HAYES, Dallas B., Acadia Parish, Louisiana
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D. B. HAYES, CROWLEY.--D. B. Hayes, deputy clerk and recorder of Acadia
parish, was born in what is known in Southwest Louisiana as Hayes' Prairie,
this parish, December 14, 1844.  He is the son of Bosman and Eliza E.
(Simmons) Hayes, both natives of Louisiana.  Bosman Hayes was killed in
1864, by Jayhawkers, in his own yard, while attempting to protect his
property.  He was a very extensive planter and stock raiser, and before the
war he owned no less than seventy-five slaves. He was, at the time of his
death, sixty-six years of age.  The mother of our subject died in 1858,
when about fifty-four years of age.  Both were members of the M. E. Church,
South.

Dallas B. Hayes, the subject of this sketch, was the eighth of a family of
nine children, and received his education in the schools of his locality.
He entered the Confederate service in 1863, enlisting in the Second
Louisiana Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war.  He
participated in many of the skirmishes; was taken prisoner near Alexandria,
Louisiana, and sent to New Orleans, where he was confined for four months,
after which he was exchanged and again entered the service.  After the
close of the war, Mr. Hayes opened a mercantile business at Plaquemine
Brulee, where he was located for ten years, when he returned to his farm
and engaged in stock raising and farming, until he was placed in charge of
the recorder's office, by the clerk of court, in March, 1887.  Previous to
this he had served as justice of the peace for many years.  The
faithfulness with which he has discharged the public trust reposed upon him
has made him popular as a public officer.  Mr. Hayes was united in marriage
with Miss Louisa S. Guidry, of St. Landry parish.  They are the parents of
nine living children, four sons and five daughters.  He is a member of the
M. E. Church South and is also a Mason, with his membership at Opelousas.
Politically he is a staunch democrat.  

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
263-264.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.

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