This week's famous cousin is my 6th cousin 4x removed Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893) the 19th President of the United States.
Here is Rutherford B. Hayes's Family Search Family Tree short biography:
When President Rutherford Birchard Hayes was born on 4 October 1822, in Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States, his father, Rutherford Ezekiel Hayes Jr., was 35 and his mother, Sophia Birchard, was 30. He married Lucy Ware Webb on 30 December 1852, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1880. In 1877, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as 19th president of the united states in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. He died on 17 January 1893, in Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
The Wikipedia profile for Rutherford B. Hayes includes this information:
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. A staunch abolitionist from Ohio, he was also a brevet major general for the Union army during the American Civil War.
As an attorney in Ohio, Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch abolitionist who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings. At the start of the Civil War, he left a fledgling political career to join the Union Army as an officer. Hayes was wounded five times, most seriously at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. He earned a reputation for bravery in combat, rising in the ranks to serve as brevet major general. After the war, he earned a reputation in the Republican Party as a prominent member of the "Half-Breed" faction. He served in Congress from 1865 to 1867 and was elected governor of Ohio, serving two consecutive terms from 1868 to 1872 and half of a third two-year term from 1876 to 1877 before his swearing-in as president.
Hayes won the Republican nomination for president in the 1876 United States presidential election. In the disputed general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Samuel J. Tilden while losing the popular vote. Initially, neither candidate secured enough electoral votes to win the election, but Hayes prevailed after a Congressional Commission awarded him 20 contested electoral votes in the Compromise of 1877. The electoral dispute was resolved in a backroom deal whereby both Southern Democrats and Whiggish Republican businessmen acquiesced to Hayes's election on the condition that he end both federal support for Reconstruction and the military occupation of the former Confederate States.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Rutherford B. Hayes:
Are you related to Ruthrford B. Hayes? Check out his profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page. Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.
This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!! I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun. Click here to see all of my famous cousins.
Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post. Share it on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest using the icons below. Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com. Note that all comments are moderated, and may not appear immediately.
No comments:
Post a Comment