Johnson-Miami County KS Archives Biographies.....Hayden, George C. 1832 - 1914 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 21, 2008, 2:16 am Author: Ed Blair (1915) George C. Hayden, who passed to his reward May 23, 1914, was a Johnson county pioneer, and during his many years of residence in this county, by his straightforward and manly methods, built up a reputation for which he will long be remembered, as one of the first citizens of Miami and Johnson counties. George C. Hayden was a Kentuckian, born in Meade county, that State, June 23, 1832. He was a son of John and Mary (Goodrich) Hayden, both natives of Kentucky. John Hayden was the son of Jacob Hayden, a native of Pennsylvania of Scotch-Irish descent. Mary Goodrich, John Hayden's mother, was of English descent. John Hayden was a physician, and at an early day removed with his family from Kentucky to Iowa. He bought land in Van Buren county, Iowa, where he reared his family, and where he and his wife spent some time. Later they went to Texas where they died. George C. Hayden, whose name introduces this sketch, remained at the family home in Iowa until 1858 when he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Struble. She was born in Hocking county, Ohio, November 20, 1839, a daughter of Jacob and Louisa (Rhinehart) Struble, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania, both of German descent. The Struble family removed from Pennsylvania to Iowa when Mrs. Hayden was a young girl. They were neighbors of the Hayden family in Iowa, and Mrs. Hayden and her future husband, George C. Hayden, were childhood friends during the early pioneer days in Iowa. Shortly after their marriage in 1858 George C. Hayden and his wife came to Kansas, locating in Miami county where they preempted a claim which is still owned by the family. They were just started in life in their new home when the Civil war broke out, and George C. Hayden with his wife and two children left their Kansas home and went to Fort Worth, Texas. He was a pro-slavery man and a man of decided political convictions, and conscientiously cast his lot with the lost cause. After going to Texas he enlisted in the Confederate army and served beneath the stars and bars until the war was ended. About 1869 he returned to Miami county with his family and followed farming for a number of years and prospered. In 1906 he left the farm and removed to Gardner where he practically lived in retirement until his death. Mr. Hayden was a Democrat and a well known citizen of Johnson county. He had a wide acquaintance and many friends. He was a member of the Masonic lodge. To George C. Hayden and Sarah E. Struble were born eleven children, as follows: Mary L., born December 26, 1857, married G. J. Waller; Lillian F., born December 26, 1860, married J. J. Williams; Georgia, born September 16, 1862, married L. C. Tuggle; Sarah E., born February 16, 1866, married C. J. Powell; Alice J., born August 30, 1868, married S. C. Cooper; Dr. John, born February 8, 1870, a prominent physician and surgeon in Oklahoma City, Okla.; Martha E., born April 21, 1872, married D. J. McDaniel; Olive M., born December 26, 1874, married J. P. Carnes; Jacob S., born December 30, 1876, Bishop G., born July 9, 1880, and Augustus Taylor, born February 4, 1884. Mrs. Hayden is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and has a pleasant home at Gardner, Kan., where she has many friends and is much loved by those who know her best. She is proud to relate that she has twenty-seven living grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas BY ED BLAIR AUTHOR OF Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches IN ONE VOLUME ILLUSTRATED STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY LAWRENCE, KANSAS 1915 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/johnson/bios/hayden257nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb