Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Hayes, Eli L. January 25, 1852 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers, Chicago

Eli L. Hayes, Supervisor of Richmond Township, was born Jan. 25, 1852, in New 
Haven, Conn.  His father, Eli D. Hayes, 

was born Sept. 25, 1825, and is still pursuing the business of wood engraver 
and landscape painter, in which he has 

passed his life.  His mother, Cordelia (Lewis) Buck, was born April 6, 1828 in 
Newton, Fairfield Co., Conn.

Mr. Hayes was a rsident of New Haven and attended school until he was 17 years 
old, when he engaged as a surveyor with 

his brother, and acquired a practical knowledge of the business, which he 
followed several years.  At the age of 18 

years, he engaged in surveying for wall maps for F.W. Beers & Co. and C.O. 
Titus, following the calling in portions of 

Michigan and in Osceola County.  In 1879 he settled in Reed City, and in 
company with a man named Lewis, founded a 

grocery and crockery trade, under the style of Hayes & Lewis, the relation 
existing five years, and including a traffic 

in builders' materials.  They afterward sold their entire interests and are 
now arranging ant settling their business 

affairs.  Mr. Hayes is the proprietor of a considerable amount of property at 
Reed City, and owns ten acres of land in 

the vicinity of New Haven, Conn.

He was married Sept. 17, 1879, at Reed City, to Anna Lewis, and they have one 
child, Eli, born July 2, 1880.  Mrs. Hayes 

was born Sept. 14, 1856, in Sanilac Co., Mich., and is the daughter of William 
and Emmeline Lewis.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Osceola Co.

Chapman Brothers, Chicago

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