History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 158

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162

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Joshua Hartshorne, who was born June 17, 1804, was the third son and fourth child of Jonathan Hartshorne and his wife, Mary Gillespie, who was of Scotch-Irish extrac- tion. He received his education under the care of the learned Rev. Dr. Magraw, of West Nottingham Academy, Cecil Co., Md. He subsequently removed to Chester Co., Pa., and engaged in merchandising. In 1839 he was eleeted a member of the Lower House of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and served one term. In 1844, the same year of the exciting Presidential campaign between Polk and Clay, he was elected a member of the State Board of Rail- road and Canal Commissioners, and served three years, being the last year president of the board. On retiring from office, in 1848, he engaged in the iron business at Baltimore, Md., and after residing there about thirty years he returned to Chester County, and settled at West Chester.

HARVEY, WILLIAM, was born 9, 5, 1678, in the parish of Lyd (?), in Worcestershire, England, whence he came to Pennsylvania in 1712, bringing a certificate from Friends of Worcester, which was received by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting 7, 26, 1712. He married, 6, 12, 1714, Judith Osborn, widow of Peter Osborn, who had come over in the same vessel. She was born at Bilson, in Staf- fordshire, 1683. He was by occupation a maltster, and in 1714 purchased 300 acres of land on Brandywine, in Ken-

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Det (now Pennsbury), Chester Co., upon which they settled in the following year. William died 6, 20, 1754, and his wife 5, 1, 1750.

They had children,-Hannah, b. 6, 18, 1715, m. Jacob Way; William, b. 2, 9, 1717, d. 4, 24, 1813, m. And Evitt ; Isaac, b. 9, 21, 1718, d. 11, 3, 1802, m. Martha Newlin and went to the South ; Amos, b. 10, 3, 1721, m. Kezia Wright ; James, b. 6, 21, 1723, d. 10, 9, 1784.

William and Ann Harvey had children,-Judith, m. Francis Lamborn ; William, b. 6, 3, 1744, m. Susanna Pusey and Mary Chandler ; Amos, b. 4, 7, 1749, d. 4, 15, 1825, m. Hannah Pusey ; Peter, b. 10, 20, 1751, d. 9, 13, 1824, m. Jane Walter; Caleb, b. 1746, died in infancy.

Amos and Hannah (Pusey) Harvey had children,- Joshua, b. 11, 26, 1769, m. Susanna House ; Ellis, b, 7,

Pusey Harvey, born 1, 17, 1794, died 4, 22, 1851, mar- ried Phebe, daughter of John and Hannah Way, of Ken- net, and was the father of several children,-John, Hannah, Amos, Lea, Jacob W., Susanna, Mary W., and Sarah.

JACOB W. HARVEY was born 10th mo. 1, 1826, in Pennsbury township. His parents being strict members of the Society of Friends, he was carefully trained in his youth within the pale of that sect. In 1844 he apprenticed him- self to Isaiah Price, of West Chester, to learn the trade of a bricklayer, which he afterwards followed several summers, teaching in the winters. Habits of industry formed in childhood, together with an innate thirst for knowledge, led him to a just sense of the value of spare moments, and while many of the other workmen were lounging between the hours of labor, he was reading philosophy, history, botany,

Jacob W. Harvey

1, 1771, d. 1772; Eli, b. 12, 29, 1772, d. 1, 10, 1846, m. Mary Painter and Rachel (Hollingsworth) Harvey; Wil- liam, b. 1, 2, 1775, d. 8, 26, 1850, m. Sarah Marshall ; Mary, b. 12, 9, 1779, d. 4, 17, 1839, m. Stephen Webb ; Ann, b. 5, 31, 1783, m. Jesse Sharpless ; Phebe, b. 6, 17, 1787, m. Evan Phillips ; Lydia, b. 11, 19, 1789, m. Joel Jones ; Hannah, b. 11, 29, 1793, m. John Phillips.

Eli Harvey was the father of Chalkey Harvey, near Chads' Ford, and of Dr. Elwood Harvey, of Chester, who are much interested in collecting the family history.

