The Republican journal., 1912-01-04
AN EVENTfUL LIFE.

H. Sewall l.. Haywood, whose death
(.,rred at his home in Bucksport on
.smber llth, and was chronicled in
| Opinion of the current week, was a
,rkable man in many ways, and the
MS If his life call for something more
r casual comment. The following
-H which appeared in the Bangor
| rercial, has been reviewed by a
~ ,er of the family AMI found accu-
We reproduce it for the benefit of
H.ywood's many friends among our
srs .,
< wall Lake Haywood, third child of
(nsas Emerson Haywood and Elvira
|atosY Lake, was born Feb. l, 1845.
ii Of that family survive, Charles L.
Evvood of Topeka, Kans., and Mrs.
[P Dorr of Ellsworth.
hr Haywood learned the family trade
harness making, but began life of
Eye and adventure at an early age.
Bsides the usual trips to the Newfound-
hi banks, at the time when that in
stry found it's recruits among Bucks
ri men, he made deep water voyages
rugged vessels. By misstating
{ age, he enlisted in Co. E, Sixth
aine infantry, in 1861. The captain of
; company endorsed on his discharge a
t of IA battles in which he participated.
E was wounded three times, the last
me- at Rappahannock station, Novem-
n r. 1863, so severely that more than
r. balance of his three year enlistment
MOI was required to heal the injury,
nj It's effects were never entirely re-
owed. After the Civil war he went
esr and lived in several States, chiefly
harness maker in the quartermaster
partment of the army. This work
Ok him to frontier posts in regions
here ouffalo and Indians were the i'm
rtant clements of the population. His
nizs of the scenes in which he saw
i't Bill and similar characters were
a Of interest to the present genera
II Qualified himself as expert penman
ID aught penmanship through Califor-
4 AMI other States, at time when
ce talents were rare in the west. He
u-r 9enmanship at the seminary in
JcLsgort also, after the desires of his
rr.s caused his return to the east.
I armed stone cutting and for Is years
OH at that trade in various parts of
e. Tugland. He cut stone forming
i he pedestal of the statue of lib
IA, y W York harbor, and stone in the
e. Brooklyn bridge, Oldest of the
r bridges.
q 1-ae "a, 1874, he married Bertha l..
h. ii Of Bluehill, Me-, who survives
n. -usather with their only children,
a.. e l.. and Sewall Leo Haywood.
4 lines Mr.. Haywood was much in
r--. in politics, but always with en-
-z -pendence of thought and action.
is Of conventionality and conserva-
sn his earnest desire to strengthen
e .1sltion of the working classes
the advantages possessed by
j-a placed him with the Greenback-
s their most successful period, and
tn aided the Populists to the full
re Of his ability. He was also prom
Ell the early records of labor unions
j. line when their organization was
and scattered compared with pres
II 4itions.
T wishes of the Haywood family to
i continued under that name, the
: established by his grandfather
g.. caused Mr.. Haywood in 1891 to
l. uarge of the harness shop on Main
b. II Bucksport. Since that time he
known chiefly for his interest
70 sixth Maine Regimental associa-
b. # which he was treasurer and
i Try for several years. He was a
ror of B. H. Beale post, G. A. R.,
rgor and of the Union Veterans
.o when that order had a camp in
| sport. He was a member of Felici-
s=, F. & A. M, and of Hancock R.
Rockland Opinion.