My Genealogy Hound

Henry Clay Hayman was born in Brown County, Ohio, in 1827, and is a son of Sampson and Elizabeth (Reeder) Hayman. The father was of German descent, and was born in Pennsylvania in 1787. He was a machinist and engineer by trade, and when young went to Kentucky, where he afterward married. He then went to Brown County, and his occurred in 1837. The mother was born in Kentucky about 1800. She was the daughter of Simeon Reeder, who married Elizabeth Boone, daughter of the famous pioneer, Daniel Boone. Mrs. Elizabeth Hayman died in 1835, and was the mother of five children, of whom two are living: John Q. A., a wealthy miller of Lexington, Ky., and our subject. He lost his mother when eight years old, and his father when he was ten years of age, after which he was cared for by his maternal grandmother until he was twelve. He then accompanied his uncle near Flemingsburg, Ky., and there worked with his uncle, who was a miller by trade. When nineteen he left his uncle, and went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and with his twin brother, John Q. A., worked in a mill until 1852, when he came to Van Buren, where he has since resided, and has engaged in the milling business, more or less, ever since. In 1847 he married Miss Jane Casner, who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1827, and has borne him three children, all born in Cincinnati, Ohio; Simeon, engineer; Ella, deceased, and William, chief engineer of the Van Buren Ice Factory. In politics Mr. Hayman is a Republican, and after the cessation of the late hostilities, during the reconstruction was United States Military Registrar of Crawford County. He has served in the city council, at different times, thirteen years, and was a member of the school board a number of years. He is a Royal Arch Mason and a Past D. D. G. M. of the I. O. O. F. of Arkansas. His wife is a member of the Christian Church.