Joshua and Susannah Harvey were the parents of Pusey, Ellis, Sarah, Townsend, and Joshua Harvey. Of these, Sarah T. H., widow of George Pearson, is living, and also interested in tracing the numerous and wide-spread branches of the family-tree.

astronomy, and other branches of useful learning. At nineteen years of age he became a pupil of the Unionville Academy, then under the charge of Jonathan Gause. He was married in 1850 to Maggie Nields, and entered into business of his trade in 1851, in Philadelphia, which he followed for four years, building over one hundred houses in that time, making (to use his own words) " many friends, but little money."

In '1855 he accepted the principalship of the Kennet Square High School. In 1857 was made principal of the Fairville Institute, which he conducted for ten years, and until he purchased and removed to the Unionville Academy, where he still resides.

In 1877, Dr. Wickersham, State superintendent of public instruction, appointed him to fill the unexpired term of the

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county superintendent, that office being made vacant by the death of Hiram F. Pierce.

In 1878 and 1881 he was re-elected by a vote of the school directors of the county, which position he still holds, and which, by his industry, faithfulness, and self-sacrifice, he conducts with marked success.

His public institutes are deservedly popular, and there can be no doubt that he is exerting a healthful influence over the public schools of the county.

His gentlemanly deportment, affability of manners, and genuine sympathy for teachers are securing for him a place of esteem in the minds of those over whom he is placed. He deserves a place among the unpretending but faithful friends of education.

HASLETT, DR. JOHN DAVIDSON SMITH, was born in the township of West Fallowfield (now Highland) on the 31st day of August, A.D. 1828. He was a son of James Haslett, Esq., an active and influential citizen in his day, and a soldier in the war of 1812, first as a private and af- terwards holding the position of adjutant. He received part of his education at Unionville Academy, though he was in a large measure self-instructed. His inclinations always lay in the line of mental effort, and he applied him- self to the acquisition of knowledge with an earnestness and energy that gave proof he understood its value as an element of power in man's life,-a mighty lever in every scheme of noble ambition. Soon after attaining his major- ity he conceived the idea of becoming a physician,-a choice of profession wisely made, and one for which his active intellect and strong physical constitution admirably fitted him. He commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Samuel C. Harry, in March, 1853, and selected the Jef- ferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, as his alma mater, at which institution he graduated in March, 1855. Then came the puzzling question where to settle. The medical fraternity was neither weak in numbers nor confined in lo- cality, but had so plenteously disposed themselves over the land that to discover a "good opening" seemed an impossi- bility. Talent and resolution, however, will always work its way, and these were combined in Dr. Haslett. Following the "course of empire," he turned his steps " westward," and in October of the same year commenced practice in Alexandria, a small town in the northeast part of Missouri. The place, however, did not suit his tastes and acquirements, and in June of the following year he went to St. Louis, where his success at once became certain, and where he afterwards re- sided. He readily gained the esteem and confidence of the older physicians of the city, and by devoting himself with the ardor of one who loves his vocation to the duties of his profession, soon became known as a skilled and successful practitioner.

In 1859 he was elected corresponding secretary of the St. Louis Medical Society of Missouri, an association num- bering about eighty members,-certainly an honor after so brief a residence, and a testimony of his high professional standing.

In September, 1861, a few months after the outbreak of the Rebellion, he was appointed and commissioned by Governor Gamble surgeon of the 9th Regiment Missouri Volunteers, then under the command of Gen. Fremont.

After he was superseded, they were united with the " Army of the Southwest," under Gen. Curtis. On the 28th of January, 1862, he was detached as post-surgeon to take charge of the hospitals at Otterville, Mo. In this situation he performed his duties with great efficiency, and his re- port to the head department at St. Louis, on closing the hospitals, about two months afterwards, was regarded as the clearest and most satisfactory of any that had been re- ceived.

