Biography of 	HAYNE, Franklin B., So. Carolina then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller August 1998

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Hayne, Franklin B.  In all the annals of the South there is no name 
stands out more conspicuously than that of Hayne. Franklin B. Hayne, 
the prominent and successful business man of New Orleans, is a 
descendant of John Hayne, who settled in South Carolina in 1700 and 
from that day to this the descendants of John Hayne have been among the 
leaders in every great public crisis of the country.  The Hayne family 
furnished patriots and martyrs in the Revolution, and it was also 
distinguished in the late Civil war, 1861-65.  In the field of law and 
statesmanship the name of Robert Y. Hayne stands pre-eminent as an 
orator, his famous debate with Daniel Webster while a member of 
congress being destined to live in American history as long as the 
republic of the United States has a history. Arthur P. Hayne, brother 
of Robert V. Hayne, was an aide of Gen. Jackson at the battle of New 
Orleans and a warm personal friend of Jackson, and in literature the 
family had its distinguished representatives.  

Franklin B. Hayne is a direct descendant of John Hayne and his 
geneaology is traced thus: 1, John Hayne, who died about 1718, married 
Mary Dean, and the children of this union were  John,  Edward,  Joseph,  
Hannah,  Matthew,  Susannah,  Isaac, and  Abraham.  2,  Isaac Hayne, 
the fifth son and seventh child of this marriage was born on July 27, 
1714, and died Dec. 23, 1751.  He married first Elizabeth Oswald, by 
whom he had 2 children,  Elizabeth and  Isaac, the latter born in 1738 
and died the following year.  His second wife was Sarah Stokes, and 
after her death he married Sarah Williamson, who bore him 2 children, 
Mary and Isaac.  His fourth wife was Mary Bee, who bore him one son, 
John. 3, Isaac Hayne, the only son of Isaac and Sarah (Williamson)
Hayne, and great-grandfather of Franklin B. Hayne, was born Sept. 23, 
1745.

He married Elizabeth Hutson on July 18, 1765, and their children were
Isaac,  Mary,  Sarah,  John H.,  Elizabeth,  Mary, and  William Edward.  
He was unjustly executed by the British on Aug. 4, 1781, contrary to 
thee usages of war, and his cousin, Abraham Hayne, the only other male 
Hayne of the generation, and the grandfather of Robert Hayne, died on a 
British prison ship, both having been martyrs to their belief that  the 
American colonies ought to be free and independent.  Owing to the 
heroic services of Isaac Hayne as a colonel of the Colleton county 
regiment of South Carolina militia, his capture by the British while 
thus holding the colonel's commission, and the manly dignity with which 
he met his tragic death sentence inflicted upon him by the British 
military authorities, he became a national historical figure of the 
Revolutionary period and is known in South Carolina history as "the 
Martyr Hayne."  4, William Edward Hayne, the youngest child of Isaac 
and Elizabeth (Hutson) Hayne, and the grandfather of Franklin B. Hayne, 
was born Aug. 29, 1776, and was, therefore, but six years old when his 
father was executed.  He became prominent in the affairs of South 
Carolina, and on Dec. 20, 1839, was elected comptroller-general of the 
state.  He and a Mr. Davidson owned and operated one of the first iron
foundries in South Carolina.  His death occurred in 1843.  He married
Eloise Brevard, Jan. 28, 1806, and to them were born the following
children:  Isaac William,  Rebecca H.,  Alexander B.,  Franklin A. B.,
Eloise Mary, and  Sarah Martha.  Isaac William Hayne, the eldest of the
above named children and the father of Franklin B. Hayne,  was born on
March 16, 1809, and died in March, 1880.  He was elected attorney 
general of South Carolina in 1848 and served until 1868, when he was 
displaced by the carpet-bag regime, displaced by the carpet-bag regime, 
which at that time took possession of the state.  Prior to the war he 
was an active figure in the political affairs of the state and was one 
of the signers of the ordinance of secession, Dec. 20, 1860, the first 
ordinance of its kind passed by any state.  

Before his marriage he fought a duel with Col. John Ashe Alston, a 
noted duelist ,which was considered quite remarkable, even in those 
days when affairs of honor were common occurrences.  As the challenged 
party, Mr. J. Hayne selected pistols at a distance of five paces, and 
in the duel he received a slight flesh wound, while Col. Alston
was seriously wounded.  On May 1, 1834, Isaac William Hayne and Alicia
Pauline Trapier were united in marriage and their children were,  
Isaac, Harriet B.,  Richard T.,  Theodore B.,  Edmund  T.,  T. 
Shubrick,  Mary E.,  Paul T.,  William E., and  Franklin B.  Five of 
these sons served in the Confederate army, and the eldest being but 22 
years of age at the time of his enlistment, and the father was also 
active and prominent in behalf of the Confederate cause.  In addition 
to being one of the signers of the secession ordinance as previously 
noted, he was sent by Gov. Pickens in Jan., 1861, as a special envoy 
from the state of South Carolina to President Buchanan ''to effect if 
possible an amicable and peaceful transfer of the fort (Sumter) and the 
settlement of all questions relating to the property."  His son, Edmund 
T. Shubrick Hayne, a brother of Franklin B., is included in the tablet 
to the memory of the Confederate dead at St. Phillip's Church, 
Charleston, S. C., and on the tablet in the statehouse at Columbia, 
placed there to commemorate the gallant services of the color-guard, 
and at the battle of Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862, when the color-
bearer, James H. Taylor, was killed, he seized the flag and bore it
proudly forward in the face of the foe until he fell mortally wounded.

