Farmington, NH).
Ichabod Hayes died in Dunn’s Tavern, near Sawyer’s Mills, in Dover, NH, July 8, 1830, aged sixty years. His accidental death resulted from injuries sustained when his horse was frightened by a clap of thunder. (In the following account, he was thrown from his wagon, when a frightened horse caused a wagon collision).
In 1830, at the age of three-score years, he [Ichabod Hayes] was accidentally killed on the [Libby’s] drawbridge at Sawyer’s Mills in Dover, as a result of being thrown out of a wagon by the collision of another (Biographical Review, 1897).
1830. July 8. – Mr. Ichabod Hayes, a respectable citizen of Milton, was thrown from his wagon in Dover, and so much injured as to occasion his death in a few hours. Weather unusually warm, the thermometer for three days in succession (July 16, 17, 18,) ranging from 92 to 98 in the shade (Wadleigh, 1913).
Ichabod Hayes died intestate, i.e., he left no will. His estate was divided as follows.
Ichabod Hayes having left no will, the estate was divided as follows: To son Ephraim, 26 acres in Alton, lower side of Lot 5, and 15 acres in Milton in Lot 101 of Second Division, and payment to Abigail of $24.75; to dau. Sarah Clark, 100 acres in Peeling, Lot 2 in Range 10; to dau. Lydia Hayes, ½ of Lot 8, Range 11 in Peeling and 15½ acres in Milton in Lot 95, Third Division, and payment to Abigail of $7.25; to dau. Abigail Hayes, 26 acres in Alton in Lot 5, Range 2 and 85½ rods in Alton near mills, plus $ 42.75; to son Ichabod, the upper half of the homestead farm, and half the buildings except widow’s dower and payment to Abigail of $11.25; to Israel $137.75, to William $212.75 and to Richard $31.87; to son Israel, 50 acres in Alton in Lot 11, 3rd Range plus $137.75; to son William, $212.75 [This was remitted to the grandson Charles Hayes, who inherited the homestead ]; to dau. Eliza $212.75; to son Thomas, lower half of homestead and half of buildings, except dower, and payment to Eliza of $212.75 and Richard $180.88; to son Richard, $212.75 (This was remitted to the grandson Charles Hayes, who inherited the homestead). The appraisal also shows that in the Milton “meeting house” he had one-half pew on the lower floor, and one-half pew in the gallery. His daughter Lydia’s husband, Simon F. Hayes, was appointed guardian of estates of minor children Ichabod, Abigail, Thomas and Israel; wife Sally, guardian of William, Eliza and Richard (Strafford County Probate, 30:175, 176) (Richmond, 1936).
The Milton Congregational church meeting house, which doubled also as the Milton town house, then had two stories, i.e., a lower floor and an upper floor. The “Divisions” referred to successive divisions of common land into separate private lots. An original Rochester grantee would have received a house or home farm lot, but also future rights to commonly held land. Portions of that common land might be subdivided over time amongst the “commoners,” i.e., those that held original grants and the attendant division rights, which might be sold separately. Successive divisions over time might be numbered, such as First, Second, or Third Division, etc., until most of the common land was disbursed. “Peeling” was the original name for what is now Woodstock, NH.
Sally [(Card)] Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself], one male aged 20-29 years [Ephraim Hayes], two males aged 15-19 years [Ichabod Hayes and Thomas Hayes], one female aged 15-19 years [Abigail Hayes], two males aged 10-14 years [Israel Hayes and William Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Eliza Hayes], and one male aged under-5 years [Richard Hayes]. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Jos. Hayes and Keziah Varney.
Enoch M. Clark headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Sarah P. (Hayes) Clark], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one female aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, and one female aged under-5 years [Sarah E. Clark]. His household appeared in the enumeration just before that of [his father,] Jos. Clark.
Simon F. Hayes headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 20-29 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Lydia (Hayes) Hayes], and one female aged under-5 years [Clarissa Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration just after that of his father, the “other” Ichabod Hayes.
Daughter Abigail Hayes married in New Durham, NH, November 20, 1831, Levi Hayes, she of Milton and he of Farmington, NH. Rev. Nathaniel Berry performed the ceremony. He was born in Farmington, NH, January 11, 1806, son of Ichabod and Deborah (French) Hayes.
Son Ephraim Hayes married, in September 1834, Rosamond Furber Dame. She was born in Farmington, NH, June 7, 1803, daughter of Moses and Deborah (Furber) Dame.
Until he was about twenty years old [circa 1836], [son] Israel Hayes worked on the farm in the summer season, and attended the district schools of Milton or Alton in the winter. He was afterward employed for a short time at the shoemaker’s trade in Alton, and then went to Natick, Mass., for a short stay (Biographical Review, 1897).
Son Ichabod Hayes married, March 3, 1836, Hannah Rogers Jenkins. She was born in Milton, July 28, 1814, daughter of John and Nancy (Patten) Jenkins.
[Ichabod Hayes [Jr.] lived on the eastern half of his father’s homestead in Milton. … He was a selectman of Milton and prominent in town affairs. He was an officer of the 4th Co., 39th Reg’t, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division of N.H. Militia; appointed sergeant; 5 Au. 1837; ensign, 18 Apr. 1839; lieutenant, 29 Apr. 1841; captain, 10 May 1842 (Richmond, 1936).
In early manhood [son] Thomas went to Natick, Mass., and learned the shoe business as many young men of neighboring New Hampshire towns were doing. The first shoe manufacturing plant was established in Natick in 1828. A letter of Thomas Hayes written from Natick 30 July 1836 proves that he and his brother Israel were there at that time. He says: “Have made 388 pair and averaged 50 pair a week for 3 last weeks, and Israel has made 436 pr. and averaged 57 for 3 weeks.” Thomas returned to the farm, but [son] Israel returned to establish one of the successful shoe factories of Farmington (Richmond, 1936).
