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- From Terrill Hayes:
GRANT LOWELL HAYES - by Grace Hayes Jones
Grant Lowell Hayes was born Feb 20, 1865 near Greenville, Mercer Co.,
PA and died Aug. 16, 1935 at Hope, Idaho, buried in the Hope Cemetery.
Married June 7, 1888 at Topeka, Kansas to Nettie Dexter, born June 19,
1868 at Plymouth, Luzerne Co., PA and died Aug. 14, 1955 at Spokane WA.
Their children are Virgil Mott, Grace and Ruth.
An older brother of Grant, whose name was Charles LeGrande was born in
the early 1860's, as he was younger than Jane born in 1859. So we say
his birth was perhaps in 1861 or 62. He died when he was a young boy.
Cousin Ida said he drowned in a spring at age 10. Thus my father grew
up as the oldest son. He was 13 when the family came to Kansas with two
wagons, and lived for a short time close to Little Walnut Post Office,
now Leon. My Grandfather Hayes was a staunch Union man and though he
did not engage actively in the Civil War he greatly admired Gen. U. S.
Grant, naming his son for him. I suppose the name Lowell came from the
poet.
Grant attended a country school near Greenville and Springdale School
in Butler County, Kansas. He attended Kansas State Teacher's College at
Fort Scott from about 1886 to 88. He taught several terms of school,
also was a minister (local) in the M. E. Church for many years. He
attended Southwestern College at Winfield but was not able to graduate.
He organized Methodist Churches in Oklahoma and Texas and promoted a new
school near the homestead in Beaver Co, OK. He served on the school
board, was Notary Public, and one of the first RFD carriers in the
area. He performed many marriages and conducted funerals. One of his
greatest loves was music.
Our Beaver County Homestead
Patent Record - October 23, 1908, 5:00 P.M. Ada B. Smith, Register of
Deeds, by W. E. Fickel, Deputy
Homestead Certificate No. 5841 - Application No. 8381 - Woodward,
Oklahoma - Grant L. Hayes
N.W. 1/4 Sec. 29 - Twp. 2, R. 28 E.C.M. - Containing 160 A.
Given under my hand at the city of Washington - the Fifth day of March
in the year of our Lord 1908.
Theodore Roosevelt
by M. W. Young
W. H. Sanford, Recorder of the Gen. Land Office
We settled on the place in April 1902. My father went out to file on it
in the summer of 1901. We sold to Thomas Benson in the spring of 1909.
For many years, Burl Brown has owned the place. He married Martha
Williamson, a Benson Granddaughter. by Grace H. Jones
Grant Lowell Hayes - Obituary (printed in the Church paper)
By Rev. Virgil Hayes
Grant Lowell Hayes, son of James S. and Harriet J. Hayes was born at
Greenville, Mercer County, PA on February 20, 1865 and departed this
life at Hope Idaho, August 16, 1935 aged 70 years, 5 months, 26 days.
At the age of 13 he removed with his parents to Leon, Butler Co.
Kansas, where he grew to manhood. On June 7, 1888 he was united in
marriage to Miss Nettie Dexter of Leon, Kansas. To this union were born
one son, Virgil M. Hayes and 2 daughters, Grace E. and Ruth M. Hayes.
At the age of 16 he was converted and united with the Methodist
Church. He began his active career as a teacher in public schools of
Butler County, Kansas and taught at Cuyagoha, Bogle, Rose Hill,
Harmony. Feeling a call to enter the gospel ministry, he yielded after
four years of teaching and became a pastor of the Methodist Church,
first at Spivey and later at Nashville. Recognizing the need of a
better preparation for the work of the ministry, he went to Winfield,
Kansas, where he attended Southwestern Academy for four years.
Altogether he devoted eight years to the teaching profession and fifteen
to the pastorate.
He taught school at Beaver the winter of 1903 and 1904 and at Blue
Grass the winter of 1918-19. He served the following charges in
Southwest Kansas Conference: Spivey, Nashville, Silverdale, Tisdale, New
Salem, Atlanta, Medicine Lodge Circuit, Hazleton, Dexter, and the
Ivanhoe Circuit in Beaver County, Oklahoma. In the Oklahoma Conference
he served Follett, Texas and Cotesby and Fargo, Oklahoma.
In 1902 Mr. Hayes settled on a homestead in Beaver Co., Oklahoma. Here
he lived for a number of years enduring the hardships of frontier life
and making his influence felt in the development of better educational
advantages and in laying the foundation of the kingdom of righteousness.
For many years he had felt the lure of the west and in the fall of 1921
he, with his wife and two daughters removed to Idaho. With the
exception of 9 months spent in Seattle, King Co., WA, he lived the last 14 years
of his life in Idaho-10 years of which time he was a resident of Hope.
This sketch would not be complete without making mention of his great
love of music and his ability as a singer. He possessed a rich tenor
voice with plenty of volume and he dearly loved to sing gospel songs.
He always seemed to feel that his talent in this line would in some
measure compensate for his own conscious lack of ability as a preacher.
Besides his faithful wife, those left to mourn his passing are his son
Rev. Virgil M. Hayes of Keyes, Oklahoma, his 2 daughters, Mrs. Grace E.
Haines and Mrs. Ruth M. Riggen of Hope, Idaho, a brother, James M. Hayes
of Hooker, Mo., a sister Mrs. Harriet J. Beeman, of Pomona, MO. and 8
grandchildren.
In accordance with the wishes of Mr. Hayes expressed awhile before his
death, Rev. Albert Darling, a close friend of the family and pastor of
the Free Methodist Church in Spokane was called to conduct the funeral
which was held at Hope on Sunday, August 18, 1935 at 2:00 p.m. Rev.
Robert Maulden pastor of the Methodist Church at Sandpoint, Idaho
assisted with the service. Interment was in the Hope Cemetery.
Notes by Grace Hayes Jones: Mother lived at Topeka. They were married
there. I think their Post Office was Eldorado, not Leon while living in
Butler County. Daddy's last pastorate was Apple Valley Methodist Church
near Parma, Idaho, 1922-23 and part of 1923-24. Burden was another
small town on one of his circuits while at Southwestern. I don't recall
that he taught at Bogle or Harmony.
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