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Watson A Hayes (1840 - 1893)

Watson A Hayes
Born in Poland, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 7 Nov 1863 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Died at age 52 in Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Watson Hayes was born on Dec 7, 1840 in Poland, Maine. He was son of Sewell Flagg Hayes and Sewell's first wife Eliza Hoyt who was from Naples, Maine. His mother died in 1846 when she was 30 years old.

In 1860 Watson lived in Stoneham, Massachusetts [1] where at 20 years old he lived as a boarder with others.

Name Sex Age Occupation Birth Place
Slyvanus Sprague M 42 Massachusetts
Phebe Sprague F 34 Massachusetts
Onslow Sprague M 28 New Hampshire
Watson A Hayes M 20 Maine
Claudius Favor M 21 Maine

Watson married Myra (Mira) (Elmira) B. Barris, daughter of Rufus K and Betsey, in Boston Massachusetts on Nov 7, 1863. [2]

In 1880 the US Census records them in Stoneham, Massachusetts. They are both 39 years old. Watson works in a shoe factory. [3]

Name Sex Age Occupation Birth Place
Watson Hays M 39 Works In Shoe Factory Maine, United States
Myra B Hays F 39 Works In Shoe Factory New Hampshire, United States

He died in Stoneham, Massachusetts on Oct 22, 1893 [4] and is buried in Stoneham at Lindenwood Cemetery. [5]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHX-V2Y : 18 February 2021), Watson A Hayes in entry for Slyvanus Sprague, 1860.
  2. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4MF-8JC : 10 March 2021), Watson A. Hayes and Mira B. Barris, 7 Nov 1863; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,021.
  3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH61-6DW : 19 February 2021), Watson Hays, Stoneham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 413, sheet 342B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,542.
  4. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWC9-RYZ : 10 December 2014), Sewell F. Hayes in entry for Watson A. Hayes, 22 Oct 1893; citing Stoneham, Massachusetts, v 437 p 394, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,510.
  5. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 April 2021), memorial page for Watson Andrew Hayes (7 Dec 1840–22 Oct 1893),Find A Grave: Memorial #107215678, citing Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by DaurRegt (contributor 47891223) .




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