The contingencies of war occasioning a frequent transfer of regiments from one army corps to another, Dr. Haslett in the spring of 1862 became connected with the Army of the Mississippi, under Gen. Grant; and in June of this year was appointed surgeon of the First Brigade, Fourth Division. In the latter part of September this division was transferred to Buell's army, and he marched with it to Louisville when that city was threatened with an attack by the rebels. When the Army of the Ohio, under Gen. Buell, marched from Louisville to attack the rebel invaders, Dr. Haslett accompanied it, holding the position of sur- geon 59th Illinois, and acting surgeon Thirtieth Brigade, Ninth Division. Soon after, on the 8th of October, 1862, he was killed at the battle of Chaplin Hills, near Perryville, Ky. It was near sunset when the battle commenced, and the officers of one of the regiments being sick and absent from their posts, Dr. Haslett went into the fight to cheer and encourage the men, a duty for which his intrepid na- ture well fitted him. While the battle was still going on, he rode to the rear to see that the ambulances and his assistants werc in right position for duty, and was return- ing to the field, when he met two soldiers carrying back a wounded captain. Directing them to lay him in a slight ravine close by, to be safer from the enemy's fire, he or- dered the soldiers back to their place in the ranks, and was preparing to dress the officer's wounds, when he was struck by a musket-ball in the neck and instantly killed. During the night, the enemy having gained possession of the ground for a time, they robbed his body of everything valuable. In the morning, our forces being ordered to press forward, in passing over the field where he lay, hastily built a protection around his body, when two days after, the earliest moment then possible, Capt. Snyder, of the 59th Illinois, a brave and humane officer, with two assistants, buried him on the spot where he fell. A brother re- siding in Kansas City, on hearing of his death, immedi- ately came on, and having secured his remains, brought them to his native home in Chester County, where they were reinterred in the family burying-ground at Fagg's Manor.

Dr. Haslett possessed those qualities of mind that fitted him to deal successfully with men and command the largest influences. Of a social and generous nature, with a fine address and large intelligence, he was not long in forming an agreeable fellowship with those among whom it was his lot to dwell. He had aspirations, but not beyond his abilities; and whatever distinction he attained was by virtue of a well-cultured mind and a determination to suc- ceed. He took a deep interest in the political affairs of the country, watching closely the course of legislation, and was an ardent advocate of whatever policy commended itself

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to his judgment. No cause in which he engaged ever suf- fered from want of enthusiasm on his part; no work was confided to him that he did not labor to do it well. Both as a writer and speaker he possessed excellent capabilities. He sometimes addressed public assemblages, and with good elocutionary abilities and a fine discernment, always in a manner at once pleasing and effective. He wrote with facility and with much vigor and grace of expression, and his contributions to the public journals, discussing as they did topics of immediate interest, were always attractive to the general reader.

Dr. Haslett was still a young man, not having reached the prime of manhood when he was killed. A bright future was before him, and his fame steadily enlarging when his career was suddenly ended. With the many heroic spirits who periled life and lost it in the service of their country, he has passed to his final rest ; yet will he be long remembered as one who shunned no duty in the hour of danger, and who sealed his loyalty with his blood.

HAWLEY, BENJAMIN, born 8, 5, 1703, died 7, 29, 1782, son of Thomas and Frances (Malin) Hawley, of London, came to Pennsylvania in 1722, and lived some years with John Willis, Jr., in Thornbury ; married, 1, 5, 1730, Dinah Gabiter, daughter of John Gabiter, of the parish of Giles in the Fields, London, who died 11, 26, 1761, in her sixty-third year. In 1735 he took a voyage to England, and returned the next spring, making also two other voyages in 1759 and 1769. He followed farming and teaching school, mostly in the neighborhood of Birming- ham ; was married at Birmingham Meeting, 4, 20, 1763, to his second wife, Catharine Hillborn, and spent the last years of his life at bis son Joseph's, in West Bradford. He was buried at Birmingham, as was his first and perhaps his last wife, who died 5, 13, 1789. His gun-barrel, which he brought from England, is in possession of his great- grandson, Thomas P. Hawley, of West Chester, who has refitted it.

A Bible, printed 1599, was given him by his sister Mary in 1735-36, and is now in possession of Rebecca (Hawley) Chambers. It contains the births of his children, as fol- lows: Benjamin, b. Nov. 18, 1730 ; d. 10, 26, 1815; m. Mary Johnson, 4, 22, 1756. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1732; m. Hugh Kirgan. Joseph, b. March 21, 1735; d. 11, 21, 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Spackman and Agnes Jones. William, b. Sept. 17, 1737 ; d. 6, 2, 1826 ; m. Hannah Taylor, Eliza- beth Eavenson, and Phebe Hoopes. Susanna, b. March 28, 1740 ; d. 7, 21, 1770 ; m. Christopher Nupher. John, b. March 11, 1743 (or '45).

