Individual Details

He lived with his uncle Sardis Birchard when young, graduating from the Fremont schools and was a student at Cornell University from 1872 to 1875.

He became his father's secretary during RBH's term as Ohio Governor and continued during his presidency.

He was a major in the Spanish-American War with the First Ohio Cavalry, the Philippine Insurrection, the Boxer Rebellion, on the Mexican Border and on the Italian front in World War I.
He was wounded at the crossing of the San Juan River in Cuba and won the Congressional Medal of Honor by a daring feat in the Philippines.
He was a successful businessman working at the Whipple Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland and helped organize the National Carbon and Union Carbide companies.

He was the major force behind the donation of the family estate to the state of Ohio to build the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum, endowing it with his funds.
"December 26, 1870.-- Webb came Saturday evening, about 9 P. M., from Fremont, fatter than ever before. His cheerful, happy smile and good looks are very pleasant to see. He was named James Webb. He is called Webb, and preferring another family name we agree to drop the James and give him a middle letter, C for Cook. So Webb C. Hayes it shall be. My wife's grandfather was Isaac Cook, a notably good and lovable man. " RBH Diary

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Birth	20 Mar 1856	Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH
Marriage	30 Sep 1912	Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH - Mary Otis Miller
Burial	1934	Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH
Death	26 Jul 1934	Sawyer Sanitarium, Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States

Spouse

Mary Otis Miller (1856 - 1935)

Father	President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822 - 1893)
Mother	Lucy Ware Webb (1831 - 1889)
Sibling	Birchard Austin Hayes (1853 - 1926)
Sibling	Rutherford Platt Hayes (1858 - 1927)
Sibling	Joseph Thompson Hayes (1861 - 1863)
Sibling	George Crook Hayes (1864 - 1866)
Sibling	Fanny Hayes (1867 - 1950)
Sibling	Scott Russell Hayes (1871 - 1923)
Sibling	Manning Force Hayes (1873 - 1874)

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