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     Augustus and Mary had no children. They adopted the two sons of this brother Ebenezer Wadsworth Hayden when Ebenezer and his wife died the same day. Both boys died shortly following their service in the Civil War. Augustus N. Hayden was born on 28 May 1803 at Chatham, NY. He was the son of Dr. Augustin Filer Hayden and Asenath Harmon.

     Ebenezer and his wife died on the same day. Jabez Hayden does not list the date, but it must have been when their two sons were quite young, say 1850, because both sons were adopted by Ebenezer's childless brother, Augustus. Ebenezer Wadsworth Hayden was born on 4 May 1809 at Chatham, NY. He was the son of Dr. Augustin Filer Hayden and Asenath Harmon. Ebenezer Wadsworth Hayden married Lucretia Taylor in June 1839. Ebenezer Wadsworth Hayden died.

     Lucretia Taylor married Ebenezer Wadsworth Hayden, son of Dr. Augustin Filer Hayden and Asenath Harmon, in June 1839. Lucretia Taylor died.

     Dorcas Young was born on 19 March 1792 at Windham, PA.¹ She married Dr. Samuel Hayden, son of Augustin Hayden and Cynthea Filer, in March 1810. Dorcas Young died on 11 December 1868 at Windham, Wyoming Co., PA, at age 76.¹

     Samuel Filer Hayden was born in April 1811. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Cynthia Hayden was born on 15 April 1813. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Clark Hayden was born on 17 February 1815. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Frances Hayden was born on 12 September 1817. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Samuel Filer Hayden was born in August 1820. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young. Samuel Filer Hayden died on 24 July 1835 at age 14.

     Mary Hayden was born on 10 October 1823. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Emily Hayden was born on 11 August 1826 at Windham, Luzerene Co. (now Wyoming Co.), PA. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Ellen Hayden was born on 23 June 1829. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Joseph Hayden was born on 25 September 1833. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Cicero Hayden was born on 4 July 1839. He was the son of Dr. Samuel Hayden and Dorcas Young.

     Ruth Humphrey was born on 1 January 1783. She was the daughter of Capt. Frederick Humphrey and Ruth Tuller. Ruth Humphrey married Luke Hayden, son of Augustin Hayden and Cynthea Filer, circa 1804.

     Ruth Hayden was born in 1806. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey. Ruth Hayden died in 1815.

     Minerva Hayden was born on 1 February 1807. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey.

     Amelia Marietta Hayden was born on 26 November 1810 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey. Amelia Marietta Hayden was also known as Marietta Hayden. She married Salmon Howd on 18 November 1830 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT. Amelia Marietta Hayden died on 10 April 1884 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT, at age 73.¹

     Salmon Howd was also known as Salmon Dowd. Salmon Howd was also known as Salmon Mead. He married Amelia Marietta Hayden, daughter of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey, on 18 November 1830 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT.

     Judge Julius A. Hayden was born on 25 August 1810 at Colebrook, Winsted Parish, CT; GS. He was the son of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey. Judge Julius A. Hayden married Elizabeth B. Leslie in 1843. Judge Julius A. Hayden married Harriet E. Cone, daughter of Judge Reuben Cone and Lucinda Shumate, on 5 January 1847 at Dekalb Co., GA. Judge Julius A. Hayden died on 15 February 1890 at age 79. He was buried on 18 February 1890 at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA; Block 8, Lot 305.

Julius went south early in life, married, remained in Atlanta until about 1882, when he removed to Florida.


Julius and Harriet were enumerated in the 1850 Atlanta, Dekalb Co., GA federal census in the household of her parents, Reuben and Lucnda Cone. Their children that were enumerated were Leslie 3, and Harriet 1.


J. A. and H. E. were enumerated in the 1860 Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA federal census, ward 5. He was a planter age 49, she was 29. Children in the household were Elizabeth 12, Harriet 9, Lucy M. 7 Julia 3, Gertrude 8 mos. Also enumerated were Frank Hayden 25(?) and C. Hayden 20.