Joseph Hawley, son of Benjamin and Dinah, was mar- ried, 4, 28, 1762, to Elizabeth Spackman, daughter of Isaac and Esther Spackman, of Wiltshire, England. She was born 7, 21, 1735, near Malmsbury, and died 8, 25, 1796. Joseph was married again, at Bradford Meeting, 4, 3, 1800, to Agnes Davis, daughter of Evan and Susanna Jones, of Uwchlan, being her third husband. She was born 12, 1, 1745-6, and died 8, 2, 1817. Their children were Esther, b. 2, 18, 1763 ; d. 10, 28, 1816; m. Daniel Kent. Dinah, b. 12, 21, 1764 ; d. 12, 24, 1768. William, b. 7, 18, 1766 ; d. 5, 8, 1836; m. Ann Marshall. Mary, b. 9, 14, 1768; d. 9, 15, 1771. Elizabeth, b. 5, 29, 1770; d. 9,

22, 1851; m. Richard Woodward. Joseph, b. 11, 12, 1772; d. 12, 21, 1851 ; m. Elizabeth Woodward. Isaac, b. 8, 6, 1775; d. 1837 (?), unmarried, at Downingtown. John, b. 9, 25, 1778; d. unmarried; made a will dated 5, 22, 1814.

Benjamin Hawley (2) married, 4, 22, 1756, Mary, daugh- ter of Benjamin Johnson, of East Bradford, and settled in that township, near his brother Joseph, who was in West Bradford. Their children were Caleb, b. 4, 23, 1757 ; m. Hannah Battin, 5, 30, 1782. Thomas, b. 12, 6, 1758 ; d. 4, 17, 1780-1; buried at Bradford, 4, 19, 1781 (diary). Joseph, b. 6, 6, 1760 ; d. 10, 5, 1856 ; m. Rebecca Mere- dith, 5, 23, 1798. Robert, b. 3, 28, 1762; m. Patience Yearsley, 11, 21, 1787. Rachel, b. 8, 3, 1763; m. Arthur McCann. Hannah, b. 4, 7, 1766. Mary, b. 9, 2, 1767 ; m. John Ingram. Lydia, b. 2, 28, 1769 ; d. 12, 28, 1770, in morning; buried 12, 29, at Bradford. Susanna, b. 9, 11, 1770; m. Elisha Davis, 12, 12, 1793. Tamer, b. 5, 2, 1772; m. Joshua Hicklin, 12, 17, 1801. Rebecca, b. 1, 9, 1774; d. 3, 18, 1859, unmarried, at Aaron Garrett's ; buried at Goshen, 3, 20, 1859. Dinah, b. 1, 18, 1776 ; m. John Hicklin, 5, 21, 1801. Benjamin, b. 5, 18, 1777 ; d. 8, 17, 1857 ; m. Deborah Hoopes, 3, 26, 1801. Phebe, b. 1, 14, 1779 ; d. 2, 11, 1782 ; buried at Bradford, 2, 13, 1782.

Mary Hawley, the mother of these, died 4, 27, 1822, in her eighty-ninth year.

Joseph and Rebecca (Meredith) Hawley, of Uwchlan, were the parents of Joel Hawley, ex-associate judge of our courts, now living in West Chester. He is the father of Col. Joseph W. Hawley, of Media.

HAYES, HENRY, " lately arrived in this province," ob- tained a warrant Sept. 3, 1705, to take up 500 acres, one moiety of 1000 acres originally purchased from William Penn by Richard Hands, of Swarford, in the county of Oxon, England, and on 11th mo. (Jan.) 28, 1705, obtained another warrant for 484 acres, the remainder, deducting liberty land near the city of Philadelphia. By virtue of the first warrant he took up 384 acres on the west branch 'of Brandywine, just south of the present Coatesville, and in the following year 600 acres were surveyed for him, in- cluding the present site of Unionville. Afterwards he ob- tained several hundred acres, extending from the last tract to the northwest corner of East Marlborough, and received a patent Nov. 25, 1717, for 1100 acres in this township. He was an active citizen, and a justice of the peace and of the Common Pleas for several years. His wife, Rachel, living in 1736, was perhaps mother of all his children, but he left a widow named Isabella.

His children, so far as known, were,- 1. William ; 2. Richard ; 3. Joseph ; 4. James ; 5. John ; 6. Stephen ; 7. Thomas; 8. Mary ; 9. Joanna; 10. Margaret ; 11. Eliza- beth ; 12. Anne; 13. Rachel (m. William Wickersham) ; 14. Ruth (m. - Heaney) ; and 15. Lydia (m. Thomas Nichols).

