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Biographies
JOHN J. C. HAYES;
Among the prominent and representative farmers of Atchison county, Missouri, is
John J. C. Hayes, the subject of this sketch. He has been a resident of the
state since 1869 and has done much to develop the agricultural interests of his
section. Mr. Hayes was born in Barren county, Kentucky, March 7, 1848, and was a
son of William and Sidonia (Harding) Hayes, both
natives of Kentucky, who reared the following children: William H., a farmer at
Farragut, Iowa; our subject; James T., deceased; Mrs. Sidonia Wilson, deceased;
Charles M., deceased; Mrs. Mary L. Lafolette, of Oklahoma; Millard F., of
Atchison county; Mrs. Nancy Phelps, of Nebraska; and Augusta W. William Hayes,
the father of our subject, was a son of William Hayes, well-known in his native
state of Kentucky, at an early day. The former grew to manhood and married in
Kentucky, removing to Holt county, Missouri, about 1851. This location did not
please him and six months later he went to Cass county, Illinois, where he first
rented land and later bought a farm, which he cultivated until 1866. The lands
of Iowa then attracted his attention and he removed to Fremont county, where he
purchased land and remained during life, his death occurring April 30, 1899,
when he had reached his seventy-fourth year. He was an honest, worthy citizen
who accumulated a competence by his own endeavors. He was well and favorably
known, and was a very prominent and useful member of the Methodist church, in
which he had filled every position except that of minister. The first wife of
Mr. Hayes was a daughter of John Harding, a planter and owner of slaves, in
Kentucky, who, having lost heavily during the Civil war, removed to Red Oak,
Iowa, about 1880. He had married Sarah Clemens, also of Kentucky, a good and
religious woman. Their family record is as follows: Sidonia, the mother of our
subject; James, John, William, Winfield, Augustine, Mary, Sarah, Minnie, Milla
and Harriet. Mrs. Hayes, the mother of our subject, died April 14, 1864. Her
life had been one of good deeds, and when her last hour came she testified to
the peace which was vouchsafed for her. Mr. Hayes married Eliza E. Bidleman.
September 20, 1864, and the children of this marriage were Frank, Wesley,
Charles, J. G., Saphronia, Ida, and three infants who passed away in early life. RAYBURN, SAMUEL KING, merchant, major-general of militia, was born in Beach Grove, Bedford County, Tenn., October 15, 1812, and died July 15, 1892, at Guntersville; son of John and Elizabeth (Shanklin) Rayburn, both natives of Botetourt. Va., the former who moved to Barren County, Ky., about 1795, and thence to Tennessee, where he settled about fifty miles from Nashville, the latter who was a daughter of Capt. John Shanklin, who served in the Revolutionary War; grandson of John and Jean (McClarin) Rayburn, the former who was a large land owner, and settled in Botetourt County, Va., near Salem, the latter who was of Scotch birth; great-grandson of Henry Rayburn and a Miss Ross, the former who emigrated to America from the north of Ireland some years before the Revolutionary War, and settled in Virginia, east of the Alleghanies, near the Roanoke River, the latter who was a native of north Ireland. He received a common school education, and in 1819 came to Alabama with his parents. In 1834 he went to Guntersville, where he engaged in the mercantile business, and with the exception of two years was in that business until 1847, when he volunteered as a member of Capt. John M. Gee's Independent company, and served in the Mexican War. He returned to Guntersille in 1848; was elected, in 1849, as clerk of the circuit court of Marshall County, which office he held for eight years; in 1857, was elected to the State senate; and in November, 1858, was elected president of the Tennessee & Coosa Railroad Company, holding that office until 1868. In 1861, at the outbreak of the War of Secession, he was elected by the people of Marshall, Jackson, DeKalb, and Cherokee Counties, major-general of militia, resigned in 1862, and was appointed on the staff of Gov. Moore. In the fall of the same year he raised a company of volunteers, was commissioned captain of Co. B, Forty-eighth Alabama infantry, was compelled by sickness to resign, returned home, and in the early part of 1863, was appointed deputy collector of revenue, which position he held until the close of the war. In 1866, he was appointed register in chancery, holding the office until his death; from 1870-1876, he was county solicitor; was justice of the peace; and mayor of Guntersville, several times. He was one of the organizers of the Tennessee & Coosa Railroad, was one of its directors and for about ten years held the position of its secretary. He was a Democrat and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Married: (1) in 1840, to Mrs. Sarah Davenport, who died in January, 1860; (2) in May, 1861, to Mrs. Evergreen (Rainney) Findley, who was killed by the explosion of a shell of the enemy at Guntersville, in 1862; (3) in December, 1863, at Guntersville, to Nannie Nix, who died November, 1874; (4) in May, 1880, to Jane Warren of DeKalb County. Children, by first marriage, 1. Capt. John Rayburn, a graduate of Cumberland University, and a captain in the Ninth Alabama infantry, commanded by Col. Wilcox, who lost his life at Sharpsburg, Md.; by third marriage, 2. Mrs. Brooking; 3. Samuel King, jr., b. June 21, 1876, teacher, Guntersville academy, d. December 23, 1888; 4. John S.; 5. William C.; 6. Mrs. John D. Chandler. Last residence: Guntersville. [Source: History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, 1921 - Transcribed by AFOFG]
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