BIOGRAPHY

Dr. George C. HAYS

1880 Fountain County, Indiana HW Beckwith HIstory p 486

George C. HAYS, physician, Hillsboro. The subject of this short memoir was b. in Dark Co Ohio Jan 22, 1836 his parents being Samuel U and Linda Mira (COLLINS) Hays; the former a native of Oh and latter of NJ. When the Dr. was 5 weeks old his parents removed by wagon to Montgomery co IN, and shortly afterward his father purchased a farm in the SW corner of Tippecanoe Co, where by simply climbing a fence one could step into either Fountain or Montgomery Co. Here Mr. H. spent his youth on the paternal farm and acquired his early education at one of the pioneer log school houses and later by his own study and research, while following the occupation of teacher he obtained a more thorough education.

In 1862 he began reading medicine and pursued this study until he entered the army, enlisting in the 154th In Reg, with which he served as 2nd Lt. until the close of the war. On returning home he again took up his studies and continued them until 1867 when he took a full course of lectures at the Univ of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1868 he removed to Hillsboro where he began and has built up an extensive and constantly increasing practice.

In 1878 he graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons which was shortly afterward dissolved and afterward restablished as the Medical College of Indiana. He holds a diploma from the latter univ also. He married in Cain TWP in Nov 1868 Miss Mary A, daughter of WIlliam and Paulina RIVERS early settlers in this part of the co. He has one child, a daughter named Vonia V. The Dr. is a prominent member of the IOOF [Independent Order of Odd Fellows] and is politically a Democrat in which party he is one of the most prominent and leading spirts.

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