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HENDERSON HAYWARD

 

 

     HAYWARD, HENDERSON, Retired Physician and Banker, Los Angeles, California, was born in York County, Pennsylvania, on November 18, 1844.  His parents were Dr. Joseph Hayward and Sally (Brearley) Hayward.  He was married to Julia Dibble on April 22, 1897, in San Francisco.  Dr. Hayward has eight children by a former marriage; Julia Brearley Hayward being the daughter of the present Mrs. Hayward.

     Dr. Hayward attended the Cumberland Valley Institute at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, from 1855 to 1858.  He then studied in the Medical Department of the Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., from which he graduated.

     From October, 1864 to April, 1865, Dr. Hayward served as Hospital Steward in the United States Army, under Colonel L. A. Edwards, who on being detailed as Chief Medical Officer of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, appointed him Chief Clerk of the Medical Department of the Bureau.

     Dr. Hayward spent most of the time of 1869 and 1871 regaining his health which had become impaired, but in 1871 he settled in Delaware County, near Philadelphia and practiced medicine until 1893, when his health again became impaired and he had to finally relinquish his practice.  He came to Los Angeles in December, 1894, and became a permanent resident.  He engaged in the oil business first, as secretary and treasurer of the Coalinga Oil Company and subsequently as director in the Reed Crude and Rice Ranch Oil Companies.  In 1898 Dr. Hayward became interested in real estate investments and in 1906 retired from all active business pursuits.  He is a director of the Security Savings Bank and the Merchants’ Bank and Trust Company.  He is a member of the Los Angeles Country and the University Clubs.

 

Transcribed 7-18-08 Marilyn R. Pankey.

Source: Press Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I,  Page 109, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.  1913.

© 2008 Marilyn R. Pankey.

 

 

 

 

 

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