(1) William Hayes m. Jane James, 11, 19, 1725-6, and settled on part of his father's land.

Children .- 16. John, b. 8, 2, 1726; m. Hannah Kirk. 17. David, b. 8, 14, 1728 ; m. Ann Bailey. 18. Sarah, b. 12, 24, 1730 ; m. William Lamborn. 19. William, b.

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8, 8, 1733. 20. Hannah, b. 1, 1, 1736; m. Samuel Swayne. 21. Mordecai, b. 5, 29, 1738 ; m. Ann Greave. 22. Thomas, b. 3, 24, 1741. 23. Joshua, b. 3, 24, 1741. 24. Abram, b. 9th mo., 1743. 25. Rachel, b. 3d mo., 1747.

(2) Richard Hayes died in the winter of 1742-3, in West Marlborough, leaving widow, Mary, and children,- 26. Henry ; 27. Margaret (m. Jeremiah Starr) ; 28. Mary (m. Ebenezer Speakman); 29. George ; 30. Jona- than ; and 31. Jesse. Of these, Henry married, 9, 17, 1748, Ann Strode, daughter of John and Magdalen, and was probably the sheriff of that name in 1773 and '74.

(3) Joseph Hayes married, 8, 26, 1727, Jean Wood- ward, daughter of Richard, of West Bradford, and settled on part of his father's land. He died, 1748, leaving issue, -32. Isaac ; 33. Henry ; 34. Abigail ; 35. Joseph ; 36. Caleb ; 37. Ruth.

(4) James Hayes married Mary Cox and settled in East Fallowfield, near Doe Run, where he died about 1758. His children were Nathan, Henry, Sarah (m. Aaron Baker), Rachel, Hannah (m. James Clark), and Lydia.

(7) Thomas Hayes obtained in 1732, 177 acres of his father's land, near Unionville. He was married, 10, 11, 1734, to Mary, widow of Alphonsus Kirk, Jr., and daughter of Thomas and Mary Nichols. He left two children,- Samuel and Dinah ; of whom the first became the owner of the property by release from his sister in 1760. Samuel and Elizabeth, his wife, had the following children : Ann, b. 1, 12, 1761 ; Lydia, b. 1, 12, 1763; Job, b. 10, 26, 1764; Thomas, b. 2, 6, 1766; Mary, b. 7, 19, 1767, m. Thomas Jackson; Sarah, b. 4, 16, 1769 ; Jonathan, b. 2, 3, 1771, d. 4, 16, 1790; Ruth, b. 10, 24, 1772 ; Dinah, b. 3, 6, 1775, d. 6, 7, 1798, m. John Commons ; Nathan, b. 8, 20, 1776 ; Elizabeth, b. 4, 25, 1778 ; Jane, b. 9, 18, 1783.

Job Hayes purchased the homestead in 1792, and con- tinued to reside thereon. By Sarah, his wife, he was the father of four children, viz. : Thomas, b. 8, 9, 1785, d. 6, 26, 1786 ; Nathan (M.D.), b. 2, 5, 1787, of whom here- after ; Levi, b. 2, 5, 1789, whose son Job lives at the homestead ; Job, b. 12, 21, 1792, d. 10, 2, 1794.

(21) Mordecai Hayes married, 4, 18, 1764, Ann, daugh- ter of John and Jane Greave, and settled in Newlin town- ship. Their children were Jane, Jacob, Eli (married Sarah Ward), John, Jonathan, and Mordecai, who married, 12, 24, 1801, Mary Honse, and left a son, Jacob, late of New- lin, whose residence is shown elsewhere. William M. Hayes, Esq., of West Chester, is a son of Jacob Hayes.

(33) Henry Hayes married Elizabeth -, and their daughter Elizabeth, born 10, 15, 1769, married Emmor Baily.

