Individual Details

Buried Colony Cemetery, Knox Co, MO. He was a blacksmith.

Listed in 1850 U.S. Census, Hardin Co., KY, District No. 3, Elizabethtown, 24 Aug 1850, dwelling/family 55. Hayden, William, 59, Farmer, b. KY; Hayden, Helen, 48, b. KY; Hayden, Ben H., 22, Farmer, b. KY; Hayden, Wilford, 20, Carpenter, b. KY; Montgomery, Tresy, 18, b. KY; Hayden, William C., 16, Farmer, b. KY; Hayden, George W., 10, b. KY; Haney, Malvina, 31, b. KY.
Listed in 1860 U.S. Census, Knox Co., MO, Benton Twp, Page 11, 5 June 1860, Colony & Millhart P.O., dwelling 71, family 70. Hayden, Benjamin H., 32, Blacksmith, b. KY; Sophia, 27, b. KY; Mary, 9, b. KY; Eliza, 5, b. MO; Nancy E., 2, b. MO; Henry Wilham, 25, day laborer, b. OH.
Listed in 1876 Montgomery Co., Missouri Special Census, 50th Township, page 223. Hayden, B.H., 50, M; Wm. 21; S.E., 44, F.
Listed in 1880 U.S. Census, Lewis Co. MO, Lyon Twp, ED 30, page 34, line 25, dwelling 252, family 253, 18 June 1880. Hayden, Benj. H., 52, married, Farmer, b. KY, parents b. KY; Sophia E., 47, wife, married, Keeping housek b. KY, parents b. KY; Elijah W., 25, son, single, Farmer, b. MO, parents b. KY.

Sophia:
Listed in 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Jackson Co., Missouri, Blue Twp, ED 1, Sheet 11A, 22 June 1900, dwelling/family 217. Paxton, William B., Head, b. Sept 1867, 32, married 9 years, b. MO, parents b. KY, R.R. Agent; Izora M., wife, b. Nov ?1872, 27, married 9 years, 4 children, 4 living, b. MO, parents b. NY & Indiana; Iva V., daughter, b. Nov 1893, 7, single, b. MO, parents b. MO; Lora M., daughter, b. ?Jul 1894, 5, single, b. MO, parents b. MO; Olga O., daughter, b. Fed 1897, 3, single, b. MO, parents b. MO; Emert W., son, b. Jan 1899, 1, single, b. MO, parents b. MO; Estella M., cousin, b. Oct 1883, 16, single, b. MO, parents b. KY & MO; Hayden, Sophia E., grandmother, b. Dec 1832, 67, Wd, 3 children, 3 living, b. KY, parents b. VA & PA.
Listed in 1910 U.S. Census, Lewis Co., MO, Lyon Twp, ED 61, Sheet 1A, 15 April 1910, dwelling/family 1. Hayden, Elizah W., Head, 54, married1, 27 years, b. MO, parents b. KY, Farmer, Own Farm; Mary, wife, 48, married1, 27 years, 1 child, 1 living, b. KY, parents b. KY; Benjamin J., son, 26, single, b. MO, parents b. MO & KY, Farm Laborer, Home Farm; Sophia E., mother, 77, Wd, 3 children, 3 living, b. KY, parents b. VA; Jenkins, Martha, Mother in law, 94, Wd, 10 children, 9 living, b. KY, parents b. VA. Died of pneumonia at age 85; was blind for some years.

Birth	30 Nov 1827	Hardin County, Kentucky
Marriage	Abt 1850	Sophia E. Dowell
Death	20 Dec 1887	Benjamin, Lewis County, Missouri

Spouse

Sophia E. Dowell (1832 - 1915)

Father	William Hayden (Maryland) (1791 - 1878)
Mother	Nancy Ann Hardin (1801 - 1834)
Sibling	Susan Hayden (1820 - 1910)
Sibling	Robert Albert M. Hayden (1821 - 1900)
Sibling	Elizabeth Hayden (1823 - 1860)
Sibling	Joseph Albert Hayden (1824 - 1896)
Sibling	Rose Ann Hayden (1825 - 1900)
Sibling	Wilford John Hayden (1830 - 1920)
Sibling	William C. Hayden (1834 - )