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 1877

1881

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.

In 1860, a Scotch-man, whose name was George Hayes, left his own land and came o'er the sea to Con-nect-i-cut where he made a home and was, in time, well off.

One of the grand-sons of this George Hayes held the rank of Cap-tain through the War of In-de-pen-dence. His great-grand-son, too, Ruth-er-ford, born Ju-ly 29th, 1756, took up arms to free the land from Eng-land.

This Ruth-er-ford Hayes, in 1779, wed Chlo-e Smith, and the fourth child of this pair took his fa-ther's name, Ruth-er-ford. He too was a Cap-tain in the state troops. In 1813 he wed So-phi-a Bir-chard.

Tales were told then of the great wealth to be won in the new lands of the West. Ruth-er-ford Hayes had