History of Catonsville, (Baltimore County) Maryland United States of America

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Horace Edwin Hayden, clergyman and historian, was born in Catonsville, Md., Feb. 18, 1837; son of Edwin Parsons and Elizabeth (Hause) Hayden; grandson of Dr. Horace H. and Maria Antoinette (Robinson) Hayden, and of William and Catharine (Hull) Hause; great grandson of Adj. Thomas and Abigail (Parsons) Hayden; great2 grandson of Daniel and Esther (Moore) Hayden; great3 grandson of Lieut. Daniel and Hannah (Wilcoxson) Hayden; and great4 grandson of William Hayden (or Heydon) (born in Somersetshire, England, 1600, died in Windsor, Conn., Sept. 27, 1669), a passenger on the Mary and John, May 30, 1630, land owner in Hartford, 1639, Windsor, 1642, and soldier in the Pequot war. Horace Edwin was a student at St. Timothy military academy; engaged in business at Philadelphia, Pa., 1853-58; attended Kenyon college, Ohio, 1858-61; and was a school teacher in 1861. He was a soldier in the civil war under Gens. J. E. B. Stuart, Fitzhugh Lee and G. W. C. Lee in the 1st Virginia and 1st Maryland cavalry, 1862-65. He was graduated at the theological seminary of Virginia in 1867; was ordained deacon by Bishop Johns in 1867 and priest by Bishop Whittle in 1868. He was rector of Christ church, Point Pleasant, Va., 1867-73; of St. John's church, Brownsville, Pa., 1873-79; and became assistant minister of St. Stephen's, Wilkesbarre, Pa., in 1879. He was made examining chaplain of the diocese; president of the Luzerne County humane association, member of the American historical association; of the Wyoming historical society; of the Geological society of Wilkesbarre; of the Sons of the Revolution; of the United Confederate Veterans and of various other military, scientific and historical associations. His war record completes the eighth generation of his family who served in the wars of America. He is the author of Virginia Genealogies, a biographical-genealogical history, of 800 pp. (1891).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Catonsville, (Baltimore County) Maryland

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