History of Hendricks County Indiana, Her People and Industries and Institutions
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 667:
FRED ALBERT HAYS - The subject of this review as one of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Hendricks county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work, and he has therefore met with encouraging success all along the line, and, judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Fred Albert Hays, the son of James and Mary (Kelley) Hays, was born in Marion township, Hendricks county, Indiana, June 3, 1876. His father was born in this township March 10, 1836, the son of John and Catherine (Munday) Hays. John Hays was a native of Virginia and was a son of William and Mary Hays. When John was about eight years of age his parents moved to Mercer county, Kentucky, and there he grew up and married Catherine Munday, who was a native of Mercer county, the daughter of Woodson and Nancy Munday. In 1829 John Hays and his wife came to Hendricks county, Indiana, and entered land not far from New Winchester, where they lived, reared their family and there they both died. John Hays was a life-long farmer and owned between three and four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. James Hays, the father of Fred Albert, is one of nine children, only two others being alive at the present time, Harvey Hays, of New Winchester, and John Thomas Hays, who lives two miles southwest of Danville, in Center township.
James Hays was married twice, his first wife being Mary Kelley, a native of this county and the sister of his second wife. After his marriage on March 24, 1857, he began farming on the place where he is still living. At that time the land was heavily timbered and he had to clear off a plot of ground large enough to build his cabin, a task of no small magnitude in those days. On this farm he has built three houses, his first two having been destroyed by fire. To his first marriage there were born four children: Annie Belle, the wife of James Clark, of Danville, died in 1898, leaving three children, Mabel, Rennice and Carlos; Hattie lives south of New Winchester, where she owns a farm; Frank, who married Ida Myrtle Sears, the daughter of Jeptha and Emily (Hamrick) Sears, lives on a farm adjoining his father's place on the east. He has a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres ; the youngest child of this first marriage is Fred Albert, whose history is herewith outlined. After the death of his first wife, in 1882, James Hays married Mrs. Margaret (Kelley) Rose in 1889, who was a sister of the first Mrs. James Hays. She is the mother of William M. Rose, of Eel River township, this county, whose history will be found elsewhere in this volume.
Fred Albert Hays spent his early days on his father's farm, and has been a tiller of the soil all his life. He moved to his present farm in March, 1902, and now has one hundred and twenty acres of land which he operates in an up-to-date manner. In addition to his general farming he makes a specialty of buying, feeding and selling cattle.
Mr. Hays was married June 2, 1901, to Emma L. Hardwick, the daughter of Warren and Nancy (Graham) Hardwick. Warren Hardwick was born September 25, 1839, in Marion township, this county. He was the son of Silas and Rhoda (Cook) Hardwick.
Silas Hardwick was born about 1809. in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and moved to Shelby county, in the same state, when a child, where he remained until 1830. In 1832 he came to Hendricks county, Indiana, with his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Hardwick.
Charles Hardwick entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Center township, Hendricks county, and one hundred and sixty acres in Marion township. Both Charles and his son, Silas, were blacksmiths and started the first shop in Danville. Silas Hardwick was an all-around mechanic, a good carpenter and an excellent cabinet-maker and in addition was a farmer of more than ordinary ability.
Warren Hardwick grew up on the home farm and received his education in the old academy at Danville. He taught school for several terms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and was married March 16, 1871, to Nancy G. Graham, the daughter of Young W. and Emily (Harris) Graham. Mr. Graham came from Mercer county, Kentucky, in November, 1840, and bought two hundred acres of school land in section 16, of Marion township, this county, and here his death occurred on April 22, 1846, at the age of thirty-five years, his wife surviving him for forty years, her death occurring on April 14, 1886. Warren Hardwick spent the rest of his life in Marion township, where he followed the occupation of a farmer and stock raiser. He became the owner of several fine farms and owned nine hundred acres in Marion township. Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick reared a large family of eight children, one of whom died in infancy: the other seven are still living and are as follows: Glenn; Silas; Emily L., the wife of Mr. Hays; Everett W. ; Harry J.; Florence R., the wife of Fred Creech, and Bessie E. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Hardwick bought a fine residence on the Danville and North Salem road, where he lived until his death, which occurred May 6, 1909. Mrs. Hardwick and all her children except the two married daughters still reside at this home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hays have a daughter, Irene, born May 8, 1902.
Mr. Hays is a Democrat in politics, but has never been active in the affairs of his party. He is interested in all public enterprises and takes a kindly interest in the welfare of his fellow citizens. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist church at New Winchester and is a woman of refinement and culture who adds grace and charm to the home. Mr. Hays is a congenial man and one who is well liked by every one. He and his wife are prominent in the best social circles of their community and still have many years of usefulness before them.
