C. Charles Hayes Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Surname: HAYES
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

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     C. CHARLES HAYES, road agent for the town of Exeter, to which
office he was elected March 10, 1914, also a director of the Co-operative
Bank of Exeter, was born in this town, September 3, 1864, a son of
John S. and Elizabeth H. (Grant) Hayes. On the paternal side he iS a
grandson of Joseph and Clarisa Hayes. The father, John S. Hayes, who
was a native of Nottingham, N. H., was a carpenter by trade. Elected

Page 793

as a Republican, he served in some of the minor offices of the county.
He and his wife, who was a daughter of Daniel and Mary Grant, are both
now deceased, and are buried in Exeter. Their family was large, num-
bering nine children, namely: Daniel, Hamilton C., Charles, George, Ida,
Mary, wife of William Sawyard, Clarisa Josepha, John, who is now de-
ceased, and one child, the second born, who died in infancy.
     C. Charles Hayes in his youth attended the district school and after-
wards the high school, from which he was graduated in the class of 1883.
He then became associated with his father, working on the farm and on
the highways. Later he engaged in teaming, which occupation and farm-
ing have occupied his chief attention since beginning industrial life. As
road agent he is doing good service for the town, being thoroughly
qttalified to perform the duties of the office. A far-sighed and reliable
business man, his opinion is often consulted by his fellow citizens in mat-
ters affecting the commercial and public interests of the town. He be-
longs to the local lodge, Knights of Pythias, also to the auxillary branch
of that order; to Gilman Grange, No. 1; and to the Ancient Order of
United Workmen. In politics he is a Republican.
     Mr. Hayes was married in the year 1900 to Matilda E. Irvine, who
was born in Canada, a daughter of Henry and Jane (Thompson) Irvine,
her father being a carriage maker by occupation. They had but two
children, Matilda and Andrew. Mrs. Matilda Hayes died in 1912, having
been the mother of four children, namely: Mabel Elizabeth, Ruth V.,
who died when seven years old, Charles Gilman, and Helen May. Mr.
Hayes and the surviving members of his family attend the Baptist
church in Exeter. Mrs. Hayes was a woman of amiable character, a good
wife and mother, whose death was widely regretted.