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The father of John Randolph Hayden was Abraham Hayden (1818-1887)-The Obituary of Abraham Hayden from 1887 follows--Abraham Hayden died at his residence at Hopwood, Pa., on Sunday night last, May 1, 1887, aged 69 years. He was born in Georges township and was a son of John Hayden, who is claimed by some to have made the first iron made west of the mountain, and after whom Haydentown was named. Deceased was a respectable citizen and had been for 50 years a consistent member of the M.P. church. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter, also two brothers, Joseph, of Uniontown, and Squire, of Nicholson township. There were in all 22 children of John Hayden. The funeral for Abraham was on Tuesday, the service being conducted by Rev. McCarty.
(Republican Standard, May 5, 1887, pg. 4)
The grandfather of John Randolph Hayden was John Hayden as mentioned above, early settler and father of 22 children by 2 wives. John Hayden was born on Staten Island (or Morristown, NJ) in 1749 and was the father of twenty-two children, twelve by his first marriage and ten by his second. He died in 1836 and is buried in Fayette County.
The grandfather--
John Hayden 1749
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John Randolph Hayden
The following is from an article on the occasion of the 88th birthday John Randolph Hayden--
Walking from Ohiopyle to Uniontown in "the worst snow storm and blizzard in years," John Randolph Hayden, at the age of 15 and a half years, enlisted for service in the Civil war, on March 27, 1864. He was sent immediately to Pittsburgh where he was accepted and assigned to Company K, 116th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers.
Two weeks later he was on picket duty on the Rappahannock and on May 10 he engaged in his first real battle at Po River, Va. He was later transferred to the First Division, Second Army of the Potomac, under command of General Hancock.
Mr. Hayden participated in numerous important battles of the war his 16th birthday having been spent in the thick of Battle on the front. He was wounded twice and only recently was decorated with the Purple Heart Medal.
Included among the battles Hayden is credited with on his Honorable Discharge were the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; the siege of Petersburg where he was in the lines for three months, and others. He was present at Appomattox and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C., after the war.
Mr. Hayden relates that during one of the battles he and Plummer Hall, also of Ohiopyle, came upon a wounded soldier and upon going to him found him to be Zed Collins, also of Ohiopyle, and a close friend of both. Collins, a member of the 140th Infantry, was carried to the rear by his two friends. After Collins' recovery the two "cronies" met often in the lines, Hayden said.
During the war, Private Hayden's parents, Abraham and Ana Hayden, removed from Ohiopyle to Farmington, and it was to the new home there that John R. returned following his discharge July 14, 1865.
Mr. Hayden will be 88 on September 17, next should he live.
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The father of John Randolph Hayden was Abraham Hayden (1818-1887)-The Obituary of Abraham Hayden from 1887 follows--Abraham Hayden died at his residence at Hopwood, Pa., on Sunday night last, May 1, 1887, aged 69 years. He was born in Georges township and was a son of John Hayden, who is claimed by some to have made the first iron made west of the mountain, and after whom Haydentown was named. Deceased was a respectable citizen and had been for 50 years a consistent member of the M.P. church. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter, also two brothers, Joseph, of Uniontown, and Squire, of Nicholson township. There were in all 22 children of John Hayden. The funeral for Abraham was on Tuesday, the service being conducted by Rev. McCarty.
(Republican Standard, May 5, 1887, pg. 4)
The grandfather of John Randolph Hayden was John Hayden as mentioned above, early settler and father of 22 children by 2 wives. John Hayden was born on Staten Island (or Morristown, NJ) in 1749 and was the father of twenty-two children, twelve by his first marriage and ten by his second. He died in 1836 and is buried in Fayette County.
The grandfather--
John Hayden 1749
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John Randolph Hayden
The following is from an article on the occasion of the 88th birthday John Randolph Hayden--
Walking from Ohiopyle to Uniontown in "the worst snow storm and blizzard in years," John Randolph Hayden, at the age of 15 and a half years, enlisted for service in the Civil war, on March 27, 1864. He was sent immediately to Pittsburgh where he was accepted and assigned to Company K, 116th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers.
Two weeks later he was on picket duty on the Rappahannock and on May 10 he engaged in his first real battle at Po River, Va. He was later transferred to the First Division, Second Army of the Potomac, under command of General Hancock.
Mr. Hayden participated in numerous important battles of the war his 16th birthday having been spent in the thick of Battle on the front. He was wounded twice and only recently was decorated with the Purple Heart Medal.
Included among the battles Hayden is credited with on his Honorable Discharge were the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; the siege of Petersburg where he was in the lines for three months, and others. He was present at Appomattox and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C., after the war.
Mr. Hayden relates that during one of the battles he and Plummer Hall, also of Ohiopyle, came upon a wounded soldier and upon going to him found him to be Zed Collins, also of Ohiopyle, and a close friend of both. Collins, a member of the 140th Infantry, was carried to the rear by his two friends. After Collins' recovery the two "cronies" met often in the lines, Hayden said.
During the war, Private Hayden's parents, Abraham and Ana Hayden, removed from Ohiopyle to Farmington, and it was to the new home there that John R. returned following his discharge July 14, 1865.
Mr. Hayden will be 88 on September 17, next should he live.