Georgia seceded from the Union on 19 January 1861. According to Judge Hayden, there were excellent reasons for Unionists to keep their views to themselves-especially after the decision to secede. "After the ordinance of secession was passed every Union man was muzzled," Hayden said, and "he could not express any opinion at all unless he expressed in favor of secession." The more radical elements in the city now dominated and tried to eliminate dissent and to impose a single, correct view of the conflict between the North and South. "Regulators or investigating committees" quickly came into being, Hayden recalled, with the charge "to see how every man stood. . . . Every Union man they could find who expressed Union sentiments was ordered to leave the State and a good many were whipped or lynched." ²


Hayden's close social ties to influential Atlantans probably kept him from being arrested. He took refuge in his rural residence and, as much as possible, kept out of sight. During the battle around Atlanta, Hayden and his family retreated to their Stewart county farm in southwestern Georgia. Julius was chosen by mayor Calhoun of Atlanta to be in the official party that surrendered Atlanta to General Sherman on September 2, 1864. He and other Unionists were part of the delegation hoping to placate the Union army. However in the conflagration following the surrender, Julius' Atlanta Gas Light Company was destroyed..


Julius and Harriet were enumerated in the 1870 Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA, federal census, ward 5. He was a contractor, age 60, she was 41. Children in the household were Ivy 20, Lucy 18, Julia 13, Julius 8, Mary 5, and Nellie 2.


Julius and Harriet were enumerated in the 1880 Orange Co., FL, federal census, Precinct 2, page 411A. He was an orange grower, age 69, she was 50. Children in the household, all born in GA, were Julius 17, Mary 14, Nellie 12, Reuben 9, and Julia 22.


from the Atlanta Constitution, February 18, 1890

JUDGE J. A. HAYDEN
Death of one of Atlanta's Earliest Settlers.
The Burial to Take Place Today - How Judge Hayden Gained the Esteem of his Fellow Citizens, and Helped build up the City.

On Sunday night the news of Judge Julius A. Hayden's death reached Atlanta.

Telegrams which were received yesterday stated that Judge Hayden died at his Orange grove in Florida from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which he had a year ago.

The body will reach here today at 12 o'clock via the Central railroad, and will be taken at once to Oakland cemetery, where the burial services will be concluded.

The following gentlemen have been invited to act as escorts and pall-bearers, and will meet at Patterson's on Loyal street, at 11:30 a.m. today:

Escorts-Judge John Collier, W. Markham, John Glenn, W. A. Moore, T. G. Healey, M. R. Berry, G. W. Adair, W. A. Powell

Pall-bearers-Z. D. Harrison, T. J. Hightower, H. T. Inman, R. J. Lowry, R. M. Farrar, Dr. J. F. Alexander, W. W. Draper, and C. E. Currier.

Judge Hayden came of a vigorous family. His ancestor, William Hayden, came from England in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. And one of his Descendants, Luke Hayden, was the father of Judge Hayden.

On the 25th of August, 1810, Judge Hayden was born in Winstead, Conn. His mother was Lucinda Shumate, a daughter of Mason Shumate of French Huguenot descent, who settled in Decatur, Ga. In 1824. (editor's note: this is an error. Lucinda Shumate was Judge Hayden's mother-in-law).

Mr. Shumate kept the first hotel in Decatur. He owned a large quantity of land, and what is now Edgewood was once his hog pasture.

In 1835 there came to this section three men from Connecticut - Julius A. Hayden, William Markham and John C. White.

Messrs. Hayden and Markham knew each other from boyhood. Mr. Markham went to Henry county, where he married Miss. Berry and settled in McDonough. Mr. Hayden located in Decatur, where in 1847 he married Miss. Harriet E. Cone, only daughter of Judge Reuben Cone. Mr. White married Miss Laura Farrar.

All three became members of the First Presbyterian church of Atlanta.

Judge Hayden served several years as Judge of the inferior court of DeKalb county, and afterwards as a member of the city council of Atlanta. In 1855 he became a member of the First Presbyterian church in Atlanta, Rev. J. E. DuRose pastor and at the time of his death was an elder of the Presbyterian church.

He was a public spirited man, and aided greatly in developing Atlanta. As the first president of the Atlanta Gas company, his prudence and energy made success possible and sure. He built a large number of buildings in the city. The Arlington house, the Austell residence, the building on Broad street next to No. 1 engine house, etc., were built by him.

