George Haywood 1822 - 1898

HAYWOOD, ROGERS, MURRAY, BEST

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 1/8/2011 at 18:59:16

Portrait & Biographical Album Clinton County 1886 Chicago Chapman Brothers George Haywood. The subject of this history, a resident of Clinton, was born in Hillsdale, Columbia Co., N.Y., June 19, 1822, and is the son of Thomas and Keziah (Rogers) Heywood. The Haywoods were of German lineage and the Rogers family were from Connecticut, coming from Danbury. Our subject spent the days of his boyhood in the county of his nativity and was reared on the farm. In 1857 he left his position as employee on the New York & Harlem Railroad to fill that of Station Agent at Columbus City, Iowa, on the C.R.I. & P. (It was then the M. & M.) He remained there until 1868, when he was induced to go to Virginia. He made no stay of consequence in that section of country, but went West and located at Clinton, where he went in to business as a banker. He was married in Columbia County to Margaret, daughter of William and Sarah (Best) Murray, of the old Hudson River stock, and their union has been productive of the birth of three sons; Murray, associated with his father as partner; George, Jr., proprietor of a bank at Merrill, Wis., and William, a student. Mr. Haywood aids ably in the support of the Methodist Church, of which he is a member, and belongs to several secret associations, among them being the K. of P., and the Independent White-Cap fraternity, of which he was the organizer. He also belongs to the Fourth Street Building Association, organized in 1872, and is a helpful, earnest citizen. He is Treasurer of the last-named society, his son Murray is Secretary, and Wm. Zingg is President. Mr. Haywood is one of the oldest settlers in this section of the country, and one of the most reliable and enterprising men resident in Clinton County. His energy is untiring and his efforts are always directed toward the good of the people at large. He has held several official positions of the town.