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REMARKABLE FAMILY.
Father and Mother Gone But Thirteen
Children Living.
toundtnv Home ~ the WildAlness--
Buintd Out--struggie for EHtsfN nce- -
Father iItF =.

Fouudtnv Home ia tie wildly mess
BuInrd Out--struggIe for ENiss\nce-'
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tle late Patrick Hayes, Of Silver Lake
township Susquehanna county It is
composed Of ten sons aud three laugh
rr. They were the only children that
were ever born unto Mr.. and Mrs
HAYES. and they are all now living,
some Of th.m occupying prominent posi-
nons ID III, Catholic Church and in tie
world Of affairs Patrick Hayes. who
wa. born in county Limerick. ireland
n 1904. came % America ia 1888 and
settled permanently in Su,quchannl
county In 1886 he married Miss
Ellen Mcdonald who was only fifteen
yaar. If ase Even at that tender age
Mr. benevolent aud charitable dispose
f.u drew around her those ncielbor,
whom trouble and affection oppressed
and by il She was enabled to impart
ri-h advice and consolation as always
helped to tighten the burden of their
trials: for those were times in which the
poverty Of the settlers was rich, that
tbcy had to lean on each other for NOR
al aud material support. Most of all
was She devoted to tue religious train
ug Of her children to whom She showed
herself the truly christian mothe-. She
came to this country from the same part
Of ireland when she was FIVE years old
In the fan Of 1897 Mr. Hayes with his
young wife went into the dense forests
Of Silver Lake township to make a per-
maneut home for himself The plot of
wilderness which he had purchased was
nine miles from this village aud twelve
miles sonth Of Biugbampton. 1t was
on this plot that Nh Hayes afterward
raised his large family The task Of
clearing up a
Farm WAS 4 HARD ONE,
but the young and ambitious farmer had
a robust constitution and enjoyed perfect
health. lie built a log hut in tn, uilst
Of gigantic hcmlocks and naples, and
aborcd faithfully during the winter of
1878 chopping down the giants Of
the woods which surrounded his hum
bic donjcilc IIemlock bark was Of no
account in these days in that part Of the
country BY the time that the snow left
the forest in the spring of 1888 the
muscular toier had made a gool-sizcd
clearing In the latter part Of May
fire was set IN the follow, and the ter
eifc conhagration which followed de-
stroyod Mr. Illyes' little log hut and
all the property which he possessed
It was a disheartening blow to the
young husband, but he was still plucAy
and ambitious Having nothing with
which to begin anew, be was obliged
temporarily to abandon his undertaking
and to seek work elsewhere for the next
two years, in order to raise sufficient
money. sbsrevith to resume his labors
in IN saeslnq- I.,arinG his 1ife inS.s
uC1g6Jorhood of Binghamton he worked
on canal in western New York until
SOME TINE IN TIE YEAR
1910. In the autumn Of that year he
returned to the scene of the conagra,ion
and began work with renewed energy
The first pl3w that lie ever owned he
carried on his back through tie wilder
ness from Friendsville, a distance of
seven miles. The remainder Of his life
was passed on the prairie spot whore he
first settled, and. for a score or more of
years previous TO his death, he never
passed a night away from his own hap
py household MIS- Hayes died in
1865 at the age Of forty-dvc years Mr..
Hayes died in April 1891 in the eigh-
tieth year of his age lie was respected
for his candor and an unAinching moral
courage that enabled him to do on all
OCCASIONS what he con.idere right OF
absolutely temperate habits and good
Judgment he exercised considerable in
auencc, and this was mostly felt in his
endeavors to further the interests Of
rood education in the district. During
his lifetime, his farm was one Of the
best titled and most fertile in Snsque-
hanna county, and is sos'ill Two sons,
Michael and Matthew, we're born in
Binghamton during Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes absence from the clearing me
former in 1883 and the latter in 1910
Michael has for twenty-eight years been
prosperous farmer in the vicinity Of
Nashville, Tenn. and Matthew, who is
now an enterPri,ing business man in
Blnghauton, where he has held mum
cipal Offices, owns a splendid farm Of
$50 acres in the Susquehanua valley
about four miles from the Parlor city.
The remaining eleven children were
raised on the Silver Lake farm. Catha-
rine, the third child, taught district
school for number Of terms before she
entered St. Jcseph's, Susquehanna
county, where she was thoroughly edu-
Gated In 1859 she became member