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Submitted: 1/19/15 • Approved: 1/19/15 • Last Updated: 3/15/18 • R52505-G52505-S3
Birth: Mar. 19, 1832
New York, USA
Death: Jul. 30, 1917
Quincy
Branch County
Michigan, USA
Daughter of Hiram W & Almeda (Tinkham) Hayes. Wife of Daniel Root. Mother of Medora "Dora" b 1855 NY (m Franklin Barber 1 Jan 1877 Quincy Branch Co MI), Elnora b 1856 NY (m Melvin Rawson Branch Co Michigan), Anna Allie 1861 b MI (m George Kesseling 20 Mar 1888 Quincy MI), Edna b 1868 MI.
1850 NY Census Onondaga Co Spafford
Hiram Hayes 42
Candis Hayes 18
Hiram Hayes 17
Calvin Hayes 15
Olive Hayes 10
Arsena Hayes 8
1860 NY Census Onondaga Co Otisco
Dana D Root 31
Candace L Root 28
Medora Root 5
Lenora D Root 4
1870 MI Census Branch Co Quincy
Hiram Hages 62
Almeda Hages 62
Candiss Root 38
Medora Root 15
Elnora Root 14
Allie Root 9
Edna Root 2
Clarence Haye 6
Irena Haye 2
1880 MI Census Branch Co Algansee
Melvin Rawson 24
Lenora Rawson 24
Ruel D. Rawson 3
Candance Root 48
1900 MI Census Jackson Co Jackson
Ora D Shumaker 42
Edna A Shumaker 31
Ora K Shumaker 5
Candace Root 68 (mil)
From Spafford Onondaga Co New York:
SPAFFORD MORTUARY RECORDS WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES 127
(He was accidentally killed. Erastus Hayes first settled
on the east part of lot 89, Marcellus, April 11, 1825, moved from there to lot 22, Tully, February 12, 1835, and from thence went West about 1850, with his only surviving child and son, Hiram W. Hayes. Erastus Hayes originally came from Otsego County, N. Y., and settled on Lot 50, Homer, N. Y., in 1807, and from there to the Marcellus end of this town, as above stated, in 1825.
Hiram W Hayes, son of Erastus & Irena Hayes, married Almeda Tinkham, daughter of Daniel & Adah (Windsor) Tinkham, and by her had:
Cynthia Maria, married Orphaniel Bessey, she died in Spafford, leaving no issue;
Briggs, married Mary McCormack, he died in Michigan;
Candace, married Dana Root, husband dead, and she now
residing in Quincy, Mich, (four children);
Calvin, married (1) Calista Ripley, daughter of John L. and Clarissa (Loss) Ripley, and (2) out West, he is now (1899) residing in Pomona, California;
Olive, died unmarried in Spafford, N. Y.,
Arzena, married a Mr. Slocum, and died in Michigan.
Hiram W. Hayes was in 1898 residing with his son Calvin, in Pomona, California.)
Contributed on 1/19/15
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