Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Hayes, Job C. 1812 - 1900
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    Job C. Hayes. The quotation "God made him and then broke the mold" has been
used in describing great men like Abraham Lincoln, but it cannot be used more
sincerely than when telling of the life of that splendid representative of a
fine old pioneer family, Job C. Hayes. There was much in the life of Job C.
Hayes to command admiration, but it was not only his strict adherence to the
principles of right and justice that attracted men to him but his unfailing
kindness and spirit of self-sacrifice. He was affectionately known as Father Job
or Uncle Job, and it can be truthfully said that he never did a wrong,
consciously, to another. In his associations he was everybody's friend and he
seemed filled with the spirit of words "Love worketh no ill to his neighbors."
In his church relations he was earnest, faithful and spiritual, always ready to
give a reason for the hope that was in him. Mr. Hayes was born in Dearborn
county, Ohio, near Tanners Creek, September 7, 1812. Soon after, his father, Job
Hayes, moved to the state line in the same county, where the family remained for
nearly five years and then moved to Miami township, Hamilton county, Ohio. Job
C. Hayes is a direct descendant of Henry Hayes, who came to American in 1705. (A
partial genealogy of the Hayes family may be seen in the biographical record of
Enos Hayes on other pages of these volumes.) Mr. Hayes obtained his early
education in the primitive log school of his period and then assisted his father
on the home farm. Later he engaged in farming for himself, taking his produce on
a flat boat down the river to New Orleans to dispose of it. He made many trips
in this manner and his stories of his experiences would make a most interesting
book. Mr. Hayes was married, March 23, 1836, by the Hon. John Scott Harrison, to
Miss Mary McCance, who was born December 10, 1815, near New Haven, Ohio. Mr. and
Mrs. Hayes were the parents of eleven children, all of whom are deceased but
Mrs. John Chidlaw, whose biography appears in connection with that of her
husband on other pages of these volumes and Mrs. Thomas McKinney, of Cleves,
Ohio. Mr. Hayes became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mount Nebo
in 1847, of which he held office until the discontinuance thereof, when he moved
his membership to Cleves, Ohio, and there held the office of trustee until the
Lord said "It is enough, come up higher." Mr. Hayes passed away July 25, 1887
and his last words were "The Savior is with me: all is clear and bright; I would
as soon die as to go to sleep." Mrs. Hayes departed this life January 18, 1900,
and thus passed to their eternal reward a pioneer couple, who left behind them
to their children and grandchildren, the priceless heritage of an untarnished name.

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