The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-28
The Late Hon. Elijah Hayward.

The Late Hon. Elijah Hayward.
The New England Historical Society
publishes the following tribute to the
memory of one Of our late citizens
HAYWARD, Hon. Elijah, Honorary
Vice President Of the Society for Ohio,
died at n Connelsvills, Morgan County,
Ohio, on tho 22nd day Of September,
1864, in the 18th year ofhis eye form
orly one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court OF Ohio.
Judge Hayward was born November
IL, 1856, at BridgewAter, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts. Ho was the
eldest son Of Elijah Hayward, Of that
town, who was born in the year l74l,
who was the eldest son Of Hezekiah
Hayward, of BridgewRter, who was
born November Is, 1907, and died in
1890, who was the second son of Benja-
min Hayward, Of Bridgewater, who
died in the year 1888, aged So years,
who Was the fifth son of Nathaniel
Hayward, of Bridgowater, who was
the second son of Thomas Hayward,
who migrated from England about the
year 1854, was made q freeman 1916,
was an original proprietor OF Bridge.
water, and among tho earliest and
eldest s~ottlors of that town, and who
died there tn 1851.
Judge Hayward, whom young, was
engaged in mercantile business, and In
the latter part Of the yearl9ll, went to
England, and was in the House oil
Commons, on Monday, May 18th 1872,
a 1.-THE very moment when Bellinghum
shot the Right Hon. Spencer P~SrciValr
then prime minister of England, in one
of the lobbies Of tho House. Belligham
kept an insurance brokers' Office in
Liverpool, and, shortly before, Judge
Hayward had occasion to call at his
Office, and spoke with him respecting
some matter of marine insurance
though he was happy to say he had nc
acquaintance with him. IH
On his return from England il
April, 1873, he resolved TO devote him
self to she study and practice Of thu
law, and appliedto the committee ofth'
} bar of Plymoth County for examining
|, students for admission to the bar, whC
gave him a direction in writing Il
study one year and six mon this, unde'
a qualified instructor, the languages
, and such previous studies as were usu'
ally preparatory to the study Of tn,
, law, and that his legal studies Should
commence after that period, will
which directions he complied; and o.
the 9th day Of October, 1917, he com
menced the study Of the law with tn
late Hon. Nahum Mitchell, OF Eas
B~ridgewater.
In 1918, he again went to Englsn
TO s%uperintend the commencement an
prosecution of the suit of Samuel Hich
4 and Sylvanus Jenkins, surviving par
ners ofhis late father-in-laW, Davi
= Kingman, of East Bridgewater, again
10 John Inglis and others.
ut He applied to the late Joseph Chit
as ESQ, author ofthe treaties on pleadir
lf in whoae Office the suitwap commence
" and he retained as counsslM Mr., Scarle
We afterwards Chief Baron of the Court
II, E%xchequer, Mr.. Littledale, afterwar
~. one ofthe Judges of the Court of KIM
10 Bench, and Mr.. Fell, the author oft
IN learned treatise on meeantile gu'
antees.
a. The action was assumpsit upon
-as guaranty, and came to trial before b
va Justice Bailey, n of the Judges Of
Court of Kings Bench, and a jul
'ct when q verdict was rendered for I
all plaintiffs. Exceptions were TAX
,ut which delayed judgement about
NJ months Int the exceptions were sv'