South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-01-29
Obituary.

d.. A. II. Hayden, tie suhjrc' Of
this obituary was born in Rou bou
county,. Ken ucky, Dec. l6s 1907
and died q his bone on the water
OF the Fat Fo6k If Ten.bs. In Shelby
county, Texss. Dec. ~. 1892. brtns
81 years aud -four dsys old. His
ftther moved tn tie State Of Missouri
in ~ early dav j. vas thee . froattes
State. Here DR.. Hayden spent hie
boy hood days. He studied med cire
With his oder brother, DIR. John r.
Hayden. at Harper's Ferry in ths
Stse OF Virgins. Afterwards attended
Jefferson College, In Pbiis9eIphia.
after which he eogsgcd in his profess
sion in Page valiey. viginis. hut at.
tended the medical lectures In the
city Of New York 70, t~o or three
terms ard obtained diploms with
the highest honors. afterwsrds he
hafrici IN Hampshire comfy, Va.
10 Miss Louisa Thompson ia the yeas
1883, where lie reaidCd aid snccess-
iully rrar' iced lis profession uutit
1874. at which time he, rcmsv d e.
shelby C. unity. Tcxs. arriving on or
aho IT,, q h day cf Dec. 1874. where
lie r, side ur I! us '.es,h. DR. Hsy.
leu vas man Of a strong ! Ly icst
COAST u,ion cf bis og.. never COM
Fla niig Of any particular al ment.
The rnn'n'na hcsvre ise ,iicd he . a
his SON iu-iar, Mr. sisfssa', we're
anding ous on ,i'e q l,ry taking g
Usual. oh n slf a., uree ths doc, or
ccmp'ain' Of a CIR n,p'nc OF The leg
aud so PC! dawn 10 rub II, ia doir q
80 he starte'l 10 FIJI when Al. Mac,
sLsl caught Linn 10 his arms and c.r.
rid him ia the house md tail him or
the bed, do''t li:tLk lac ever spoxs
etl m.re. He US ..ked wrat hur,
him. lie raised his band ard ,unbcd
lis fuy' b al just above his eyes. 90
mach as !" say il % 6 his had. TIE
doc ors th;.k That it Was congestion
OF The brs'n. or epnp,eSy, tLis vas
about GRE U'cicck q. m, and he d:e6
Al lC ./c' ch that night. " hie Dr..
Hay zen vas posscsse! wi IA CLASH
Cal educat on> he was slss endowed
viii as ng native intellect, lie was
lond OF reaa,ng anh kept abreast with
tie ro2ress OF tie age, 70, only With
'he new discoveries i'm medical sci.
erco su dies Q, hut in tve'y Move.
Den OF the government. lie WIS o
statesman as vol as doctor. Like
ali o' our crest Statesman OF Virsiuia.
lie mas tue lem crat CT The Jrffer-
sonian school, and ins illei this same
noble principle into the minds Of
his boys. Ito never a,tarhed himself
to any chu CHI, but /, 10 not necs ssary
Tor man TO attach himself tn any
human organization, to cons,itn;e q
true m mbrr OF Gods church. DR.
Hayden was good man. his mind
was possessed IF svery II tr butte fiia
coEs i'u.e true christian. / have
been Pr oually aud intimsteIy &C.
quain.e win him ever since iie c4ne
to this coun'y, / have had dealing.
With him. mi always found him 10
bs N honest and upright man. he
camu a. nesr attending to liz own bu-
sincss, AMI letting o h,r peoples 81, ne
as any man | ever koew. D.. Hay.
den has left SIX Children and an
aged companion To- mourn his loss.
the children all Iiv,d near he p4ten.
tai donnie. believe. but one, be
lives in the State OF Ind aua, anil /.
sD eminent physician.
May tie good Lord bless his aged
companion aud children, eudua them
with ch:is ian fa,ib AMI fortiLude suf
iiclent TO enable them TO bear up un-
der all the trials ard troubles wiki
which they may have to cont, nd wi b
in life. recoilscting that DR.. Hsydcs'
body is not to lie aud slumber always
in that dark and silent grave. but
tha. there 10 a time fixed, when !,
sba'l come forth c'esn IN the habit.
mcn's OF fsdslees glory. then it is thai
they shal' rnPot bur, know him a3d
set down on the banks IF the besuti.
ful river Cfllfo and live forever. Oh
were this glorious doctrine of . res
direction bIo'ted from the human
he t, IL would be like blulling the
tun from the moral Ornament. Dark
mesa. iDpeSetSAbIe darkness, would
enshrine the life and settle upon the
tomb forever but Wills this doct riut
shines with the freshness OF immo-.
tally we can emile amid the storms
Of lie, triumph In the h,ur of deso'
laliOn.
4 FRIEND AND NR;onBoa.
Champion Press. Texas.
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