Son-in-law Levi Hayes died in Farmington, NH, September 5, 1838, aged thirty-two years.
The Milton Selectmen of 1840 were J.M. Twombly, Chas. Swasey, and Ephm. Hayes.
Ephraim Hayes lived in West Milton on the farm that had previously belonged to his cousin Bidfield Hayes and his uncle Daniel. The house, reduced in size by fire, still [1936] stands. The house was inherited by his son John. … Ephraim served Milton as selectman and surveyor. His account ledger is preserved among Hayes papers (Richmond, 1936).
Ephraim Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Rosamond F. [(Dame)] Hayes, and two females aged under-5 years [Sarah Hayes and Emily A. Hayes]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Hayes and James Hayes.
Enoch M. Clark headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Sarah P. (Hayes) Clark], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 10-14 years [Sarah E. Clark], one male aged 10-14 years [Brackett Clark], two males aged 5-9 years [Charles I. Clark and George A. Clark], two females aged under-5 years [Ann A. Clark and Mary F. Clark], and one male aged under-5 years [Henry Clark]. Two members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration just after that of [his father,] Joseph Clark.
Simon F. Hayes headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Lydia [(Hayes)] Hayes, one female aged 10-14 years [Clarissa Hayes], one male aged 5-9 years [Seth Hayes], one female aged 5-9 years [Lydia Hayes], and one female aged under-5 years [Phebe Hayes]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Ichabod Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years [Hannah R. (Jenkins) Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [George Hayes], and one female aged under-5 years [Hannah F. Hayes]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Calvin S. Horne and Thomas Hayes.
Abigail [(Hayes)] Hayes headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female, aged 20-29 years [herself], one female aged 5-9 years [Abigail Hayes], one male aged under-5 years [Levi W. Hayes], and one male aged 20-29 years. One member of her household was engaged in Manufacture and Trade.
Thomas Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 20-29 years [himself], one male aged 15-19 years [William Hayes], one female aged 15-19 years [Eliza Hayes], and one female aged 60-69 years [Sally (Card) Hayes]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Hayes and Moses Nute.
In 1840, he [son Israel Hayes] established himself in business in Farmington as a manufacturer of custom shoes, continuing for some years on a rather modest scale (Biographical Review, 1897).
The Milton Selectmen of 1841 were J.M. Twombly, R.J. Witham, and Ephm. Hayes.
Son Israel Hayes married (1st) in Dover, NH, February 28, 1844, Sarah E. Richards. She was born in Dover, NH, September 23, 1820.
Mr. [Israel] Hayes has been twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Sarah Richards, of Dover, who died soon after, leaving a daughter named Sarah (Biographical Review, 1897).
Daughter-in-law Sarah E. (Richards) Hayes died in Farmington, NH, May 23, 1844, aged twenty-three years.
Son Richard Hayes studied law and worked as a law clerk, with district court lawyer Harvey Jewell (1815-1881) in Boston, MA, in 1844. (Jewell would become a three-term MA State Representative and judge). Hayes would next study law and work with another district court lawyer, Arthur F.L. Norris (1821-1889), at Pittsfield, NH, circa 1845-46, and was principal of the Pittsfield Academy. He would study further at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.
Son Israel Hayes married (2nd), February 28, 1847, Anne Freeman Edgerly. She was born in Farmington, NH, November 26, 1815, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Tash) Edgerly.
In 1848 [SIC] Mr. Hayes was married to Miss Ann F. Edgerly, who died November 12, 1889. Five children were born of this union, four of whom are now [1897] living; namely, Edward W., Martha A., Frank C., and Mary E. Martha is the wife of J.F. Safford of this town and Mary is the wife of E.F. Cummings of Beachmont, Mass. Mr. Hayes and his family attend and support the Congregational church of which he has been a Deacon for twenty years (Biographical Review, 1897).
Daughter Eliza Hayes married, March 11, 1849, John Elkins Goodwin. He was born in Milton, September 14, 1820, son of Joseph and Anna (Hanson) Goodwin.
Son Thomas Hayes married, June 26, 1849, Abigail Varney Nute. She was born in Milton, May 3, 1826, daughter of Moses T. and Eunice (Varney) Nute.
Sally [(Card)] Hayes, aged seventy-two years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Sally Hayes owned real estate valued at $1,500. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Calvin S. Horn, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).
Ephraim Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Rosamond F. [(Dame)] Hayes, aged forty-five years (b. NH), Sarah Hayes, aged twelve years (b. NH), Emily A. Hayes, aged ten years (b. NH), William H. Hayes, aged nine years (b. NH), Mary P. Hayes, aged seven years (b. NH), and John Hayes, aged three years (b. NH). Ephraim Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David M.C. Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and John J. Plumer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH).
Moody Clark, a farmer, aged forty-eight years, headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Hayes)] Clark, aged forty-four years (b. NH), Brackett Clark, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH), Charles I. Clark, a farmer, aged nineteen years, George A. Clark, a farmer, aged seventeen years, Ann A. Clark, aged fifteen years, Mary F. Clark, aged thirteen years, Henry M. Clark, aged ten years, Ellen E. Clark, aged seven years, and Greenlief Clark, aged four years (b. NH). Moddy Clark had real estate valued at $4,000. (The entry for Ann A. Clark had an unusual “V” mark in the column for occupation).
Simon F. Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-seven years, headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Hayes)] Hayes, aged forty-two years (b. NH), Seth Hayes, a farmer, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Lydia Hayes, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Phebe Hayes, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Mary A. Hayes, aged five years (b. NH). Simon F. Hayes had real estate valued at $12,000.
Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), George Hayes, aged twelve years (b. NH), Hannah F. Hayes, aged ten years (b. NH), and Charles Hayes, aged five years (b. NH). Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Sally [(Card)] Hayes, aged seventy-two years (b. NH), and Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH).
Abigail [(Hayes)] Hayes, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Abby Hayes, aged sixteen years. They lived in a three-family dwelling, in which her younger brothers, Wm Hayes, a shoemaker, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Richard Hayes, a student aged twenty-three years (b. NH), occupied one of the other apartments.
Thomas Hayes, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Abigail [(Nute)] Hayes, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), and Melvin Hayes, aged one month (b. NH). Their household appear in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), and Eunice Nute, aged fifty-one years (b. NH).
Israel Hayes, a shoemaker, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Ann F. [(Edgerly)] Hayes, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Sarah E. Hayes, aged six years (b. NH), Edward W. Hayes, aged two years (b. NH), and Martha A. Hayes, aged two months (b. NH). Isaac Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration just after the hotel headed by Jonathan P. Baker, aged forty-two years (b. NH).
Ann Norris, aged fifty-five years (b. MA), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Wm Hayes, a shoemaker, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and Richard Hayes, a student, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). They lived in a three-family dwelling, in which their elder sister, Abigail [(Hayes)] Hayes, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), occupied one of the other apartments. (Richard Hayes was enumerated also in Hanover, NH, where he was a student at Dartmouth University).
John E. Goodwin, a shoe manufacturer, aged thirty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Eliza [(Hayes)] Goodwin, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Joseph H. Goodwin, aged three years (b. NH), and Leah H. Goodwin, aged two years (b. NH). John E. Goodwin had real estate valued at $3,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles H. Goodwin, a trader, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), and Shepherd Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged twenty-even years (b. NH).
Richard Hayes, a student, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), was one of thirty students boarding the Hanover, NH, household of William Tenney, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Hanover, NH, is the location of Dartmouth University.
The Milton Selectmen of 1851 were Asa Fox, D.P. Warren, and Ichabod Hayes [Jr.]. The Milton Selectmen of 1852 were Asa Fox, Eli Wentworth, and Ichabod Hayes [Jr.].
Wm Hayes, a miner, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), appeared in Sierra County, CA, in the CA State Census of [August 19,] 1852. (Sierra County is in the Sierra Mountains, for which it is named, northeast of Sacramento, CA). His last prior residence had been in Massachusetts.
The gold excitement of 1849-50 took him [son William Hayes] to California by the overland route. His gains seemed to be summed up in the few nuggets and grains of gold dust he brought back as souvenirs, samples of which are still treasured by the family (Richmond, 1936).
Son Israel Hayes erected his shoe factory in Farmington, NH, in 1853. For a short time, he manufactured shoes with trader Hosea B. Edgerly (1823-1892).
In 1853, encouraged by the success he [son Israel Hayes] had met with, he erected a factory, and for a year manufactured shoes in company with H.B. Edgerly. Since that time he has continued the business in company with his son, making a specialty of manufacturing brogan shoes of a medium grade, and has built up an extensive and flourishing trade (Biographical Review, 1897).
William Hayes married in Boston, MA, June 16, 1856, Lucy Lauvilla Crawford, he of Milton and she of Carroll, NH. He was a shoe cutter, aged thirty-eight years, and she was aged thirty-four years. Rev. Thomas Worcester performed the ceremony. She was born in [Hart’s Location,] Carroll, NH, July 11, 1821, daughter of Ethan A. and Lucy A. (Howe) Crawford.
[Lucy L. Crawford was a] daughter of the famous White Mtn. guide Ethan Allen Crawford and Lucy Rosebrook [Howe], and granddaughter of Abel Crawford, the family from which Crawford Notch derives its name (Richmond, 1936).
Salley [(Card)] Hayes, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Salley Hayes had personal estate valued at $1,000. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and Eunice Nute, aged sixty-three years (b. NH).
Ephraim Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Rosamond F. [(Dame)] Hayes, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), Emily A. Hayes, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), William H. Hayes, a farm laborer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Mary P. Hayes, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and John Hayes, aged thirteen years (b. NH). Ephraim Hayes had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $325. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Pearl, a farmer, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), and William Town, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Enoch M. Clark, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Hayes)] Clark, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), Henry M. Clark, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH), Ellen E. Clark, housework, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and Greenleaf B. Clark, aged fourteen years (b. NH). Enoch M. Clark had real estate valued at $6,500 and personal estate valued at $1,500. His household appeared in the enumeration just before that of [his mother,] Comfort [(Weeks)] Clark, housekeeping, aged eighty-six years (b. NH).
Simon F. Hayes, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lydia [(Hayes)] Hayes, aged fourteen [fifty-two] years (b. NH), Mary A. Hayes, aged twenty years (b. NH), Henry H. Hayes, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), and Phebe [(Hayes)] Cate, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH). Simon F. Hayes had real estate valued at $1,400 and personal estate valued at $1,500.
Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, aged forty-four years (b. NH), George Hayes, a shoemaker, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Hannah F. Hayes, aged twenty years (b. NH), Charles Hayes, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Laura A. Hayes, aged seven years (b. NH). Ichabod Hayes had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $500. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and Salley [(Card)] Hayes, aged eighty-one years (b. NH).
Thomas Hayes … built his house in 1857 on the west half of his father’s homestead [farm], which had been divided equally between him and his brother Ichabod (Richmond, 1936).
Abigail [(Hayes)] Hayes, a dressmaker, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included H. Francis Hayes, aged twenty years (b. NH), Leander R. Morse, a physician, aged twenty-four years (b. Nova Scotia), Frank Lincoln, a carpenter (journeyman), aged twenty-seven years (b. MA), and Mr. Quinn, aged twenty-one years (b. MA). Abigail Hayes had personal estate valued at $500.
Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Abigail [(Nute)] Hayes, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Ira W. Hayes, aged ten years (b. NH), Byron F. Hayes, aged five years (b. NH), and Anna E. Hayes, aged eleven months (b. NH). Thomas Hayes had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $660. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Calvin S. Horne, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Israel Hayes, a shoe manufacturer, aged forty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Ann F. [(Edgerly)] Hayes, aged forty-four years (b. NH), Edward W. Hayes, aged eleven years (b. NH), Martha A. Hayes (b. NH), aged nine years (b. NH), Frank C. Hayes, aged four years (b. NH), and Mary E. Hayes, aged one year (b. NH). Israel Hayes had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $300.
William Hayes, a sole leather cutter, aged forty-two years (b. Newfoundland [NH]), headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Lucy L. [(Crawford)] Hayes, a housewife, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH [Newfoundland]), Leonard F. Verrill, a cordwainer, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), Francis M. Verrill, a seamstress, aged twenty-five years (b. ME), Emeline L. Clement, a seamstress, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), Caroline E. Austin, a seamstress, aged twenty-on years (b. ME), John Leavitt, a sole leather cutter, aged twenty-eight years (b. MA). William Hayes had personal estate valued at $1,000.
John E. Goodwin, a shoe manufacturer, aged forty years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Eliza [(Hayes)] Goodwin, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), J.H. [Joseph H.] Goodwin, aged fourteen years (b. NH), L.H. [Leah H.] Goodwin, aged twelve years (b. NH), L.M. [Laura M.] Goodwin, aged nine years (b. NH), A.B. [Alice E.] Goodwin, aged seven years (b. NH), and J.F. [John F.] Goodwin, aged three years (b. NH). John E. Goodwin had real estate valued at $7,000 and personal estate valued at $5,000. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of George F. Nute, a shoe cutter, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and [his brother,] Daniel B. Goodwin, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH).
Son Ephraim Hayes died in Milton, February 19, 1861, age fifty-six years, two months, and nine days.
Daughter Eliza (Hayes) Goodwin died of consumption in Milton, October 15, 1861, aged thirty-eight years. She was married.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. … On motion of Dr. Porz, the action of the High School and Teachers’ Committee, in transferring the Normal School to the High School building and nominating Mr. Richard Edwards to be principal of the conjoint schools, and Mr. Richard Hayes, to be assistant, at a salary of $700 per annum, was confirmed (Daily Missouri Democrat, January 16, 1862).
Rev. Enoch Hayes Place (1786-1865) of Strafford, NH, and his wife, Sally (Demeritt) Place (1789-1880), visited their relations on Hare Road in West Milton, on Saturday, October 11, 1862, as he recorded in his diary, and they spent the night there.
[Sat. Oct 11. -] We then called at Mr. Horn’s, whose wife was uncle Daniel Hayes‘ daughter Polly & a cousin to Mrs. Place. They treated us with some rich Isabella grapes, grown in their garden. Thence to Mr. Ichabod Hayes’, a son of our uncle Ichabod Hayes, who was killed 32 years ago last July, on Libby’s bridge in Dover, his horse being frightened by a clap of thunder. Uncle’s widow still lives, a Smart Sensible woman is Mrs. Sally Hayes, Aged 84 yrs., the 25 of next November. We had only traveled some one fourth of a mile, and as it began to rain, and my wife was ill of a severe cold, we put up at one of the most romantic and pleasent Situations in Milton.
Sun. Oct. 12. – After Solemn prayer we left our excellent friends at Cousin Ichabod Hayes, Esqr.’s, and went to Alton, 14 miles, just in time to attend meeting with Bro. Caverno, Who preached well (NEHGS, 1998).
If one came away from visiting Ichabod Hayes’ West Milton farm with some Isabella grapes, one might use them make some Grape Pudding Sauce:
Grape Pudding Sauce – Pick, wash, and steam for one half hour Concord or Isabella grapes, (in any dish not metallic). with water sufficient to cover them, then run through a colander, rubbing through as much of the pulp as possible, (either with hand or a pestle), return the liquid to the stew kettle, and when it boils thicken with about one spoonful of corn starch, or of sifted Graham flour braided with a water. Boil up once to each pint of pulp, sweeten to the taste, and serve as a sauce for boiled rice, apple dumplings, or any plain pudding that may require a sauce. Two or three spoonfuls of this makes a fine addition to apple pie as flavor before baking (Clark, 1883).
Sally (Card) Hayes of Milton made her last will, April 21, 1863. She devised her large bible, and her featherbed, bedstead, and bed cords to her daughter, Abigail Hayes. She bequeathed her wearing apparel to her daughter, Abigail Hayes, and her granddaughters, Laura May Goodwin and Alice Eliza Goodwin, to be equally divided among them. She bequeathed her bedding, table linen, and crockery to her daughter, Abigail Hayes and her daughter-in-law Hannah P. Hayes, to be equally divided between them. She bequeathed $5 each to her grandchildren, John Freemont Goodwin, Laura May Goodwin, and Alice Eliza Goodwin. She bequeathed her six oldest dining chairs and chest of drawers to her son, Thomas Hayes; her wool quilt and bureau to her son, Israel Hayes; a cotton and wool coverlet to her son, William Hayes; $5 in money to her son, Richard Hayes; her silver teaspoons and one large Britannia spoon to her granddaughter, Sarah Hayes. (“Britannia” is an alloy of silver (95.8%) and copper (4.2%)). She devised all the rest and residue of her estate to her son Ichabod Hayes, whom she also named as executor. Simon F. Hayes, Calvin S. Horne, and Betty P. Towne signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 80:457).