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 667:
FRED ALBERT HAYS - The subject of this review as one of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Hendricks county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work, and he has therefore met with encouraging success all along the line, and, judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Fred Albert Hays, the son of James and Mary (Kelley) Hays, was born in Marion township, Hendricks county, Indiana, June 3, 1876. His father was born in this township March 10, 1836, the son of John and Catherine (Munday) Hays. John Hays was a native of Virginia and was a son of William and Mary Hays. When John was about eight years of age his parents moved to Mercer county, Kentucky, and there he grew up and married Catherine Munday, who was a native of Mercer county, the daughter of Woodson and Nancy Munday. In 1829 John Hays and his wife came to Hendricks county, Indiana, and entered land not far from New Winchester, where they lived, reared their family and there they both died. John Hays was a life-long farmer and owned between three and four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. James Hays, the father of Fred Albert, is one of nine children, only two others being alive at the present time, Harvey Hays, of New Winchester, and John Thomas Hays, who lives two miles southwest of Danville, in Center township.
James Hays was married twice, his first wife being Mary Kelley, a native of this county and the sister of his second wife. After his marriage on March 24, 1857, he began farming on the place where he is still living. At that time the land was heavily timbered and he had to clear off a plot of ground large enough to build his cabin, a task of no small magnitude in those days. On this farm he has built three houses, his first two having been destroyed by fire. To his first marriage there were born four children: Annie Belle, the wife of James Clark, of Danville, died in 1898, leaving three children, Mabel, Rennice and Carlos; Hattie lives south of New Winchester, where she owns a farm; Frank, who married Ida Myrtle Sears, the daughter of Jeptha and Emily (Hamrick) Sears, lives on a farm adjoining his father's place on the east. He has a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres ; the youngest child of this first marriage is Fred Albert, whose history is herewith outlined. After the death of his first wife, in 1882, James Hays married Mrs. Margaret (Kelley) Rose in 1889, who was a sister of the first Mrs. James Hays. She is the mother of William M. Rose, of Eel River township, this county, whose history will be found elsewhere in this volume.
Fred Albert Hays spent his early days on his father's farm, and has been a tiller of the soil all his life. He moved to his present farm in March, 1902, and now has one hundred and twenty acres of land which he operates in an up-to-date manner. In addition to his general farming he makes a specialty of buying, feeding and selling cattle.
Mr. Hays was married June 2, 1901, to Emma L. Hardwick, the daughter of Warren and Nancy (Graham) Hardwick. Warren Hardwick was born September 25, 1839, in Marion township, this county. He was the son of Silas and Rhoda (Cook) Hardwick.
Silas Hardwick was born about 1809. in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and moved to Shelby county, in the same state, when a child, where he remained until 1830. In 1832 he came to Hendricks county, Indiana, with his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Hardwick.
Charles Hardwick entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Center township, Hendricks county, and one hundred and sixty acres in Marion township. Both Charles and his son, Silas, were blacksmiths and started the first shop in Danville. Silas Hardwick was an all-around mechanic, a good carpenter and an excellent cabinet-maker and in addition was a farmer of more than ordinary ability.
Warren Hardwick grew up on the home farm and received his education in the old academy at Danville. He taught school for several terms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and was married March 16, 1871, to Nancy G. Graham, the daughter of Young W. and Emily (Harris) Graham. Mr. Graham came from Mercer county, Kentucky, in November, 1840, and bought two hundred acres of school land in section 16, of Marion township, this county, and here his death occurred on April 22, 1846, at the age of thirty-five years, his wife surviving him for forty years, her death occurring on April 14, 1886. Warren Hardwick spent the rest of his life in Marion township, where he followed the occupation of a farmer and stock raiser. He became the owner of several fine farms and owned nine hundred acres in Marion township. Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick reared a large family of eight children, one of whom died in infancy: the other seven are still living and are as follows: Glenn; Silas; Emily L., the wife of Mr. Hays; Everett W. ; Harry J.; Florence R., the wife of Fred Creech, and Bessie E. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Hardwick bought a fine residence on the Danville and North Salem road, where he lived until his death, which occurred May 6, 1909. Mrs. Hardwick and all her children except the two married daughters still reside at this home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hays have a daughter, Irene, born May 8, 1902.
Mr. Hays is a Democrat in politics, but has never been active in the affairs of his party. He is interested in all public enterprises and takes a kindly interest in the welfare of his fellow citizens. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist church at New Winchester and is a woman of refinement and culture who adds grace and charm to the home. Mr. Hays is a congenial man and one who is well liked by every one. He and his wife are prominent in the best social circles of their community and still have many years of usefulness before them.
