Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889 [page 546] S. W. HAYWARD, JR., proprietor of HAYWARD'S Mill, is one of the leading and well-known citizens of Cherokee Township. He was born at Milford, Massachusetts, February 11, 1850, and is the son of S. W. HAYWARD, the financial agent of the Milford Colony. S. W. HAYWARD, Sr., is a resident of Milford, Massachusetts, and is a man of unusual executive ability, and considerable property. He has served as selectman, deputy sheriff, and as United States detective. Since 1856 he has owned real estate in Cherokee County. His wife was ANN JENETTE BULLARD, a lady of education and culture, who was born in Medway, Massachusetts. S. W. Jr., was reared and educated in his native town, and in 1870 he came to the State of Iowa to look after his father's business interests. Since that time he has resided in Cherokee County, and has taken an active part in the development of the natural resources of the county. Mr. HAYWARD'S first mill, built by CARPENTER & DAVIS, was destroyed by a cyclone. The present mill was erected by S. W. HAYWARD, Sr., and is a good, substantial building. Mr. HAYWARD owns 300 acres of land, improved with a good house, barns and other buildings. Mill Creek flows through the farm rendering it very desirable as a stock farm, and enriching the naturally productive soil. S. W. HAYWARD, Sr., owns 200 acres of rich land in this vicinity. The subject of this sketch is a man in the prime of life, cordial in his disposition, honorable in business, and one of the repre- sentative men of the township. ==========================================================================