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HAYWARD, Monroe Leiand, lawyer, was born at Willsboro, Essex t-ounty, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1840; sou of William J. and Betsey (Leiand) Hayward; grandson of David and Lucretia (Chapman) Hayward and of Col. Thomas and Prisciila (Seaman) Leiand; and a descendant of Henry Leiand, who was born in England in 1626, came to America in 1G.'52, and died in Sherburne, Mass., in 1680. His grandfather. Col. Thomas Leiand, served at the battle of Plattsburg. Sept. 11, 1814; and his great-grandfather, Ephrailn Hayward, was with Washington at Valley Forge and .served in the American arm\' throughout the Revolution. Monroe served in the civil war in the 5th New York cavalry, 1861-63, and was graduated from Fort Edward collegiate institute. New York, in 1866. He studied law at Fort Edward, N.Y., and Whitewater, Wis., in 1867, and settled at Nebraska City, Neb., in the fall of 186T, where he practised, 1867-87. He was chosen president of the Otoe County national bank in 1892; a member of the state constitu- tional convention in 1875; judge of the district court of Nebraska in 1887 ; chairman of five state conventions, an 1 the Republican candidate for governor of Nebraska in 1898. He was elected to the U.S. senate in 1899 for tlie term ending March 3, 1905, but did not live to take his seat in the 56tli congress. He died at Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. 5, 1890.

HAYWOOD, Edmund Burke, chemist, was bom in Raleigh. N.C.. June 13, 1825. He was a student at the University of North ' Carolina, 1843-46, and was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, M.D. in 1849. He practised liis profession in Raleigh, N.C., 1849-61; was a sur- geon in the Confederate army, in charge of hospitals at Raleigh and Richmond, and medical director of the department of North Carolina, 1861-65; presi'lent of the state medical society, 1868; of the Raleigh academy of medicine. 1874; of the insane asyhmi, 1875-89. He received the degrees, A.M. 1868, and LL.D. 1889, from the Uni- versity of North Carolina. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Haywood and married Lucy Ann Williams in 1850. He died in Raleigli, N.C.. Jan. 18, 1894.

HAYWOOD, John, jurist, was born in Halifax county, N.C., March 16, 1762; son of Egbert Haywood, an officer in the American army in the Revolutionary war; and a nephew of Col. John Haywood, colonist, a native of Barbadoes, W.I. He possessed an ungainly physique and an un- pleasant voice. He educated himself, and by his indomitable will he became a successful lawyer. He was attorney-general of the state, 1791-94, and judge of the superior court, 1794-1800, when he resigned his office to become attorney for Col. James Glasgow, secretary of state of North Caro-

lina, from whom he accepted a fee of §1000 to defend him, and when hi.s client was convicted of fraud in issuing land-warrants. Judge Haj'wood incurred so much odium for defending him that he was obliged to leave the state. About 1810 or 1811 he settled at "Tusculum," an estate seven miles from Nashville, Tenn., and took high rank as an advocate. He was presiding judge of the supreme court of Tennessee, 1812-26. He is the author of: A Manual of the Laios of North Car- olina (1801); Haywood's Justice and N.C. Laio Exports, 17S9-1S06 ; Haywood's Tennessee Reports (1816-18); Statute Laws of Tennessee, in conjunc- tion with R. L. Cobbs (1831); The Civil and Political History of Tennessee from Its Earliest Settlement to 1796 (1823); Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee (1823) in whioa he under- took to prove the descent of the Aiuerican Indians from the ancient Jews; and Christian Advocate in \^'hich he discussed the power of water- witches and various occult svibjects. He died in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1826.

HAYWOOD, William Henry, senator, was born in Wake county, N.C, Oct. 23, 1801; the only son of William Henry, and nephew of John, Slierwood and Stephen Haywood; grandson of William Haywood, 1730-79, chairman of the comiuittee of safet.v, member of the provincial congress of North Carolina and of the governor's council. 1776; joint author of the bill of rights, and member of tlie general assembly of the state, 1778-79; and great-grandson of John Haywood, 1684-1758, colonist, a native of Barbadoes, W.I., a resident of Edgecombe county, N C, member of the colonial assembly, treasurer of the northern counties of the colony, and colonel of the militia of Edgecombe colUlt3^ His uncle, John Hay- wood, was state treasurer of North Carolina, 1787-1827, and for whom Haywood county, N.C, was named. William Henry was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1819 and practised law in Raleigh. He represented Wake county in the house of commons, 1831, 1834, 1835 and 1836, and was speaker in 1836. He was U.S. senator, 1843, as successor to Senator W. A. Graham, and resigned his seat in 1846 vipon finiling tliat he disagreed with his party on the tariff question. He was succeeded by George E. Badger. He continued the practice of law up to a short time before his death which occurred at Raleigh, N.C, Oct. 6, 1852.

HAZARD, Caroline, educator, was born at "Oakwoods," Peace Dale, R.I., Jime 10, 1856; daughter of Rowland and Margaret (Rood) Hazard ; granddaughter of Rowland Gibson and Caroline (Newbold) Hazard; and of the ninth generation from Thomas Hazard, a founder of the town of Newport, R.I. She was liberally educated, primarily in a private school and for