. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. 1^ UTHERFORn B. HAYES,• ^ the nineteenth President ofthe United States, was born inDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822,3!-^~^-AviNs-,v<^- ^st three months after thefeM-*^i/^ death of his father, RutherfordHayes. His ancestry on boththe paternal and maternal sides,was of the most honorable char-acter. It can be traced, it is said,as farbackas 1280
. Portrait and biographical record of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States. 1^ UTHERFORn B. HAYES,• ^ the nineteenth President ofthe United States, was born inDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822,3!-^~^-AviNs-,v<^- ^st three months after thefeM-*^i/^ death of his father, RutherfordHayes. His ancestry on boththe paternal and maternal sides,was of the most honorable char-acter. It can be traced, it is said,as farbackas 1280, when Hayes andRutherford were two Scottish chief-tains, fighting side by side withBaliol, William Wallace and RobertBruce. Both families belonged to thenobility, owned extensive estates,and had a large following. Misfor-tune ovwfaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-land in , and settled in Windsor, Conn. His sonGeorge was born in Windsor, and remained thereduring his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel,son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac-turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,son of Ezekiel and grandfat
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