He was a member of the firm of Healy, Berry & Co., that erected the old state house, the first H. I. Kimball house, DeGive's opera house, the governor's mansion, the Capitol City club house, the Georgia Lottery building, hook and ladder house No. 1, Trinity church, Loyd street church, First Baptist and the Catholic churches, two buildings for Atlanta university, running from Jackson's corner, on Pryor and Alabama, to the corner of Alabama and Loyd streets; Senator Brown's building on Wall street, from Norcross's corner to Grant's building on Marietta street between Fitten's building and Granite block on Broad street-in fact there is scarcely a block or a street in the city that does not contain specimens of their work. They also manufactured their own brick.

By industry and frugality he amassed a good deal of property. At all times he was unassuming and unostentatious. He sold off lots on reasonable terms and gave purchasers as long times as they wanted.

Judge S. B. Hoyt, in speaking of Judge Hayden, said: "He was kind, genial, hospitable, charitable, unselfish and public-spirited in disposition. He had no enemy."

Hon. William Markham remarked of Judge Hayden: "He was a man true to his word and to his friends. He had no enemies. His integrity was unfaltering. No better man ever lived."

This testimonial to his worth is a fitting tribute to the man.

Mr. Reuben Cone, Judge Hayden's father-in-law was judge of the superior court of DeKalb county. He owned between 300 and 400 acres of land in Atlanta. The Arlington hotel stands where Mr. Cone once lived. He donated the ground to the First Baptist and First Presbyterian churches, laid off Marietta street, and Cone street was named after him.

Mr. Hayden married Miss Cone in Decatur on the 5th of January, 1847. Two or three years afterwards he moved into the town of Marthasville.

Of his children there are still living: Mrs. A. M. Thrasher, Mrs. E. H. Phillips, Mrs. G. W. Harrison, Mrs. H. Hightower, Mrs. H. Whittier, Miss Nellie Hayden, Julius A. Hayden, and Reuben Cone Hayden. Gertrude died in 1859 and Ellie M. in 1861.

At the time of his death Judge Hayden was living on his orange grove two miles south of Sanford. There are fifty acres in the grove containing 4,500 trees in full bearing. He and Mr. Markham bought it in 1875 for $30,000. Mr. Markham has since sold out his interest.

Mr. Frank Hayden, his brother, died here about the close of the war. His sister married Dr. Darnall, of Griffin.

The friends and acquaintances of the families of Judge J. A. Hayden, Mr. G. W. Harrison and Mr, H. H. Hightower are invited to attend the burial services at Oakland cemetery, from the train at the union passenger depot at 12 m. today.


from the Atlanta Constitution, 4 December 1899:


Mrs. Judge J. A. Hayden died very suddenly this morning at 12:15 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. H. Phillips, 11 Cone street, from an attack of congestion. She had been in her usual health up to an hour before the fatal attack.


Mrs. Hayden had lived in Atlanta a number of years, and had a wide circle of friends. She is survived by seven children, Julius A. Hayden, Mrs. G. W. Harrison, Mrs. H. H. Hightower, Mrs. E. H. Phillips, Mrs. R. H. Whitner, of Atlanta, Mrs. A. M. Thrasher of Sanford, Fla., and Mrs. J. G. Williams of Washington, D. C.


The body has been removed to the residence of Mrs. H. H. Hightower, 10 West Peachtree.


The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

      Jabez Hayden Sidney wrote me Dec. 7, 1861: "My father removed from the place of his birth, Torringford, to the parish of Winsted, in the town of Colebrook, where he was married about 1804. I was born there Mar. 1, 1813. In 1814, my father removed to Barkhamsted, where he died in 1854, in March.

"I removed from Barkkhamsted, Conn., to Candor, N.Y., in 1834; was married to Florilla Miller of Torringford, Conn., Mar. 23, 1836. Julius, my oldest son, was born at Candor, N.Y., Sept. 18,1838. On the 20th of March, 1840, I removed to this place, Athens, Bradford Co., Pa., the old 'Tioga Point' of early history. My children born here.

"I notice in some of my ancestors' families some additions, and a few corrections may be made, which I will send you if you wish.

"P.S. I think, if you desire it, I can obtain full records of the families of all my brothers and sisters, although some of them are dead, and some reside in the Confederate States, as they now call them."

After I had arranged the genealogy for "Stiles' Windsor," 1857, I concluded that I must not neglect my business in the farther pursuit of Hayden families. Possibly this letter did not receive a reply from me. At that time there was material offered which I have labored in vain to get of late, and where the record is evidently incomplete. Sidney, was said to be living at Sayre, Pa., last year, but I have been unable to open communication with him of late. Sidney Hayden was born on 1 March 1813 at Colebrook, Winsted Parish, CT. He was the son of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey.

