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S. E. HAYDEN.
The agricultural interests of Union county find a worthy representative in S. E. Hayden, who is now the owner of a well improved and valuable farm of eighty acres, situated on section 21, Lincoln township. He is a native of Indiana, born February 28, 1846, and is the eldest in a family of nine children whose parents were Joab and Mary J. (Reeves) Hayden, both natives of the Blue Grass state, whence they removed to Indiana in an early day. The two youngest members of the father’s family, and next to S. E. Hayden, were Ann and Frank, now deceased, while the surviving members are: A. R., a resident of Nebraska; W. J., of Adair county, Iowa; George, who makes his home in Colorado; Jemima, the wife or John Baxter, of Ohio; Ortha, the wife of William Janes, of Creston, Iowa; and M. M. Hayden, of South Dakota.

The other member of the family, S. E. Hayden, whose name introduces this review, was a little lad of three years when the family removed from Indiana to Illinois, so that he was practically reared in that state and in its schools acquired his education. In 1864, being then a youth of eighteen years, he enlisted for service in the Civil war and after a term of six months the war was brought to a close and he returned to his home, where he remained for two years. He was early trained to the duties of the farm, assisting his father in the various tasks incident to the cultivation of the fields.

It was about the year 1867 that Mr. Hayden took up his abode in Iowa, locating first in Benton county, where he made his home for two years. He then made his way to Adair county, where he purchased and improved a tract of land and thereon made his home for two decades, susequent to which time he disposed of his property and came to Union county, purchasing a farm on section 2, Lincoln township, where he made his home for twelve years. He then sold that property and removed to Lorimor, where for three years he was engaged in the hotel business. This vocation, however, did not prove congenial to him and at the end of that time he decided to return once more to agricultural pursuits and accordingly traded his hostelry in Lorimor for eighty acres of land, situated in Lincoln township, on section 21. He has here a finely improved tract, which is adorned with good and substantial buildings, a modern country home and every convenience for the successful conduct of agricultural pursuits. He employs modern methods in his work and annually is rewarded by abundant harvests, thus adding to his capital a goodly sum each year.

Mr. Hayden has been married twice, his first wife being Miss Nancy Evans, whom he wedded in Illinois, and who was called to her final rest in 1894. The two daughters of that union are: Clara, the wife of Joseph Bailey, a resident of Colorado; and Nellie, the wife of Charles Parks, also of that state. In 1896 Mr. Hayden was married to Miss Elvira Bullard, the widow of J. M. Bullard. To them four children were born but the only surviving member is Charles Bullard, who now makes his home in Creston.

Mr. Hayden gives his political support to the men and measures of the republican party and has served as assessor and school director, his official duties being discharged with the same promptness and fidelity that he brings to bear in his private business affairs. He holds membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Lorimor, and he and his wife attend and support the Congregational church. He and his estimable wife are highly esteemed in the community where they reside and the hospitality of their own pleasant home is greatly enjoyed by their many friends.