History of Hendricks County Indiana, Her People and Industries and Institutions
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 667:
FRED ALBERT HAYS - The subject of this review as one of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Hendricks county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work, and he has therefore met with encouraging success all along the line, and, judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Fred Albert Hays, the son of James and Mary (Kelley) Hays, was born in Marion township, Hendricks county, Indiana, June 3, 1876. His father was born in this township March 10, 1836, the son of John and Catherine (Munday) Hays. John Hays was a native of Virginia and was a son of William and Mary Hays. When John was about eight years of age his parents moved to Mercer county, Kentucky, and there he grew up and married Catherine Munday, who was a native of Mercer county, the daughter of Woodson and Nancy Munday. In 1829 John Hays and his wife came to Hendricks county, Indiana, and entered land not far from New Winchester, where they lived, reared their family and there they both died. John Hays was a life-long farmer and owned between three and four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. James Hays, the father of Fred Albert, is one of nine children, only two others being alive at the present time, Harvey Hays, of New Winchester, and John Thomas Hays, who lives two miles southwest of Danville, in Center township.
James Hays was married twice, his first wife being Mary Kelley, a native of this county and the sister of his second wife. After his marriage on March 24, 1857, he began farming on the place where he is still living. At that time the land was heavily timbered and he had to clear off a plot of ground large enough to build his cabin, a task of no small magnitude in those days. On this farm he has built three houses, his first two having been destroyed by fire. To his first marriage there were born four children: Annie Belle, the wife of James Clark, of Danville, died in 1898, leaving three children, Mabel, Rennice and Carlos; Hattie lives south of New Winchester, where she owns a farm; Frank, who married Ida Myrtle Sears, the daughter of Jeptha and Emily (Hamrick) Sears, lives on a farm adjoining his father's place on the east. He has a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres ; the youngest child of this first marriage is Fred Albert, whose history is herewith outlined. After the death of his first wife, in 1882, James Hays married Mrs. Margaret (Kelley) Rose in 1889, who was a sister of the first Mrs. James Hays. She is the mother of William M. Rose, of Eel River township, this county, whose history will be found elsewhere in this volume.
Fred Albert Hays spent his early days on his father's farm, and has been a tiller of the soil all his life. He moved to his present farm in March, 1902, and now has one hundred and twenty acres of land which he operates in an up-to-date manner. In addition to his general farming he makes a specialty of buying, feeding and selling cattle.
Mr. Hays was married June 2, 1901, to Emma L. Hardwick, the daughter of Warren and Nancy (Graham) Hardwick. Warren Hardwick was born September 25, 1839, in Marion township, this county. He was the son of Silas and Rhoda (Cook) Hardwick.
Silas Hardwick was born about 1809. in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and moved to Shelby county, in the same state, when a child, where he remained until 1830. In 1832 he came to Hendricks county, Indiana, with his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Hardwick.
Charles Hardwick entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Center township, Hendricks county, and one hundred and sixty acres in Marion township. Both Charles and his son, Silas, were blacksmiths and started the first shop in Danville. Silas Hardwick was an all-around mechanic, a good carpenter and an excellent cabinet-maker and in addition was a farmer of more than ordinary ability.
Warren Hardwick grew up on the home farm and received his education in the old academy at Danville. He taught school for several terms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and was married March 16, 1871, to Nancy G. Graham, the daughter of Young W. and Emily (Harris) Graham. Mr. Graham came from Mercer county, Kentucky, in November, 1840, and bought two hundred acres of school land in section 16, of Marion township, this county, and here his death occurred on April 22, 1846, at the age of thirty-five years, his wife surviving him for forty years, her death occurring on April 14, 1886. Warren Hardwick spent the rest of his life in Marion township, where he followed the occupation of a farmer and stock raiser. He became the owner of several fine farms and owned nine hundred acres in Marion township. Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick reared a large family of eight children, one of whom died in infancy: the other seven are still living and are as follows: Glenn; Silas; Emily L., the wife of Mr. Hays; Everett W. ; Harry J.; Florence R., the wife of Fred Creech, and Bessie E. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Hardwick bought a fine residence on the Danville and North Salem road, where he lived until his death, which occurred May 6, 1909. Mrs. Hardwick and all her children except the two married daughters still reside at this home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hays have a daughter, Irene, born May 8, 1902.
Mr. Hays is a Democrat in politics, but has never been active in the affairs of his party. He is interested in all public enterprises and takes a kindly interest in the welfare of his fellow citizens. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist church at New Winchester and is a woman of refinement and culture who adds grace and charm to the home. Mr. Hays is a congenial man and one who is well liked by every one. He and his wife are prominent in the best social circles of their community and still have many years of usefulness before them.
John V. Hadley, B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1914, page 667:
FRED ALBERT HAYS - The subject of this review as one of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Hendricks county, who has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work, and he has therefore met with encouraging success all along the line, and, judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.