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The father of John Randolph Hayden was Abraham Hayden (1818-1887)-The Obituary of Abraham Hayden from 1887 follows--Abraham Hayden died at his residence at Hopwood, Pa., on Sunday night last, May 1, 1887, aged 69 years. He was born in Georges township and was a son of John Hayden, who is claimed by some to have made the first iron made west of the mountain, and after whom Haydentown was named. Deceased was a respectable citizen and had been for 50 years a consistent member of the M.P. church. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter, also two brothers, Joseph, of Uniontown, and Squire, of Nicholson township. There were in all 22 children of John Hayden. The funeral for Abraham was on Tuesday, the service being conducted by Rev. McCarty.
(Republican Standard, May 5, 1887, pg. 4)
The grandfather of John Randolph Hayden was John Hayden as mentioned above, early settler and father of 22 children by 2 wives. John Hayden was born on Staten Island (or Morristown, NJ) in 1749 and was the father of twenty-two children, twelve by his first marriage and ten by his second. He died in 1836 and is buried in Fayette County.
The grandfather--
John Hayden 1749
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John Randolph Hayden
The following is from an article on the occasion of the 88th birthday John Randolph Hayden--
Walking from Ohiopyle to Uniontown in "the worst snow storm and blizzard in years," John Randolph Hayden, at the age of 15 and a half years, enlisted for service in the Civil war, on March 27, 1864. He was sent immediately to Pittsburgh where he was accepted and assigned to Company K, 116th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers.
Two weeks later he was on picket duty on the Rappahannock and on May 10 he engaged in his first real battle at Po River, Va. He was later transferred to the First Division, Second Army of the Potomac, under command of General Hancock.
Mr. Hayden participated in numerous important battles of the war his 16th birthday having been spent in the thick of Battle on the front. He was wounded twice and only recently was decorated with the Purple Heart Medal.
Included among the battles Hayden is credited with on his Honorable Discharge were the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; the siege of Petersburg where he was in the lines for three months, and others. He was present at Appomattox and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C., after the war.
Mr. Hayden relates that during one of the battles he and Plummer Hall, also of Ohiopyle, came upon a wounded soldier and upon going to him found him to be Zed Collins, also of Ohiopyle, and a close friend of both. Collins, a member of the 140th Infantry, was carried to the rear by his two friends. After Collins' recovery the two "cronies" met often in the lines, Hayden said.
During the war, Private Hayden's parents, Abraham and Ana Hayden, removed from Ohiopyle to Farmington, and it was to the new home there that John R. returned following his discharge July 14, 1865.
Mr. Hayden will be 88 on September 17, next should he live.
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The father of John Randolph Hayden was Abraham Hayden (1818-1887)-The Obituary of Abraham Hayden from 1887 follows--Abraham Hayden died at his residence at Hopwood, Pa., on Sunday night last, May 1, 1887, aged 69 years. He was born in Georges township and was a son of John Hayden, who is claimed by some to have made the first iron made west of the mountain, and after whom Haydentown was named. Deceased was a respectable citizen and had been for 50 years a consistent member of the M.P. church. He leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter, also two brothers, Joseph, of Uniontown, and Squire, of Nicholson township. There were in all 22 children of John Hayden. The funeral for Abraham was on Tuesday, the service being conducted by Rev. McCarty.
(Republican Standard, May 5, 1887, pg. 4)
The grandfather of John Randolph Hayden was John Hayden as mentioned above, early settler and father of 22 children by 2 wives. John Hayden was born on Staten Island (or Morristown, NJ) in 1749 and was the father of twenty-two children, twelve by his first marriage and ten by his second. He died in 1836 and is buried in Fayette County.
The grandfather--
John Hayden 1749
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John Randolph Hayden
The following is from an article on the occasion of the 88th birthday John Randolph Hayden--
Walking from Ohiopyle to Uniontown in "the worst snow storm and blizzard in years," John Randolph Hayden, at the age of 15 and a half years, enlisted for service in the Civil war, on March 27, 1864. He was sent immediately to Pittsburgh where he was accepted and assigned to Company K, 116th Pennsylvania Regiment of Volunteers.
Two weeks later he was on picket duty on the Rappahannock and on May 10 he engaged in his first real battle at Po River, Va. He was later transferred to the First Division, Second Army of the Potomac, under command of General Hancock.
Mr. Hayden participated in numerous important battles of the war his 16th birthday having been spent in the thick of Battle on the front. He was wounded twice and only recently was decorated with the Purple Heart Medal.
Included among the battles Hayden is credited with on his Honorable Discharge were the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; the siege of Petersburg where he was in the lines for three months, and others. He was present at Appomattox and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C., after the war.
Mr. Hayden relates that during one of the battles he and Plummer Hall, also of Ohiopyle, came upon a wounded soldier and upon going to him found him to be Zed Collins, also of Ohiopyle, and a close friend of both. Collins, a member of the 140th Infantry, was carried to the rear by his two friends. After Collins' recovery the two "cronies" met often in the lines, Hayden said.
During the war, Private Hayden's parents, Abraham and Ana Hayden, removed from Ohiopyle to Farmington, and it was to the new home there that John R. returned following his discharge July 14, 1865.
Mr. Hayden will be 88 on September 17, next should he live.
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