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Descendants of Nehemiah Hayden

The following information comes from Toby and Jim Hurley. They added endnotes to indicate where they found their information:

    Generation No. 1

    NEHEMIAH1 HAYDEN1. He married HARRIET _____1.

    Children of NEHEMIAH HAYDEN and HARRIET _____ are:

      i. NANCY JANE2 HAYDEN, b. 27 April 1823, Pennsylvania; d. 19 October 1902, Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
      ii. EDGAR HAYDEN1.
      iii. JAKE HAYDEN.1.
      iv. LUTE HAYDEN.1.
      v. JOHN HAYDEN1.
      vi. CYRUS HAYDEN1.
      vii. WILLIAM HAYDEN1.

    Generation No. 2

    NANCY JANE2 HAYDEN (NEHEMIAH1)1 was born 27 April 1823 in Pennsylvania1, and died 19 October 1902 in Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, Illinois1. She married REASON C. KILE1 Bet. 1840 - 18411. He was born 10 August 1817 in Knox County, Ohio1, and died 10 February 1899 in Sherburnville, Indiana1.

    Children of NANCY HAYDEN and REASON KILE are:

      i. MARY ELLEN "ELLEN"3 KILE2,3,4,5,6, b. 01 September 1847, Kankakee Co., Illinois7; d. 27 June 1933, Monticello, White Co., Indiana8,9,10; m. GEORGE W. VAN ALSTINE11,12,13,14,15, 24 October 1865, Kankakee, Kankakee Co., Illinois16,17; b. 12 February 1843, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co., MI;18,19,20 d. 27 January 1927, Union Twp., Monticello, White Co., Indiana21.

      ii. NANCY J. KILE22, b. 03 January 1842, Yellowhead Township, Kankakee County, Illinois22; m. JAMES J. KELSEY22, 18 September 186322; b. 25 February 1842, Tioga County, Pennsylvania22.

      iii. FLORA KILE22, m. WILLIAM HATTON.

    Endnotes

    1. Rev. T. H. Hull, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana With A Compendium of History 1834-1904, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904).
    2. 1870 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois, living w/ George W. Van Alstine. 24 yr. old b. Illinois.
    3. 1880 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois, living w/ George is Mary E. 31 yr. old b. Illinois, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania. With them is son Ernest 14 yr. old b. Illinois (where was he in 1870 when census taken? should have been 3-4 yr. old at the time.) Minnie is 10 yr. old b. Illinois.
    4. 1880 federal census, Monticello, White Co., Indiana, has Mary E. as wife of George W. Is 48 yr old, born Apr. 1848 in Illinois, father b. Ohio, mother b. Pennsylvania.
    5. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), p. 608, "Mr. VanAlstine was married to Miss Ellen Kile, of Kankakee county, Illinois..."
    6. Rev. T. H. Hull, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana With A Compendium of History 1834-1904, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904).
    7. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    8. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    9. Julia Watkins Brass Chapter DAR, Crown Point, Indiana, Cemetery Records of Lake County, Indiana, (1956-'57).
    10. Hayden Family Reunion Scrapbook, "Electronic."
    11. federal census for Hillsdale Co., Michigan, 1850 federal census for Allen Twp., Hillsdale Co., Michigan, has George W. Vanalstine 7 yr. old b. Michigan living in household 142, family 154 (apparently next door? to Charles) w/ Credits: Benjamin R. Credit 33 yr. old b. NY, Johna (F) 23 yr. old b. NY, Mary M. 2 yr. old b. Mich, George W. 3/12 (?) b. Mich., and 2 laborers, John Kelly b. Indiana, and Joel Smith b. NY.As w/ Charles, it is unknown as to whether this is one of the "2-7th Day Adventist Aunts" as described by Jean Henrich and what their relationship, if any, is to William.
    12. 1870 federal census, Yellowhead, Kankankee Co., household 39, family 39 George W. Van Alstine w/ Mary. George is 28 yr. old, born Michigan, Mary (can't read middle name) is 24 yr. old b. Illinois. Also living w/ them is ? 15 yr. old farm laborer.
    13. 1880 federal census, living in Yellowhead, Kankakee Co., Illinois 35 yr. old b. Michigan, father and mother both born New York. Living w/ Mary E. (wife), Ernest (son) and Minnie (daughter).
    14. "unidentified obituary for Adam."
    15. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    16. marriage register Kankakee Co, Illinois book B, p. 44.
    17. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    18. 1900 federal census, Monticello, White Co., Indiana has George W. Van Alstine states b. Feb. 1843 and is 57 yr. old b. Michigan. States father b. New York and mother b. Michigan.
    19. Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana vol. II, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1899), biography of George W. Van Alstines documents his birth date and place.
    20. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267).
    21. pension file for George W. Van Alstine, (Application #958562, Certificate #848639, Widow's application #1242121 and certificate 972267), buried 30 Jan. 1926, Lake Prairie, Lowell, Indiana.
    22. Rev. T. H. Hull, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana With A Compendium of History 1834-1904, (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904).

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