Franklin B. Hayne, the immediate subject of this review, was born Feb. 
13, 1858.  He was originally christened Branford S. Hayne, but on April 
13, 1861, his name was changed to its present form.  He was educated in 
his native state of South Carolina, and in 1873 entered the employ of 
Watson & Hill at Charleston, at that time one of the most prominent 
firms engaged in the cotton trade in the world.  About the same time 
another young South Carolinian, H. de L. Vincent, entered the employ of 
the same firm.  These 2 young men were destined subsequently to develop 
one of the most extensive cotton trading concerns in the United States.  
The history of their struggles from 1883, when they decided to start 
for themselves on $2,000, of which $1,500 was borrowed and $500 given 
them by their employer, reads like a page from romance.  They first 
began business at Montgomery, Ala., but after a short period of success 
there an opportunity offered for a partnership with Daniel Partridge, 
of Selma, Ala.  Mr. Partridge was a man of ample means and in this 
connection gave the young cotton merchants a desirable opening, of 
which they promptly availed themselves.  They established themselves in 
Vicksburg, Miss., with branches at Yazoo City, Greenville, Greenwood, 
Jackson, Meridian, and Port Gibson.  There businesses prospered from 
its very inception and in a short time began to assume important 
proportions.  In 1890 Mr. Partridge retired from the firm under 
circumstances that stamped him as a man of unusual character and
high-minded fairness, leaving the two young men to conduct the business 
in their own way.  Mr. Hayne had opened a branch office in New Orleans 
in 1885, and the business there grew so rapidly that Mr. Vincent later 
also came to New Orleans to assist in taking care of it.  Under the 
firm name of Vincent & Hayne the firm acquired an international 
reputation, and its opinion on all matters relating to the cotton trade 
being of the highest rank.  The transactions of the firm were confined 
strictly to legitimate trading, and its methods were always above 
suspicion.  On Nov. 1, 1905, Mr. Vincent retired, and Mr. Hayne 
succeeded to the large trade which had been established.  Since that 
time he has conducted the business on the same high plane he and his 
partner had instituted and it is no disparagement to other dealers in 
cotton to say that he has probably done as much as any man in the South 
to enhance the value of the cotton crop each year and to make the 
Southern farmer realize the value of a commodity, three-fourths of 
which is grown in Southern states, though used by the people of every
civilized nation on the globe.  As a young man, Mr. Hayne was devoted 
to athletics of all kinds.  He was a member of the Carolina Rifle club 
of Charleston, S. C., the first organized rifle club started in the 
South after the war.  He took an active part in the campaign which 
resulted in the election of Gen. Wade Hampton to the governorship of 
South Carolina, which is the only connection he has ever had with 
politics, with the exception of the Young Men's Democratic association 
and the Citizens' League of New Orleans, in both of which movements he 
was an active and useful participant.  Mention has been made of Robert 
Y. Hayne, the distinguished orator and statesman.  Another Robert Y. 
Hayne became superior judge at San Francisco, Cal., and was later 
appointed commissioner of the Supreme court of that state, resigning 
his position in 1891.  He has written practically on all legal 
subjects.  The poets, Paul Hamilton Hayne and William Hamilton Hayne 
were also descendants of the original John Hayne of South Carolina.  
Franklin B. Hayne continuing the leadership which has ever marked those 
who bear the name, has acquired in the field of commerce a prominence 
no less conspicuous than that which other members of the family 
achieved in other lines of endeavor.  In addition to his large interest 
in the cotton trade, he is now president of the Poitevent & Favre 
Lumber Co., member of the cotton exchange, and is active in every 
movement for the advancement of the Crescent City's commercial 
interests.  

Mr. Hayne is a prominent figure in the club life of the city, having 
been for many years president of the Pickwick club, and is a member of 
the Boston and other clubs.  He has long been one of the active 
promoters of the Mardi Gras festivities, which have made New Orleans 
famous all over  the world and in 1904 was chosen king of the carnival-
a distinct tribute to his unflagging zeal in this feature of the city's 
social life.  On April 30, 1896, Mr. Hayne led to the altar Miss Emily 
Poitevent, a woman of rare charm and accomplishments, and this union 
has been blessed by the following children:  John Poitevent, born Jan. 
28, 1898;  Mary H., born Dec. 9, 1900;  Emily P., born Nov. 9, 1903;  
Franklin Brevard, born March 20, 1905.  Mr. Hayne's home, at 2508 St. 
Charles avenue, is known for its delightful hospitality.

Source:  Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form, volume 3,
pp. 759-762.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D.  Published in 1914, by 
Century Historical Association.

Note:  Original source includes a photograph of Mr. Hayne.