Individual Details

Rodney Earl Hayden Sr.

(11 Aug 1891 - 26 Oct 1967)



1910 Census. Peoria Ward 6, Peoria, IL, Hh 168.
Living at 502 Steubenville. 26 April 1910
Eugene S. Haden, age 60, married 1 time for 32 years, b. KY, father b. KY, mother b. LA; Hack drive
Katherine, wife, 57, 5 children-4 living, b. PA as were her parents.
R. Earl., son, 19, b. IL, married, bookkeeper
Ruby, dau-in-law, age 18, married 1 year, b. IL [Although Ruby is on the next page, the household numbers, sheet number, etc. are definitely consecutive.
Listed twice:
Peoria Ward 8, Hh 168, 139 Helen St. 20 Apr 1910
Eugene Haden, age 60, married 36 years, b. KY, parents b. KY, carriage driver
Cathrine, wife, 59, 5 children - 4 living
Rodney, son, 20, single


World War I Draft Registration.
5 Jun 1917
Rodney E. Hayden, age 25.
Address: 915 Butler St., Peoria, IL
Born 12 Aug 1891, Peoria.
Laborer, Stone & Webster Constructions Co, Employed at Bartonville, Keystone
His mother & father are totally dependant on him; he states he is Single. He claims exemption from the draft.
Description: medium height, medium build. Brown eyes, black hair.


His grave marker has 12 Aug 1892 for his birth date, but the 1900 census had the 1891 year which is more likely to be correct.
FindAGrave.com:
Freeport Journal Standard, pg. 6, Oct. 27, 1967
SAVANNA - Rodney Hayden of Savanna died Thursday in Savanna City Hospital. He was 75. Surviving are a son, Rodney Jr., of Chicago; a stepson, Kenneth Zink of Mount Carroll; two stepdaughters, Mrs. George Stricker of Mount Carroll and Mrs. C. C. Schupbach of Gary, Ind.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Law-Jones Funeral Home here. Burial will be in Savanna Township
Cemetery.

He is buried Savanna Township Cemetery, as was his wife.
He married Hazel M. Poffenberger. Her first husband was John William Zink (1878-1938).
Hazel's children by Zink on findagrave were:
Kenneth W. Zink (1908-1989)
Ruth Vivian Zink Stricker (1909-2009)
The second daughter's given name was listed in John Zink's obituary as Mrs. Demerie Shupback. At the time of Ruth's death, both her brother and sister had pre-deceased her.

Events

Birth11 Aug 1891Illinois
Marriage1951
Death26 Oct 1967Savanna, Carroll County, Illinois

Families

ChildRodney Earl Hayden Jr. ( - )
FatherEugene S. Haden (1850 - 1927)
MotherCatharine "Kate" Sherbine (1852 - 1924)
SiblingWalter C. Haden (1879 - 1945)
SiblingWilliam H. Haden (1882 - 1929)
SiblingEugene S. Haden (1887 - 1948)