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The 1860 census gave him as a farmer with no real estate, and a personal tax value of $200. He was living with Matilda and Jacob. They lived adjacent to Matilda's brothers Enoch and Michael. In the 1870 census of Fairfield, he is listed as a "Retail Grocer;" Matilda and Jacob J. were living with him. In 1880, he was a merchant, and he and "Tilda A." were living alone.

Fayette Co. Deeds: Hayward & Rose, from Joseph L. Moore & wife 3 Aug 1853 $225 pt 2-13-13; 5 Aug 1853 also pt SE1/4 34-14-13 648 hundreths.
Hayward, Thomas W. from William P. Rose & wife 13 Dec 1853 $112 "prob. lots in Alquina, indefinite."
Hayward, Thomas W. from Joseph Darter & wife 16 Jun 1855 $150 lot in Alquina.
Hayward, Thomas W. from Mulchaw Petree & wife 25 May 1856 $275 lots in Alquina.

A letter: Addressed to "Thomas W. Hayward, Esq./ Contreras/ Butler Co., Ohio" postmarked "---'64, CHATTANOO--- TEN," on a yellow envelope. "Camp 37th Ind Vols/ Chatanooga Feb 22 Respected Brother & Sister
I again have the privalige of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am well, and I cincerly hope that this may find you all the same. Well, T.W. I have no news of importance to write to you at the present time, we are still laying on ours, we did receive orders for a thirteen days scout, and prepared rations for it, but the thing has died out I believe There is still a goodly number of deserters coming into our lines, I don't set much store by them, for I think that a good potion of them gets back in the rear and goes to bushwhacking The weather is real cold here at this present time, it has been a verry cold winter, to take the winter through, but I suppose that it wouldnt make the first payment toward the winter that you have had in old Indiana. Tomy quite a number of our regiment has gone into the Veteran service, only six has went into it out of our co. there is only one of them that you would know and he is Anderson Rutherford (commonly termed Relaford) Tomy, I was sorry to hear that the Rheumatism visited you in such a severe form, I was in hopes that it had abandoned you entirely. I am looking ahead for a vigorous summer campaign. I think that the hardest fighting of this war will be done between this and next winter. Well all of us that don't Veteran and are permitted to live 7 more months Speaking of the 37th will begin to think of returning home, I don't know how it will seem to live the life of a Citizen once more, I am in hopes that the war will close before the expiration of our time of service, but then I don't think it will, if I did I would go into the Veteran Service, but as it is I cant see it, T.A. Shirk is well but has not gone into the Veteran service We are having plenty to eat now, and a reasonable portion of duty to perform I must close now for I am not in a writing mood/Yours as ever J.M. Proctor (page) Now Jacy a word to You You must grow to be a big Boy against I come home and then you must come to see me, and then your Aunt Lin will let you have her colt to ride to see little Maty Your Aunt Lin has bought her a pacing colt, She sold the mule I got of your Father and took the money and bought the above named colt, don't you think she played off your old Unk Jacy when your Father writes to me you must write a piece in it and let me know how you are getting along Joel. M. Proctor"
Matilda's brother, a sergeant in the Union army, was killed in action May 1864. His wife's pension records describe him as 5' 10 1/2" with dark hair, hazel eyes, and a dark complexion.

George C. Hayward, Interview (1994):...that store was a General Store really, not just a grocery store. In fact it also had a post office in it. So that it was quite an operation. And it must have made some money because I don't know how in the world my grandfather could have afforded the move up to Richmond and built this two story building without having some sort of at least security in the way of either having inherited it or taken it over."

Cause of death was pulmonary edema; usual residence was 98 West Main Street (co rec.).

A photo shows the General Store and P.O. in Fairfield.

He married Matilda Proctor (52) (A57), 5 Oct 1854, in Union Co., IN

(Contreras, OH)[70].

Children:

27 i. Jacob Joel[5] Hayward.