Son Ichabod Hayes of West Milton paid $1 in U.S. Excise Tax in 1864, for his carriage, which was valued at $75.
Son Richard Hayes appeared in the St. Louis, MO, directory of 1864, as a school teacher, boarding at 202 Locust street.
[Dartmouth] CLASS OF 1850. RICHARD HAYES, the son of Ichabod and Sallie (Card) Hayes, was born at Milton Aug. 14, 1827. He read law with Harvey Jewell, D.C., 1844, at Boston, Ms., 1 year, and at Pittsfield with Arthur Fitzroy Livermore Norris, D.C., 1845, 2 years, was in practice at Pittsfield, 4 years, then removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and has been engaged in the High School teaching Calculus, civil and mechanical Engineering, Astronomy, and Physicks between 8 and 9 years (Chapman, 1867).
Son-in-law Enoch M. Clark died August 7, 1865.
Son Richard Hayes appeared in the St. Louis, MO, directory of 1865, as a teacher, High School, with his residence on Washington av., at its corner with 17th street.
Son-in-law Simon F. Hayes died in Farmington, July 17, 1866.
Rosemon F. [(Dame)] Hayes, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Mary P. Hayes, a teacher, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and John P.H. Hayes, a farm laborer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH). Rosemon F. Hayes had personal estate valued at $545. John P.H. Hayes had real estate valued at $1600. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Wentworth, a carpenter, aged seventy-two years (b. NH), and George Blake, a farm laborer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH).
Sarah P. [(Hayes) Clark, keeping house, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Greenleaf B. Clark, a farmer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH). Sarah P. Clark had real estate valued at $10,000 and personal estate valued at $3,000.
Annie M. Hayes, keeping house, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington (“Gonic P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Henry C. Fall, at home, aged seven years (b. NH), Katy A. Fall, aged four years (b. NH), Lydia [(Hayes)] Hayes, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), Fredrick Dixon, works for shoe shop, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Mary E. Dixon, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Kitiage Nute, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), George Barnard, a bookkeeper, aged twenty-two years (b. NH). Annie M. Hayes had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $200.
Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), Charles Hayes, a farm laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Maria Hayes, a housekeeper, aged twenty years (b. NH), Laura A. Hayes, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Sally [(Card)] Hayes, aged ninety-one years (b. NH), and Charles M. Hurd, aged twelve years (b. NH). Ichabod Hayes had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $1,152. Charles Hayes had personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Calvin S. Horne, a farm laborer, aged seventy years (b. NH) and Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).
When over 90 years old Sally [(Card) Hayes] finely knitted baby mittens and socks for her great-granddaughter (Richmond, 1936).
Abby [(Hayes)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Boston, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Frances Lincoln, a carpenter, aged thirty-eight years (b. MA), Thomas Kinney, furnishing store, aged thirty years (b. [MA]), William Rollins, a printer, aged nineteen years (b. ME), Frank Sawtell, a clerk in store, aged twenty-one years (b. MA), and William Sawtell, a clerk in store, aged twenty-five years (b. [MA]). Abby Hayes had personal estate valued at $2,000. Thomas Kinney had personal estate valued at $1,000.
Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Abagail V. [(Nute)] Hayes, keeping house, aged forty-four years (b. NH), Ira W. Hayes, a farm laborer, aged twenty years (b. NH), Byron F. Hayes, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Anna L. Hayes, at school, aged ten years. Thomas Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $825. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), and John Steuben, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH).
Israel Hayes, shoe mfty., aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Ann F. [(Edgerly)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), Edward W. Hayes, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Frank C. Hayes, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and Mary E. Hayes, aged eleven years (b. NH). Israel Hayes had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $1,000.
William Hayes, works in shoe factory, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Lucy L. [(Crawford)] Hayes, keeping house, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), Laura L. Goodwin, works in shoe factory, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Richard Hayes, a schoolteacher, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and Jefferson Hayes, operates pegging machine, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH). William Hayes owned real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $300.
[William and Lucy L. (Crawford) Hayes] had no children but brought up the daughter, Laura M. Goodwin, of his deceased sister Eliza, and she inherited the house at 17 Hancock St., Stoneham (Richmond, 1936).
Sally (Card) Hayes died of consumption in Milton, August 21, 1871, aged ninety-two years, nine months. She was a widow. He last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate court held in Farmington, NH, September 1871 (Strafford County Probate, 80:459).
Daughter-in-law Rosamond F. (Dame) Hayes died of paralysis in Milton, November 29, 1874, aged seventy-five [seventy-one] years, five months, and twenty-one days. She was a widow.
Son Richard Hayes returned home from St. Louis, MO, for a month’s vacation, in July 1876.
LOCAL PERSONALS. Prof. Richard Hayes, teacher of mathematics in the St. Louis High School, left last night for a month’s vacation at his old home in the White Mountains of New Hampshire (St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO), July 11, 1876).
Son Ichabod Hayes died of consumption in Milton, August 23, 1876, aged sixty-five years. He was a married farmer.
The Farmington News published a list of Farmington residents that paid a tax of more than $50, in July 1879. Their list included shoe manufacturer Israel Hayes, who paid $84.67. Some fifty-nine residents paid more than he, with the largest paying $872.60 (Farmington News, July 4, 1879).
SOCIETY NEWS. Prof. Richard Hayes, of the High School, has returned from a month’s visit to New Hampshire (St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO), August 2, 1879).
Greenleaf B. Clark, a farmer, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his servant, Winnie Morrill, keeping house, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), his mother, Sarah P. [(Hayes) Clark, at home, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), and his help, Joseph Blond, a laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. Canada).
