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28. Mary Ann[5] Suits (Emsley, 53) (A29). Born, 17 Sep 1857, in Petersburg, Boone Co., KY[3]. Died, 6 Jul 1940, in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN[3]. Census: 1900, in Fairfield, Franklin Co., IN. Census: 1910, in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN. Census: 1920, in Richmond, Wayne Co., IN. Occupation: Grocer.

(1)Engagement Photo, Greensburg, 1862...............(2)96 1/2 W Main, Richmond 1925

She was raised by her Aunt and Uncle Paul Stage in Greensburg, Indiana (Family Records, Adelle Hayward).

An AP Article, dated July 15, 1928.
"RICHMOND, Ind. 'Will you marry me, Mary?' asked five year old Jacob Hayward.
"'Yeth,' promptly consented Mary Suits, age three.
"And 15 years later she did.,
"After 50 years, just a few days ago, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hayward celebrated their golden anniversary here. Their three sons and six grandchildren were present for the occasion.
"Mr. Hayward, now 70, says he never once had a change of heart. His wife says the same goes for her.
"Both are strong for young engagements if the principals themselves arrange the betrothal, as they did. It's a different matter if parents try to make the plans.
"The five year old Jacob wasn't spared any of the trials of asking for Mary's hand, either. He did neglect the formality for a short time, and her uncle, with whom sh lived, reminded him that an important matter had been overlooked.
"'Well, can I have her?' Jacob asked.
"'I guess there's nothing to do but consent,' chuckled Mary's uncle.
"And, for that matter, what else was there to do?"

G.C. Hayward gave her interests as "WCTU, medical."

George C. Hayward, Interview (1994): She was the president of the WCTU Womens Christian Temperance Union opposed to alcoholism and she was quite a talker. She would talk by the hour on the telephone and it seemed as I would witness it that she wouldn't give anyone else a chance to talk! She'd do all the talking and when she got through talking she'd just hang up, that's all there was to it.

This rocker and an identical one with green needlepoint "came from Greensburg."

[She] Probably went through high school, but I know she didn't have any after that. I'm not sure about it. But she was very learned person, probably about as much so as your mother. But comparable...She was quite a little person, but she was kind of hefty, but sharp.
I think my grandmother played solitaire quite a bit.
I liked her. See, their place was about halfway from, between our house and my father's electrical store on 5th and Main on the other side of the river. So I would...it just seems to me that I would stop at least one time going and coming to school which was also on the other side of the river. It was on 8th Street, just 3 blocks beyond the store. But I would stop in. In general, she'd have something, candy or something for me to eat. We'd talk and talk and talk. And again, she'd let me talk, though...I don't remember he being ill or sick or ill-humored...it just seems that every time I saw her, I'd drop into the house which was practically every day, but she would be there. That's all there was to it.
I got a collapsed lung when I was working down south and came back and in the mean time the folks had sold their house and moved into an apartment above their store which wasn't big enough to accommodate me, so I stayed with them for about six months in their apartment house and it was nice. They had a big living room, nice kitchen, dining room and two bedrooms. And a nice bathroom and so on. But it was a very nice place. Not a rich man's place, but accommodating. I remember the fireplace because, you know that picture of my grandparents that I have standing in front of the fireplace. It had a steep staircase going up from the first floor and right next to it was a automotive... Rodefeld's garage, by golly, right behind it on First Street...
They had a piano, too and Uncle Paul played his cornet and Mary would play the piano or Virginia would when we would go up there at Christmas time or wherever, and Paul was so captivated by the fact that I could fake or improvise cause he couldn't. He had to read the music, but we'd stand there by the piano and play away and have more fun.

That [table] was your great-grandparents', as well as those little chairs. They all came from them and when that table isn't up against the wall, you can let it down and the legs spread out so that it becomes twice a big as it is and then you can open up the top of it so that there is a storage place inside.

According to her obituary, she died at her home at 96 1/2 West Main Street following a three month illness. Cause of death was myocarditis/Artrio Sclerosis (co. Rec)

She married Jacob Joel Hayward (27) (A28).