BIOS:  DANIEL J. HAYDEN & JOSEPH M. HAYDEN - MERCER CO., KY

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Contributed by: Diana Flynn "ivie@tima.com"
Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 
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HAYDEN,   CAREY,   CUPPY,   GRAY,   CASE,   STEELE,   JEWELL,   BROWN

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
TURMAN TWP.
PAGE 801

DANIEL J. HAYDEN, a native of Mercer County, Ky., was born
August 28, 1833, the son of John W. and Mary A. (Carey) Hayden,
natives of Kentucky.  The father was born in 1801, and the mother
in 1804;  both were exemplary members of the Baptist Church, and
both lie buried in the Shelburn Cemetery.  Daniel J. remained with
his parents until the age of eighteen, when he went to learn the
blacksmith's trade, at which he served a full apprenticeship.  He
was united in marriage with Miss Sarah, daughter of Jacob and
Ellamina (Cuppy) Gray, November 6, 1853, and to this union
have been born this family:  Mary E., born November 9, 1854;
Jacob J., born January 21, 1857;  William T., born January 17,
1859;  Joseph Z., born September 4, 1861;  Ulyssus E., born
May 1, 1863;  Lydia M., born Decumber 3, 1864;  Julia E.,
born May 27, 1866, and Ural E., born July 30, 1868.  Mr.
Hayden, by hard work, self-denial and judicious management,
has a fine farm of 128 1/2 acres, all well improved, and as
good as there is in the vicinity.  The family are well known and
universally respected.  He is a Republican and a member of the
Odd Fellows fraternity.  Mrs. Hayden's mother, who died
February 28, 1874, lies buried at the Shelburn cemetery.


TURMAN TWP.
PAGE 801
JOSEPH M. HAYDEN was born in Washington County, Ind., May
29, 1845, the fifth son of ten children born to John W. and Mary
(Carey) Hayden, natives of Kentucky, and of Scotch-Irish descent.
During his youth, Joseph M. worked on his father's farm, receiving
a fair education at the old subscription schools, and continuing with
his father about three years after his majority, acquiring in the mean-
time property valued at about $1,600.  He came with his parents to
Sullivan County in 1860, locating on Turman's Creek.  About a
year later the Case and the Steele farms were bought;  but ten years
later Mr. Hayden moved to where he now lives, owning about 213
acres of the best land in the county.  This farm is well stocked and
improved, and has a fine dwelling built comparatively recently.  Mr.
Hayden is one of the leading farmers of this county, is a Republican,
and himself and wife are members of the Christian Church.  In Feb-
ruary, 1865, he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-
ninth Infantry Regiment, and served until mustered out, September,
1865.  November 21,1867, he married Mary C., daughter of C. P.
and Caroline (Jewell) Brown, and by her has five children--Josephine, born
August 12,1868;  Charles E., November 21, 1870;  Effie, July 18, 1873;  an
infant daughter deceased, and Perry A., March 4, 1880.

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