Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN HAYDEN
JOHN H. HAYDEN, farmer, was born June
6, 1850, near Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio. His father,
martin Hayden, is a native of England,
was a shoemaker by trade, and came to California in
1876, locating in Sacramento. July
15, 1885, he was run upon by the cars at the intersection of Twenty-sixth and R
streets, in the city, and nearly killed, since which time he has been unable to
work. His wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Wise, is still living, and
they are both residing with the son, the subject of this article. They
have three children, viz.: Mary F., wife of John W. Chestnut; Oscar H.,
residing in Iowa, and John
H. The latter is a farmer and also a good carpenter and shoemaker. He
was two years old when his parents emigrated with him from Ohio
to Missouri. A year
afterward they moved to Iowa, and in 1873, to Kansas,
where they engaged in farming and stock-raising; were there during the
grasshopper scourge. Selling out in 1876, they
came and located in Sacramento. John
and his wife threw themselves into hard work by the day. He was employed
by Mr. Todd, on the corner of Fifth and L streets, in the lumber yard, and was
there three months when the property changed hands. From there he went to Nicolaus, and next he and his wife went to the head of
Feather River to work on a farm and in a dairy, remaining only two months; then
they were two months at Spaulding’s, and then in succession to his father’s
place, Black Station; and then for a man on the lower Stockton road, and then they
purchased a half block on Twenty-eighty and Y streets, in 1878, and later the
same year the other half, at a cost of $350. In 1883 they sold the same
for $950 and purchased six and a fourth acres on Thirty-first and Y, at a cost
of $100 per acre; and in 1884 eight acres additional, at the same
price. In 1888 they sold the whole for $10,000. During the last year
they purchased their present garden spot of ten acres, which is only one mile
from the city. On this they have a very fine new two-story house, and the
whole tract they are improving by putting out trees and planting vineyards,
orchards, etc. It will soon be one of the finest residences on that
road. There are five wells of excellent water ranging from twenty-six to
sixty-six feet in depth, with a never failing supply. Thus it is seen what
might be accomplished where husband and wife are faithful together with a
single aim in view, to make a comfortable home in which they can enjoy their
declining years. In 1874 Mr. Hayden married Miss Julia A. White, daughter
of William and Elizabeth White, father a native of Virginia,
and the mother of New York, They
have had three children: Martin W., born December 17, 1875, and died June 6,
1877; Alson, a little boy who died in infancy, and
John B., who was born May 26, 1879.
Transcribed 9-9-07 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated
History of Sacramento County, California. Pages 631-632.
Lewis Publishing Company. 1890.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.