Hays - George C.
Source: 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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