. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . wasspent in that locality. At the early age of twelveyears he was thrown upon his own resources bythe death of his parents and his lack of financialresources rendered immediate employment a ne-cessity. When fifteen years of age he was workingas a farm hand at eight dollars per month andin the winter season he worked for his board andthe privilege of attending the country schools ofthe neighborhood. Ambitious to secure a goodeducation, he eagerly applied himself to the mas-tery of the branches of learning taught in suchinstitutions and when nineteen
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . wasspent in that locality. At the early age of twelveyears he was thrown upon his own resources bythe death of his parents and his lack of financialresources rendered immediate employment a ne-cessity. When fifteen years of age he was workingas a farm hand at eight dollars per month andin the winter season he worked for his board andthe privilege of attending the country schools ofthe neighborhood. Ambitious to secure a goodeducation, he eagerly applied himself to the mas-tery of the branches of learning taught in suchinstitutions and when nineteen years of age hadqualified himself for the profession of several years he was connected as instructorwith the district schools and during that perioddevoted his leisure hours to private study, thuspreparing to enter college. He afterward at-tended Farm Ridge Seminary, in La Salle county,and on the 1st of September, 1855, matriculatedas a student in the preparatory school at Oberlin,Ohio. A vear later he became a regular student. ^-^} -^ PAST AND PKESENT OF WILL COUNTY. 491 in the college at that place and was graduated inSeptember, 1860. He had determined to devotehis life to the work of the ministry and when hisliterary education was completed he took up thestudy of theology, which he was diligently pur-suing at the time of the opening of the Civilwar. But the events which were so rapidly mak-ing history changed the course of his life. General Hayes was a student of the signs ofthe times, felt deep sympathy with the abolitionmovement, and, noting the unrest in the southand the threats of secession, he waited almostbreathlessly the outcome of those conditions. Atthe first call of President Lincoln for seventy-five thousand troops following the attack on FortSumter General Hayes enlisted as a private andwhen the company was formed was elected itscaptain, but the state had already furnished moretroops than its regular quota and his companywas therefore not accepted.
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