Annie M. Hayes, works in shoe shop, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Katie A. Fall, attending school, aged fourteen years (b. NH), and her mother, Lydia [(Hayes)] Hayes, at home, aged seventy-two years (b. NH).
Jefferson Hayes, works in shoe factory, aged forty-seven years, headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Emily J. [(Berry)] Hayes, keeping house, aged twenty-eight years (b. New Brunswick), his daughter, Gracie B. Hayes, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and his mother, Abigail [(Hayes)] Hayes, a housekeeper, aged sixty-six years (b. NH).
Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Abigail B. [(Nute)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), and his children, Ira W. Hayes, works on farm, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Annie L. Hayes, at home, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Eri F. Tibbetts, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), and Charles Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH).
Israel Hayes, a shoe manufacturer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ann S. [(Edgerly)] Hayes, keeping house, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), and his son, Frank C. Hayes, works in shoe shop, aged twenty-four years (b. NH).
Wm. Hayes, works in shoe factory, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lucy L. [(Crawford)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), his niece, Laura Goodwin, works in shoe factory, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and his lodgers, Eunice Coy, works in shoe factory, aged forty-seven years (b. ME), and James Whipley, a farm laborer, aged twenty-three years (b. New Brunswick).
Richard Hayes, a professor in public school, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a St. Louis, MO, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census.
Son Richard Hayes “… was the author of several monographs on Earthquakes, their Causes and Periodicity” (Richmond, 1936). At a meeting of the Saint Louis Academy of Science, on February 7, 1881,
Mr. Richard Hayes made a few remarks on the periodicity of earthquakes, in which he stated that the present year would be one of maximum frequency (Academy of Science, 1881).
Daughter-in-law Hannah R. (Jenkins) Hayes died of paralysis in Milton, September 21, 1881, aged sixty-seven years. She was a widowed housekeeper. Herbert F. Pitcher, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Daughter Lydia (Hayes) Hayes died of paralysis in Farmington, NH, February 3, 1882, aged seventy-three years, nine months. She was a widow.
DEATHS. In Farmington, Feb. 3, of paralysis, Mrs. Lydia Hayes, widow of Simon F. Hayes, aged 73 years and 9 months (Farmington News, February 10, 1882).
Educational Doings. Prof. Richard Hayes, of the branch high school, will seek recreation in his customary Eastern trip and divide the vacation between Boston and the mountains of New Hampshire (St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), June 29, 1882).
Son Richard Hayes appeared in the St. Louis, MO, directory of 1883, as a teacher, resident at 610 Olive street.
Shoe lasters employed in the John F. Cloutman shoe factory in Farmington, NH, went on strike for higher Lynn-level wages in May 1883. Replacement “scab” workers were brought in, many from Massachusetts, to replace the strikers. There were “hard words” one night between some twenty strikers and four “scabs” at Henry Dolby’s Farmington saloon and, in a scuffle, William Burrows, who was not involved, received a pistol wound.
The wounded man was conveyed home and a surgeon probed for the ball unsuccessfully, and reported the wound as fatal. Burrows’s age is twenty-five. He is single, and has been a total abstainer for two years, and although in the crowd of strikers is not one of them, working every day in Israel Hayes’s shoe shop (Boston Evening Transcript, June 5, 1883).
Son Thomas Hayes died in Milton, June 7, 1887, aged seventy-two years, ten months, and twenty days. He was a married farmer.
Daughter-in-law Anne F. (Edgerly) Hayes died in Farmington, NH, November 12, 1889, aged seventy-three years.
GONE BEFORE. It takes but a few words to give the intelligence of the death of Mrs. Israel Hayes, but what words can express the anguish which the loss of this wife and mother brings to the stricken and broken home circle, and not only the home circle; but all who knew her, share in a measure, the great sorrow which has come upon this household. Mrs. Hayes died Tuesday, Nov. 12, about 7 o’clock, a.m. For several years she has been in delicate health, yet able to a considerable extent, to mingle in society and always constant for church service when strength permitted. Several weeks since disease developed itself to such an extent that her family were much troubled and her daughter, Mrs. Safford, left her own home and devoted herself to the care of her mother during her entire illness, watching over her with untiring devotion, trying to sustain her life with every possible nourishment, and her efforts were ably seconded by the whole family, hoping that nature would rally and resume its work. But, Alas’ the vitality was gone, human means were of no avail. The time had come when husband, children and friends must give her up. This Christian woman who has made this world better by her presence, is needed and eminently fitted for the other home across the river. Inexpressibly dear was this wife to her devoted husband, who is in feeble health. Remarkably affectionate have been the family relations in this household. She combined the mother and sister in her association with her children, for she kept herself young and companionable, always cheerful, always responsive. Hard indeed is the severing of the tie which bound her to her family, and they may well mourn for long and sadly, yet whatever of comfort there is in human sympathy, it is accorded to the sorrowing ones by their many friends. Mrs. Ann Edgerly Hayes was the daughter of Josiah and Mary Tash Edgerly. She was born in what is known as the Josiah B. Edgerly house opposite the Congregational church and has always lived in the village. She was one of twelve children, ten daughters and two sons. All but one have preceded her to the spirit world. Mrs. John Barker, the youngest sister, is the sole survivor of a once large family. Mrs. Hayes’ death is the first break in her own family circle. She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters, Mr. E.W. Hayes, Mrs. J.F. Safford Mr. F.O. Hayes, who resides here, Mrs. Dr. Cummings, whose home is in Beechmont, Mass., and a step daughter Miss Sarah Hayes, now occupying a position in the state house, Boston. She was familiarly known in this community, thoroughly devoted to her home circle, her husband and children were her life and happiness, yet when her health would permit, she particularly enjoyed the social circle and her presence was always a sunshine. She was a member of the Congregational church and connected herself with the Ladies Aid Society at its first formation, and when feeble health prevented her from taking an active part in the work of the Society she always manifested a strong interest in all they were doing and never forgot to help financially not waiting to be asked but often anticipated the treasurers needs. Only a week since the treasurer called to see her and she asked “Is it not time for mv yearly contribution?” It was one of her bright days and she was so bright so cheerful and happy that hope gained the ascendency and we thought surely she will be spared. But with blinding tears we have to accept the sad truth that the dearly loved and true friend of our girlhood, womanhood and riper years is gone. “Yet those we truly love, will never die.” The pleasant memories contained in two score years of faithful friendship will always be a present blessing. Before and in their earlier married life Mr. and Mrs. Hayes were prominent in sustaining the service of song in the Little Old Church around the corner. Our choir meetings were never quite ready for work until Israel and Ann had arrived. Their interest in singing has continued to the present time. Much comfort is mingled with the sorrow for the loved one who has gone before, by thoughts of the peaceful ending of her life, full of resignation to the Divine will. She loved everything that was beautiful, and exquisitely beautiful and fragrant flowers, the offering of a friend, were placed where her tired eyes could feast upon all their beauty and fragrance, and so she passed away. We shall miss her sadly yet for her “Life’s work is well done, Heaven’s crown well won, She hath entered rest.” The funeral services will be held at the house Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. W.I. Sweet officiates, assisted by Rev. O.L. White (Farmington News, November 15, 1889).