Fred Albert Hays, the son of James and Mary (Kelley) Hays, was born in Marion township, Hendricks county, Indiana, June 3, 1876. His father was born in this township March 10, 1836, the son of John and Catherine (Munday) Hays. John Hays was a native of Virginia and was a son of William and Mary Hays. When John was about eight years of age his parents moved to Mercer county, Kentucky, and there he grew up and married Catherine Munday, who was a native of Mercer county, the daughter of Woodson and Nancy Munday. In 1829 John Hays and his wife came to Hendricks county, Indiana, and entered land not far from New Winchester, where they lived, reared their family and there they both died. John Hays was a life-long farmer and owned between three and four hundred acres of land at the time of his death. James Hays, the father of Fred Albert, is one of nine children, only two others being alive at the present time, Harvey Hays, of New Winchester, and John Thomas Hays, who lives two miles southwest of Danville, in Center township.
James Hays was married twice, his first wife being Mary Kelley, a native of this county and the sister of his second wife. After his marriage on March 24, 1857, he began farming on the place where he is still living. At that time the land was heavily timbered and he had to clear off a plot of ground large enough to build his cabin, a task of no small magnitude in those days. On this farm he has built three houses, his first two having been destroyed by fire. To his first marriage there were born four children: Annie Belle, the wife of James Clark, of Danville, died in 1898, leaving three children, Mabel, Rennice and Carlos; Hattie lives south of New Winchester, where she owns a farm; Frank, who married Ida Myrtle Sears, the daughter of Jeptha and Emily (Hamrick) Sears, lives on a farm adjoining his father's place on the east. He has a farm of one hundred and twenty-seven acres ; the youngest child of this first marriage is Fred Albert, whose history is herewith outlined. After the death of his first wife, in 1882, James Hays married Mrs. Margaret (Kelley) Rose in 1889, who was a sister of the first Mrs. James Hays. She is the mother of William M. Rose, of Eel River township, this county, whose history will be found elsewhere in this volume.
Fred Albert Hays spent his early days on his father's farm, and has been a tiller of the soil all his life. He moved to his present farm in March, 1902, and now has one hundred and twenty acres of land which he operates in an up-to-date manner. In addition to his general farming he makes a specialty of buying, feeding and selling cattle.
Mr. Hays was married June 2, 1901, to Emma L. Hardwick, the daughter of Warren and Nancy (Graham) Hardwick. Warren Hardwick was born September 25, 1839, in Marion township, this county. He was the son of Silas and Rhoda (Cook) Hardwick.
Silas Hardwick was born about 1809. in Montgomery county, Kentucky, and moved to Shelby county, in the same state, when a child, where he remained until 1830. In 1832 he came to Hendricks county, Indiana, with his parents, Charles and Elizabeth Hardwick.
Charles Hardwick entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land in Center township, Hendricks county, and one hundred and sixty acres in Marion township. Both Charles and his son, Silas, were blacksmiths and started the first shop in Danville. Silas Hardwick was an all-around mechanic, a good carpenter and an excellent cabinet-maker and in addition was a farmer of more than ordinary ability.
Warren Hardwick grew up on the home farm and received his education in the old academy at Danville. He taught school for several terms in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and was married March 16, 1871, to Nancy G. Graham, the daughter of Young W. and Emily (Harris) Graham. Mr. Graham came from Mercer county, Kentucky, in November, 1840, and bought two hundred acres of school land in section 16, of Marion township, this county, and here his death occurred on April 22, 1846, at the age of thirty-five years, his wife surviving him for forty years, her death occurring on April 14, 1886. Warren Hardwick spent the rest of his life in Marion township, where he followed the occupation of a farmer and stock raiser. He became the owner of several fine farms and owned nine hundred acres in Marion township. Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick reared a large family of eight children, one of whom died in infancy: the other seven are still living and are as follows: Glenn; Silas; Emily L., the wife of Mr. Hays; Everett W. ; Harry J.; Florence R., the wife of Fred Creech, and Bessie E. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Hardwick bought a fine residence on the Danville and North Salem road, where he lived until his death, which occurred May 6, 1909. Mrs. Hardwick and all her children except the two married daughters still reside at this home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hays have a daughter, Irene, born May 8, 1902.
Mr. Hays is a Democrat in politics, but has never been active in the affairs of his party. He is interested in all public enterprises and takes a kindly interest in the welfare of his fellow citizens. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist church at New Winchester and is a woman of refinement and culture who adds grace and charm to the home. Mr. Hays is a congenial man and one who is well liked by every one. He and his wife are prominent in the best social circles of their community and still have many years of usefulness before them.
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