The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-06-13

/ but quietly and steadily pursues the even
tenor of its way. Long life and continued
success to it is the worst wish The RECORD
could make concerning it.
/ As the "walker and talkern of THE
RECORD glances at the pages of his note
book he finds thereon the names of many
of the citizens of Lambertville, who for
years have been and now are identified
with its material progress, its educational
or church or social or professional adj
vancement. From time to time we shall
take occasion to refer to these different
gentlemen to-day we fluid ourself using
column or more of space in giving pub
licity to such facts in connection with
DIR. j. AYHURST
as may rightfnlly be considered public
property. We do not hope to prepare a
biography of the Doctors life-at the ut
most We can simply indulge in those
rough ''etchings' which fall to the lot of
a reporter to make, and though the sketch
may be wofully imperfect, such as it is,
it is here given.
Dir. HayhurSt is a native of Attleboro'
(now Langhorne) in the neighboiing
county of Bucks, Pa. His father was the
late Thos. Hayhurst; his ancestry is of a
generous scope, covering, 50 far as relates
to this country, upwards of two hundred
years. This ancestry, both upon his
fathers and his mothers side, is readily
traced to the historic advent of William
Penn, this being among his followers who
landed with the noted Friend from the
good ship Welcome in 1852. Naturally
enough it is not our design to trace the
genealogy Of this family-the columns OF
newspaper are not the ii receptacle fol-
the preservation of such data-se, with
out further reference to Dir. Hayhurst' S
ancestry, we will follow his own career.
He was not "born to the purple"
was neither gold nor silver spoon in his
mouth upon his advent-his father was a
school teacher and mechanic as well
and young Hayhursts early life did not
differ materially from that of thousands
of others. While he was yet a boy his
father operated pottery at Wilmington,
Del, and the son worked in it for some
time ; he was DESTROYS of obtaining lib.
eral education, however, and so he eventu-
ally attended school at Wilmington and at
Poughkeepsie, graduating at the latter
place. Upon leaving school he went to
West Chester and established Mathe-
NAUTICAL aud Classical Institute, and VIII lie
there among his students was the late
poet, traveller, author and deplomat Bay
ard Taylor. After II time the Poughkeep-
sic school (bis former alma mater offered
him the post of assistant teacher, which
he accepted, remaining there four years.
At the expiration of that time he went to
kennett Square, Chester county and
opened IA boarding school, and this he
continued for number of years. While
ut kennett Square, Mr.. llayhurst deter.
mined upon mastering the profession OF
office of Dir. John Anderson, aud it was
while teaching school and studying don
tistry that he married Miss Mary Far
wood, native of Maryland. From Ken.
nett Square, DR.. Hayhurst removed to
Philadelphia to practice dentistry and tc
avail himself of the advantages offered by
attending courses of lectures at the Phil
adelphia College, from which Institute he
/ graduated in the year 1865.
| After some years spent in Philadelphia
DIR. Hayhurst then returned to his native
place, to practice, and during the follow
ing seven or eight years he was also en-.
gagged in the drug trade. While in bust
ness and in practice, the Pennsylvania
Dental College embracing the faculty OF
the old Philadelphia College, made him
the tender of chair in the faculty. The
/ position was accepted though it involved
many hardships in the form of travelling
back and forth between the city and his
home, but the post was well and honor.
/
came too onerous and the Doctor resigned
In the fall of 1862 Dir. Hayhurst re.
moved from his native place to Lambert.
vile. Here he at once entered upon re-
muneratve practice, having bought out
DIR. Homer Trego, and he has continued
his profession from that day to this. His
| I,pa .a1 80. a.
section of country, but his well-knowr
skill has attracted patronage from the
large cities and from remote points, while
his home patronage has ever and always
been of the best class.
Since making Lambcrtville his home
DIR. Hayhurst has earnestly and thorough.
ly identified himself with whatever has
promised to rebound to the city's best
good. He has associated himself with
numberless schemes that prom sed to pro
mote the public welfare, and, as private
citizen and so-called public man, he has
filled many post of honor and of trust
The first position to which he was
elected in this city was that of City Sur
veyor. For the past twelve years he has
been a magistrate, and he is also a Com.
missioner of Deeds for the States of New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1t would bother
us to tell how many Incorporated Com
panies and Societies he has been an Officer
of. lie is now President of the Hunter
don County Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany is a Director in the Lambertvilt
National Bank ; is Secretary of the Lam
bertville Spinning Company Secretar,
of the Riyerview Cemetery Association
a Director of the Centennial Building ant
Loan Association, and has been identified
with two similar organizations that arr
not now in existence. He has transacted
a large business in buying and selling
real estate, conveyancing, leasing, collec
ting rents, and otherwise acting in