Daughter Sarah P. (Hayes) Clark died of old age in Wolfeboro, NH, December 28, 1891, aged eighty-five years, five months, and twenty days. She was a widowed housekeeper. R.H. King signed the death certificate.
Son-in-law John E. Goodwin died in Malden, MA, May 11, 1893.
Son Richard Hayes was seriously injured when he was assaulted and robbed in his St. Louis, MO, apartment, on the evening of January 14, 1894.
Dying from His Wounds. Richard Hayes, the old man assaulted and robbed in his room, 610 Olive street, on the night of the 14th. inst., is dying. Dr. I.N. Love, his attending physician, announced last night that his condition was hopeless, and that he did not believe he would survive until this morning. Hayes was assaulted by some unknown thief on the evening of 14th and robbed of almost all he possessed, including his hat and coat (St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), June 26, 1894).
MISS WANEY’S APPOINTMENT. Only Temporarily in Charge of Prof. Hayes’ Class – The Injured Man. Miss Annie R. Waney, late of the Hodgen School, has been appointed temporarily to take charge of the class of which Prof. Richard Hayes had control. Prof. Hayes, it will be remembered, was some three weeks ago brutally assaulted in his room at 610 Olive street by two men who called upon him to solicit alms. When he refused to assist them, they assaulted him, beating him with an empty bottle and inflicting such injuries that his recovery is regarded as extremely doubtful. Prof. Hayes is being treated at the St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital. It is not thought that he can ultimately recover, though he is making a gallant fight for life. Already more than once has his ease been pronounced hopeless by the physicians in attendance, he is now said to be again unconscious and his doctors do not believe that he has enough strength left to enable him to make another rally. Superintendent of Schools Long was seen this morning and asked the POST-DISPATCH reporter to contradict the published statement that Prof. Hayes had been dropped from the pay roll. “We should never think of doing such an unjust thing as discharging a sick man,” he said. “As a matter of fact, we fear that Prof. Hayes will never recover. The last we heard of his condition was that he was again unconscious and could hardly recover, but even were bis death certain we should not appoint a successor to him until the worst fears had been realized. The appointment of Miss Waney is entirely a temporary one, and she will at once vacate the position should Prof. Hayes recover, as we hope he will. Should he die further action will be necessary in the appointment of his permanent successor.” Inquiry at the Mullanphy Hospital was answered by the information that Prof. Hayes was still in a very precarious condition. The attendants refused to hazard any opinion as to the probability of his future recovery (St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO), February 6, 1894).
Son Richard Hayes died of erysipelas (as a result of traumatism) in the Mullanphy Hospital St. Louis, MO, February 14, 1894, aged seventy-one years. He was a teacher and [incorrectly] said to be a native of Massachusetts.
A Victim of Tough Gratitude. St. Louis, Mo, Feb. 13 — Professor Richard Hayes, one of the leading educators of the west and one of the principal officers of the high school of this city, died here from injuries received some weeks ago at the hands of roughs whom he had assisted financially and who beat him because he declined to continue his alms, Professor Hayes was 60 [71] years of age (Champaign Daily Gazette (Champaign, IL), February 13, 1894).
Daughter Abigail (Hayes) Hayes died of pneumonia in Stoneham, MA, March 28, 1896, aged eighty-three years, one month, and four days. She was the widow of Levi Hayes.
At the present time [1897], however, only a part of the [Israel Hayes shoe factory] building is occupied. In politics he is a firm supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He has never cared for public office, although he did serve for one year as Chairman of the [Farmington, NH,] Board of Selectmen (Biographical Review).
Son Israel Hayes died of senectus in Farmington, NH, March 27, 1898, aged eighty-one years, ten months, and sixteen days. He was a widowed shoe manufacturer.
