Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hayden, John Michael October 30, 1951
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot October 31, 1951

                   J. M. HAYDEN DIES; FOUNDED FERRY SERVICE
            Was One of Organizers Of Willoughby to Old Point Line

John M. Hayden, 74, retired stockholder and board member of the Chesapeake Ferry 
Company, who originated and operated the first vehicular service from Willoughby 
Beach to Old Point Comfort in 1924, died yesterday at 11:30 a.m. in a Norfolk 
hospital. He resided at 810 16 View Street, next to the Willoughby Ferry.
Hayden and his associate, Frank J. McGuire, organized and managed the Hampton 
Roads Transportation Company which maintained a ferry service from Willoughby to 
Old Point from 1924 to 1929, when it was merged with the Chesapeake Ferry 
Company, which operated ferries between Pine Beach and Newport News. 
Both Hayden and McGuire, who died in 1945, became members of the board of 
directors and the former was a large stockholder in the company. In 1940, when 
Arthur D. Hitch became president of the company, Hayden was appointed as 
advertising manager, a position he retained until 1948 when the State purchased 
the ferries.
                                  Retired to Florida
Afterwards, he was retired and went to live in St. Petersburg, Fla., where he 
purchased a home. He returned here this year.
A native of Washington, he had lived here many years. He was a son of the late 
Charles and Mrs. Ellen Hayden.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Sykes Hayden; one daughter, Mrs. Estelle 
Harbough, of Washington; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Rosary services will be held tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the H.D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments.
The body will be taken from the funeral apartments to Holy Trinity Catholic 
Church, Ocean View, for funeral services Saturday at 10 a.m. Burial will be in 
St. Mary's Cemetery.
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HAYDEN, JOHN M. - At a local hospital, Tuesday, October 30, 1951, at 11:30 a.m., 
JOHN M. HAYDEN, husband of Mrs. Bertha Sykes Hayden and son of the late Charles 
and Mrs. Ellen Hayden, in the 75th year of his age. Remains will be taken from 
the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial Avenue, to Holy Trinity 
Catholic Church, Ocean View, for services SATURDAY MORNING, at 10 o'clock. 
Friends of the family are invited to attend. Interment, St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot October 31, 1951


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