Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . UTHERFORL) B. HAYES,the nineteenth President ofthe United States, was born inDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-most three months after thedeath of his father, RutherfordHayes. His ancestry on boththe paternal and maternal sides,was of the most honorable char-i, acter. It can be traced, it is said,as far back as 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
Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . UTHERFORL) B. HAYES,the nineteenth President ofthe United States, was born inDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-most three months after thedeath of his father, RutherfordHayes. His ancestry on boththe paternal and maternal sides,was of the most honorable char-i, acter. It can be traced, it is said,as far back as 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 overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scot-land in 1680, 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 grandfather of President Hayes, wasbo
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