IN MEMORIAM. 1816 – ISRAEL HAYES – 1898. “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me.” It is this verse from the Bible which one associates quickly with the memory of Mr. Israel Hayes, the loved senior officer of the First church of Farmington, who parted away from our mortal ken on Sunday evening, March 27. Mr. Hayes was a son of the late Ichabod and Sarah (Card) Hayes of Milton in which town he was born on May 9, 1816. After the death of the father in 1830, Mr. Hayes went to Alton to learn with the late Mr. Durrell Stevens certain methods of tanning leather and the sister industry of shoemaking. He came subsequently to Farmington and in 1850 he began to manufacture shoes, continuing to pursue that business until a few years ago. In 1843 he was married to Miss Sarah Richards of Massachusetts, by whom he had one child, Sarah Elizabeth, whose death took place a short time ago. Some time after the decease of his wife, Mr. Hayes, in 1847, married Miss Anne F. Edgerly, one of the sisters of the late Hon J.B. Edgerly of this village. Of their five children, four survive their parents, being Edward Winslow and Frank Clifton Hayes, and Mrs. J.F. Safford, and Mrs. Edwin E. Cumming, the latter resident in Beachmont, Mass., while the others are well known townspeople. Mr. Hayes never lost sight of the higher life, in the cares incidental to business, but kept always awake and responsive to the voices that accord with the more spiritual thought and aspirations of existence. He was so musical [in] temperament that in 1843 he went to Boston and profited by the instruction of George F. Root and Lowell Mason, and was a member of the choir of the Park street church. After returning to the familiar villages in this vicinity he “passed on” the help and good which he had received, in the teaching of several terms of singing school, and not even advancing age took from his voice the deep and mellow organ tone which characterized it, and could not be mistaken for any other by them who ever had heard it in the hymns of the church, ancient or modern. In 1869 be became a member of the Congregational church in this village, and upon the decease of the Hon. G.M. Herring in 1875, Mr. Hayes succeeded him in the diaconate, and at the death of Mr. Richard R. Hayes he had as associates in office the late Hosea B. Edgerly and J.P. Tibbetts, with Joseph Breckenridge as his only companion in that relation, since the death of the elder men. The church laments the loss of an officer whose years, whose experience, and whose dignity with his sincere piety, gave value and stability to its gathering and its deliberations. The community is bereaved of one whose conduct was conscientious and straightforward and whose influence was directed toward the providing of the right thing for the public, on every occasion. And in his death, there is removed still another of them who gave stamina and character to say nothing of reputation, to the town of Farmington. Alas, we can count only too easily, today, the elders who sit in the gates. They who are of the present generation will miss the cordial handclasp and the cheering word with which Mr. Hayes never failed to greet them, and his heart always was young, so that there seemed nothing incongruous in the friendliness between him and them. Yet, in the high seat of his fourscore years there must have been sometimes, in spite of the tender love of his children and grandchildren, with only one brother remaining, Mr. William Hayes of Stoneham, Mass., of his own generation, there must have been some yearning to hear
Dear voices that long have been silenced,
Come clear from their peaceable land,
Come toned with unspeakable sweetness,
From the presence with which they stand.
He has heard those loving voices, and has gone, one of Nature’s noblemen, to his rest and joy in the world beyond. It seems a cold office “to speak patience to those that wring under a load of sorrow,” but in the memory of his long and good life, and in the faith which was his, there shall wait a sweet consolation for his best beloved and for all others who were honored by the friendship of Israel Hayes. A.G.W. (Farmington News, April 1, 1898).
Ira W. Heyes, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Abigail B. [(Nute) Heyes, a widow, aged seventy-four years (b. NH). Abigail B. Heyes was the mother of three children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Nellie M. Hayes, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), and Lewis Peterson, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NY).
William Hayes, aged eighty-two years (b. NH), headed a Stoneham, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-four years), Lucy L. [(Crawford)] Hayes, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH), and his niece, Laura M. Goodwin, a shoe factory stitcher, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). William Hayes owned their house at 17 Hancock Street, free-and-clear.
Daughter-in-law Abigail V. (Nute) Hayes died of a cerebral hemorrhage in West Milton, June 4, 1904, aged seventy-eight years, one month, and one day. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Daughter-in-law Lucy L. (Crawford) Hayes died of old age at 17 Hancock Street in Stoneham, MA, February 28, 1905, aged eighty-three years, seven months, and sixteen days. A.B. Jenney, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Son William Hayes died of apoplexy at 17 Hancock Street in Stoneham, MA, February 5, 1908, aged eighty-nine years, ten months, and twenty-five days. He was a retired widower. G.W. Nickerson, M.D., signed the death certificate.
DEATHS. HAYES – At Stoneham, Feb. 5, William Hayes, 89 yrs. 10 mos. 25 dys. Funeral on Saturday at 2.30 P.M., at late home, No. 17 Hancock street, Stoneham, Mass. Friends are invited. Kindly omit flowers. Train from North Station at 1.13 P.M. (Poston Evening Transcript, February 7, 1908).
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Asa Jewett, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Mary A. [(Richards)] Jewett, aged fifty-six years (b. NH). Asa Jewett had real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate valued at $585. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of 
Samuel S. Wentworth signed the Rochester Division petition of May 28, 1802. (See 
Saml S. Shackford, Benjn Wentworth, Shackford Wentworth, Joseph Wentworth, and Benaiah Colby were among the nine inhabitants of Barker’s Location that petitioned the NH legislature, April 7, 1819, for annexation of their unincorporated “Gore” of Barker’s Location by the neighboring Town of Lancaster, NH.
AN ACT to annex Barker’s Location, in the county of Coos, to Lancaster, in the same county. SECTION 1. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives in general court convened, That the tract of territory in the county of Coos and state aforesaid, known by the name of Barker’s Location, and the inhabitants residing within said territory, be and the same hereby are, annexed to the town of Lancaster, in said county of Coos; and the inhabitants of the said annexed territory shall be henceforth entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same liabilities which the present inhabitants of said Lancaster are liable to or enjoy. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the present amount of valuation. in the proportion of state taxes, at which the said territory called Barker’s Location now stands shall be added to the present valuation of the said town of Lancaster; and the state and county treasurers shall govern themselves accordingly in making out their precepts against the town of Lancaster. Approved June 22, 1819.
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