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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 483-484]

    NATHAN H. HAYES is an early and well-known settler of Pilot Township.
    He was born in Washington County, New York, near Granville, January
    27, 1836, and is a son of JONATHAN and ABIGAIL (BURTON) HAYES, natives
    of the State of New York.  NATHAN H. was six months of age when his
    parents removed to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where they lived
    seven years, at the expiration of that period of time they came to
    the Territory of Iowa, and settled in Clinton County, being among
    the early settlers of the county; there they lived seven years, and
    then removed to Poweshiek County, Iowa; there our subject remained
    until he was nineteen years of age.  He received his education in
    the common schools, and early became accustomed to farm labor. His
    mother died in Clinton County, Iowa, and the father still lives,
    residing in Clinton County.  Mr. HAYES removed from Poweshiek County
    to Harrison County, where he spent two years with an older brother,
    SANFORD.  The spirit of youth was still restless within him, and he
    determined to go to Pike's Peak in search of gold; he spent two years
    in the West, engaged in mining and prospecting.  He then returned to
    Harrison County, Iowa, and shortly after went to Clinton County,
    spending three years in the latter county; he then returned again to
    Harrison County, settling near Dunlap.  In 1869 he came to Cherokee
    County, and took out a homestead of eighty acres, which he has since
    made his home.  He has been successful in his undertakings, and as
    his means would permit he has invested in land until he now owns 200
    acres in a high state of cultivation.  The first cabin, constructed
    of logs, sod, and slabs, has long since disappeared, and in its place
    is a fine frame residence, situated on a natural building site; the
    plan of the house is modern, and one of the chief attractions of the
    place is the natural grove surrounding the house, a rare luxury in
    Iowa.  Another of the improvements is a large barn; the farm is
    divided into fields, each of which is well supplied with water.
    Mr. HAYES was united in marriage November 22, 1875, to Mrs. CATHERINE
    SHELDON, widow of IRAM SHELDON.  She is a daughter of WILLIAM and
    SARAH (CATLIN) ELLIS, and was born in Muskingum County, Ohio.  By
    her first marriage six children were born to her: WILLIAM T., FRANCIS
    T., SARAH H., NELSON V., JOSEPH O. and JAMES O.  Mr. and Mrs. HAYES
    have one daughter, LULU E., born May 5, 1876.  Mr. HAYES belongs to
    the Democratic party, and has served his township officially as
    trustee, and as a member of the School Board.  He and his wife are
    honored members of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints,  Mr. HAYES
    having served as a teacher of the same.  He is a man still in the
    prime of life, and is one of Cherokee County's solid citizens.

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