Rutherford B. Hayes
Birchard Austin Hayes
He was born November 4, 1853 and he died January 24, 1926. After graduating from Harvard, Birchard spent 36 years in the legal profession as a successful tax and real estate attorney in Toledo, Ohio. He married Mary Sherman and had five children.
James Webb Cook Hayes
He was born March 20, 1856 and he died July 26, 1934. Known all his life as "Webb, he served as a secretary in his father's White House. He latter launched a successful business career that spanned decades and made him rich. He reorganized one small enterprise, which would grow into the Union Carbide Corporation. He married Mary Otis Miller they had no children. Webb pursued his lifelong love of the military, risking his life as a soldier of fortune around the globe until he died at 78.
Rutherford Platt Hayes
He was born June 24, 1858 and he died July 21, 1927. Rutherford helped found the American Library Association and became one of the nation's most important figures in the development of the nation's library system. He married a cousin, Lucy Hayes Platt and had three children. Joseph "Jody" Thompson Hayes He was born December 21, 1861 and died of dysentery on June 24, 1863. His father longed to see more of this new son, Jody, born during the chaos of the Civil War, but the baby died of dysentery.
George Crook Hayes
He was born September 29, 1864 and died May 24, 1866. George died of scarlet fever before his second birthday.
Fanny Hayes Smith
She was born September 2, 1867, and died March 18, 1950. The only daughter in a family of seven brothers, she loved her father. When her mother died, Fanny assumed the role of hostess and accompanied her father to speaking engagements. She married navy ensign Harry Eaton Smith, who eventually became an instructor as the Naval Academy. She had one child and changed her name back to Hayes after the death of her husband. Scott Russell Hayes He was born February 8, 1871, and died of cancer on May 6, 1923. He worked as an executive for a number of railroad service companies, and lived in New York. He married Maude Anderson but had no children.
Manning Force Hayes
He was born August 1, 1873 and died shortly after his first birthday on August 28, 1874.
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