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LEWIS HAYNER, manufacturer of fine whiskies, proprietary medicines, etc., Troy. Lewis Hayner is one of Troy’s most enterprising men, and has probably done more to advance its business interests than any man who ever lived in the city; he was born in Warren Co., Ohio, in 1822; his parents, John and Sarah (Meeker) Hayner were the parents of ten children—William, Henry, Lewis, Clark, John M., Enoch, Nicholas, Maria, Sarah and Jane. The father was born in New York and the mother in New Jersey. Lewis Hayner has been principally engaged during his business life in the manufacture of liquors; he built the distillery now owned by E. Farrington in 1856; he erected his present distillery in 1866, the capacity of which is 100 bushels of grain per day; he purchased the Troy Hydraulic of Knoop’s heirs in 1879; it was built by a company, but until this time it had profited nothing; Mr. Hayner proposes now to erect a paper-mill and turn this fine water-power to a good use; he has, by a long series of experiments, perfected a “Lung Medicine,” and “Catarrh Specific,” from pure pine tar, and this promises to be a boon, not only to sufferers from disease, but, also, to the manufacturer; he has made arrangements to manufacture these medicines on a large scale, and it will be a source of pride to the people of Troy to know that so valuable a remedy had its origin in their city. His marriage to Miss Eliza J. Leland was celebrated in 1848; they were parents of Sarah, Elizabeth, Jane and Clark Hayner; Mrs. Hayner died in 1860, and his second marriage, to Miss Jane Dye, was consummated in 1862; they have no children; their residence, onWest Franklin street, is tastily furnished, and, with Mrs. Hayner as matron, is well presided over; in spite of his many losses, Mr. Hayner is one of our wealthiest men, and has more enterprise, perhaps, than any other of our citizens. The principle he has solved in relation to his preparations of tar, has been vainly sought after for more than a century; his simple appliances for the treatment of nasal catarrh and lung diseases are perfected, and will prove of much benefit to those afflicted with such diseases.