Eben Hayes

Eben Hayes
South Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1868–1870
In office
1872–1874
Personal details
Born
Ebenezer Hayes

1798 (1798)
Marion, South Carolina
Died1881(1881-00-00) (aged 82–83)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseNancy Ann Dew

Ebenezer (Eben) Hayes (1798 - 1881) was a farmer, Methodist preacher and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, during the Reconstruction era.[1]

Ebenezer Hayes was born in Marion, South Carolina, in 1798, the eldest of three sons to William Hayes, whose family came from Virginia and were of English descent.[2] Hayes married Nancy Ann Dew (1806 - 1870) and his brother, Henry, married Nancy's sister, Marina. Ebenezer and Nancy had nine children, born between 1826 and 1854.[3]

Hayes represented Marion County, South Carolina in the South Carolina House of Representatives, during the Reconstruction era. He was elected twice, serving from 1868 to 1870 and 1872 to 1874.[4][5] He was a member of the Radical Republicans, a party faction with a goal of immediate, complete and permanent eradication of slavery, without compromise.[6]

References

  1. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina being the regular session of 1869-70. Columbia, South Carolina: John W. Denny - Printer to the State. 1870.
  2. ^ Sellers, William W. (1902). A history of Marion County, South Carolina: from its earliest times to the present, 1901. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 267.
  3. ^ Dew, Allen Powell (2018). Book of Dew: Volume One. Lulu. p. 356. ISBN 9781387544363.
  4. ^ "South Carolina Legislature". South Carolina Legislative Services Agency. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  5. ^ "South Carolina During the Late 1800s - 1865 to 1900". Carolana.com. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Radical Members of the South Carolina Legislature". National Museum of African American History & Culture. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved July 8, 2020.