U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Haymond, Sidney (1829-1912) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sons of the Revolution Year Book (1914-1915), Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of West Virginia SIDNEY HAYMOND Born at Quiet Dell, Harrison County, Va., in 1829; died August* 1912 [see note in Additional Information below the bio about death month]. He was a lineal descendant of William Haymond, Captain of a Monongalia company of militia from 1777 to 1781, and later Major, and his wife Cassandra Clelland Haymond. He was a son of Cyrus Haymond of Harrison County, Va,, a soldier of the War of 1812, and his wife Jane Summerville Haymond of Londonderry, Ireland. He was one of the few grandsons of Revolutionary ancestry. He became a member of this Society in 1910. Mr. Haymond was educated in the common schools of the locality in his day. He was a large landowner and was engaged extensively in the raising and exporting of cattle. He had held a number of offices of trust and honor in his native county of Harrison. He had filled with credit and ability the offices of County Surveyor; Representative of his County in the State Legislature; Member of Harrison County Court; Recorder of Deeds in Harrison County under the state's first constitution; Member of the West Virginia State Commission at Chicago World's Fair in 1893; and was one of the directors of the Empire National Bank at Clarksburg from the time it was established till his death. He was married June 8, 1869, to Miss Virginia Davisson, who of his immediate family alone survives him. Mr. Haymond was a splendid business man, an excellent citizen, public spirited, and devoted to all his undertakings. The esteem in which his fellow citizens held him is equalled by that of very few men in public life. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Death Register, Harrison County, WV, page 76 Sidney Haymond died 18-Jan-1912 at age 83y-6m-15d NOTE: death month on register differs from the above article Place of death: Quiet Dell Districk: Simpson Cause: Old age Marriage register, Harrison County WV, 1870, page 65, line 60 Sidney Haymond (age 40) married Virginia Davisson (age 29) on June 8th Sidney, the son of Cyrus & Jane Haymond Virginia, the daughter of Nathan & Elizabeth Davisson both were born and currently reside in Harrison County ---------------------------------------------------------------------