Eli L. Hayes

Eli L. Hayes, Supervisor of Richmond Township, was born Jan. 25, 1852, in New Haven, Conn. His father, Eli D. Hayes, was born Sept. 25, 1825, and is still pursuing the business of wood engraver and landscape painter, in which he has passed his life. His mother, Cordelia (Lewis) Buck, was born April 6, 1828 in Newton, Fairfield Co., Conn.

Mr. Hayes was a rsident of New Haven and attended school until he was 17 years old, when he engaged as a surveyor with his brother, and acquired a practical knowledge of the business, which he followed several years. At the age of 18 years, he engaged in surveying for wall maps for F.W. Beers & Co. and C.O. Titus, following the calling in portions of Michigan and in Osceola County. In 1879 he settled in Reed City, and in company with a man named Lewis, founded a grocery and crockery trade, under the style of Hayes & Lewis, the relation existing five years, and including a traffic in builders' materials. They afterward sold their entire interests and are now arranging ant settling their business affairs. Mr. Hayes is the proprietor of a considerable amount of property at Reed City, and owns ten acres of land in the vicinity of New Haven, Conn.

He was married Sept. 17, 1879, at Reed City, to Anna Lewis, and they have one child, Eli, born July 2, 1880. Mrs. Hayes was born Sept. 14, 1856, in Sanilac Co., Mich., and is the daughter of William and Emmeline Lewis.

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