(36) Caleb Hayes married, about 1758, Mary Baily, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, and had six children,- Isaac, Anne (married John Cooper, and went to Ohio), Caleb, Ellis, Ruth (married Joseph Brown), Abigail (mar- ried Richard Milleson). All the family except Isaac went West. John Haycs, a son of (35) Joseph, had large possessions on the Miami River, and raised cattle exten- sively. Caleb Hayes died in Newlin, 1786. Isaac Hayes, son of Caleb, born 10, 12, 1762, died 10, 4, 1844, mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Abigail Walton,

and resided in East Fallowfield. Sarah was born 10, 15, 1770, and died 9, 16, 1843. Their children were Eliza- beth, b. 6, 8, 1795; m. Robert Letchworth. Israel, b. 9, 9, 1797; d. 9, 15, 1830. Rebecca, b. 12, 16, 1799 ; m. Abel I. Thomas. Mary, b. 2, 21, 1802 ; m. Daniel B. Thompson. Benjamin, b. 8, 28, 1804. Sarah, b. 1, 20, 1808; m. Thomas Shields. Isaac, b. 11, 30, 1810; d. 4, 10, 1878.

Benjamin Hayes, son of Isaac and Sarah, married, 11, 16, 1826, Ann, daughter of Jacob and Jemima (Kay) Borton, born 7, 25, 1800. They sold the homestead sev- eral years ago and removed to West Chester, where they now reside. Their children were Mary B. (married Wil- liam L. Bailey), Jacob Borton (married Hannah Thomp- son), Isaac Israel (unmarried), Edward (married Mary I. Ellis), Benjamin (died in infancy), and Anne J. Hayes.

The following sketch of Isaac I. Hayes is taken from " Biographical Sketches of Members of Assembly of New York," 1880 :

" Mr. Hayes was born in Chester Co., Pa., March 5, 1832 ; is of Eng- lish and Irish extraction ; was educated in public and private schools, and in the academy at Westtown, Chester Co., Pa .; graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1853; has been a farmer, teacher, physician, and Arctic explorer, and is at present an author and lecturer on literary and scientific subjects and travels.

"Soon after graduating he accompanied Dr. E. K. Kane on his Arctic expedition as surgeon, and was absent two years and a half. In 1860 he commanded an expedition to the same region, and was absent about a year and a half. This was entirely a private and purely scientific enterprise, and the expedition was fitted out after three years' effort, partly at Dr. Hayes' expense and partly at the expense of individuals and scientific societies. He also explored Greenland in 1869, and visited Iceland in 1874 to take part in the millennial celebration of the colonization of that country. In 1872 he published a paper, which attracted some attention, in relation to the injury be- ing done to the harbor of New York by encroachments along the water-front. Other papers on hydrographic subjects, in connection with commerce, occasionally appeared from his pen. Besides numer- ous pamphlets and papers on various scientific subjects, especially in relation to exploration and travel, he has written the following works : ' The Open Polar Sea,' ' An Arctic Boat Journey,' 'Cast Away in the Cold,' and 'The Land of Desolation.' In the Arctic regions he reached a point within 480 miles of the North Pole, nearer than any other explorer had ever approached. For his discovery of the most northerly known land he received gold medals from the leading societies of the world, and numerous decorations. Early in the war of the Rebellion he entered the army as brigade surgeon. He afterwards became a surgcon of the United States Volunteers, with rank of major and brevet rank of colonel. He built and commanded until the close of the war the army hospital at West Philadelphia, Pa., capable of accommodating 4000 patients. It was the largest hospital ever built, and was famous for its good discipline and hy- gienic regulations. Since 1865 he has resided in New York City.

"Dr. Hayes was formerly a Whig, but since 1856 he has been a Republican. He took part in the convention which nominated Fre- mont, and subsequently rendered efficient service to that candidate on the stump. He also stumped this and other States in the last Presidential canvass. lle was a member of Assembly in 1876, "77, '78, '79, serving the first year on Ways and Means, and Insurance, the second on Commerce and Navigation, Ways and Means, and In- surance, the third as chairman of Canals, and member of Ways and Means, Cities and Insurance, and the fourth as chairman of Cities, and member of Canals and Rules. He was elected in the fall of 1876 by a majority of 725, his plurality in 1875 being 1375, and a ma- jority over two candidates of 1060, the largest ever given in the dis- trict, except under the Tweed regime, when fraudulent voting was charged. His majority in 1877 over John Carey (Tam. Dem.) was 716, which was 300 ahead of the State ticket.

"In 1878 his plurality was 1277, and last fall his majority was 1602 over Hollis L. Powers (Dem.). In the House he has been identi-

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History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches, Part 158

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928 Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts Number of Pages: 1162

Author: Futhey, John Smith, 1820-1888; Cope, Gilbert, 1840-1928
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, L. H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1162