     Julia Hayden was born on 1 February 1815. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey.

     Luke Hayden was born on 10 December 1818. He was the son of Luke Hayden and Ruth Humphrey.

     Martha Hayden was born on 25 September 1820. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford.

     Cicero Hayden was born on 7 April 1823. He was the son of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford. Cicero Hayden died in 1842.

     Catharine Hayden was born on 21 March 1826 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT; The Barber Genealogy gives Catherine's birth as 21 Mar 1825. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford. Catharine Hayden married Gaylord Barber, son of Alson Barber and Hannah Humphrey, on 8 May 1850 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT. Catharine Hayden died on 12 May 1868 at age 42.

     Gaylord Barber was born on 8 May 1824 at Canton, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Alson Barber and Hannah Humphrey.² Gaylord Barber married Catharine Hayden, daughter of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford, on 8 May 1850 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT. Gaylord Barber married Jerusha Taylor, daughter of Sabin Taylor and Caroline (?), on 22 November 1868.³ Gaylord Barber died on 21 May 1879 at Canton, Hartford Co., CT, at age 55.

Gaylord and both his wives are buried at Canton. He was a farmer, and drove the stage in Barkhamsted. After living for ten years or so in Barkhamsted, they moved back to Canton in 1866.⁴

     Alson Barber was born on 6 May 1792 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Reuben Barber and Elizabeth Case. Alson Barber married Hannah Humphrey, daughter of Solomon Humphrey Jr. and Hannah Brown, on 18 November 1814 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT.² Alson Barber died on 4 April 1880 at Canton, Hartford Co., CT, at age 87.¹

     Hannah Humphrey was born on 4 December 1796 at Canton, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Solomon Humphrey Jr. and Hannah Brown. Hannah Humphrey married Alson Barber, son of Reuben Barber and Elizabeth Case, on 18 November 1814 at Barkhamsted, Litchfield Co., CT.¹ Hannah Humphrey died on 19 April 1877 at Canton, Hartford Co., CT, at age 80.

     Sarah Hayden was born on 20 February 1829. She was the daughter of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford. Sarah Hayden married Giles Mumford Lawton Jr. on 3 March 1853 at Brooklyn, Windham Co., CT.¹ Sarah Hayden died on 2 August 1912 at Brooklyn, Windham Co., CT, at age 83.

     Franklin Hayden was born on 29 December 1833. He was the son of Luke Hayden and Martha Rexford. Franklin Hayden died circa 1865 at GA.

     Sally Ransom was born on 22 November 1780 at Colchester, New London Co., CT. She was the daughter of Pelatiah Ransom and Sarah (?) Sally Ransom married Col. Nathaniel Hayden, son of Augustin Hayden and Cynthea Filer. Sally Ransom died on 26 April 1873 at Warehouse Point, CT, at age 92.

     Betsey Hayden was born on 24 January 1800 at Hartland, Hartford Co., CT. She was the daughter of Col. Nathaniel Hayden and Sally Ransom. Betsey Hayden died on 31 July 1884 at New Haven, New Haven Co., CT, at age 84.

     Ransom Hayden was born on 27 January 1802. He was the son of Col. Nathaniel Hayden and Sally Ransom. Ransom Hayden died in April 1886 at West Suffield, Hartford Co., CT, at age 84.

     Maj. Nathaniel Hayden settled at Dover, Cuyahoga Co., OH. He served as major of the 51st Ohio, in the Civil War. Later he removed to St. Louis, where he died. Jabez Hayden. Maj. Nathaniel Hayden was born in November 1805 at West Hartland, CT. He was the son of Col. Nathaniel Hayden and Sally Ransom. Maj. Nathaniel Hayden died in 1881 at The City of St. Louis, The City of St. Louis, MO.

     Jabez Hayden had little information about this family. He noted that a son, Samuel Eno, the first born, died in the army in the War of the Rebellion. A second child, a daughter, was born about 1841. There were two more daughters. He does not indicate the mother of any of the children. Austin Hayden was born in March 1807 at West Hartland, CT. He was the son of Col. Nathaniel Hayden and Sally Ransom. Austin Hayden married Sarah Ann Cook. Austin Hayden died circa 1850 at Syracuse, DeKalb Co., IL.