Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Hayden 1939
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The Carson City Gazette, Thursday, October 26, 1939


Hayden Webb Smith came to the close of his earthly life on October 16th, 1939.  
His long life of 85 years and one day covered many and varied experiences from 
his birth in Oswego county, New York state, to the day of his death.  He came 
to Michigan with his parents when a boy of 15 years of age.  He saw the forest 
make way for the present farm activities and this section become one of the 
best in Michigan.  He has lived all his life, except for short periods, on the 
old homestead just north of town.

In his youth he met and wooed Miss Eudora Reed, and had he lived for another 
month to the day, they would have faced the difficulties and perplexities of 
life for 60 years together.  He faced life’s cares and worries with the calm 
confidence of a believer in the wisdom of God and divine providence.  He joined 
the Hubbardston Congregational church when a lad of 15 years of age and sang in 
its choir for years and also served in other official capacities.  He sought 
always by precept and example to let his life speak for itself.  He was highly 
respected by all who knew him and his honesty and integrity was never doubted.  
He served Lebanon township as supervisor and to the end of his life was an 
interested observer of public affairs, both state and national and also of the 
world.  Trusted and revered by all his memory will live long in the minds and 
lives of friends and relatives.

He is survived by his widow, a son, Chauncey Webb Smith, of Montclair, New 
Jersey; three nieces, Mrs. Beth Andrews of Carson City, Miss Neva M. Vance and 
Mrs. Lucile Fuhry of Lansing, and one nephew, Walter E. Vance of Lansing.

The funeral was held in the Hubbardston Methodist church on Thursday, October 
19, and burial was in the Eastside Cemetery in Hubbardston.



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