William P. Hayes and Juliet F. Justice

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Husband William P. Hayes ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 3 Dec 1829 - Waterford, Erie Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: James Hayes (1799-1874) 1 3 4
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Boyd (1800-1866) 1 3

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Wife Juliet F. Justice ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Juliette Justice 2
           Born: 1829 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5
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         Father: Capt. John Justice (      -      ) 2 5
         Mother: Ann L. Gray (      -      ) 2 5

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Children

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1 M Frank M. Hayes ^{2 3 5}

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2 M William J. Hayes ^{2 3 5}

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3 M Joseph H. Hayes ^{2 3 5}

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4 M Charles Boyd Hayes ^{2 3 5}

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5 F Edith Hayes ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - William P. Hayes

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He left Waterford, Pennsylvania, in 1845, when sixteen years of age, proceeding to Erie, where he found employment in the store of Charles M. Tibbals; in 1851 Mr. Tibbals gave him an interest in the business, and the name became Tibbals & Hayes, general merchants. Five or six years later the health of Mr. Tibbals failed and he sold his interest to Mr. Hayes, who then formed a partnership with William A. Jordan, taking the name of Hayes & Jordan. About this time the firm began to occupy a store fitted out by General Reed, in the Reed House Block, and soon after this Mr. Jordan retired from the business. In 1860 General Reed became a partner of Mr. Hayes, and under the name of Hayes & Company they did a growing business. At this time, when Mr. Hayes proceeded to New York for the purchase of goods, he carried with him a letter from Mr. Reed to A. T. Stewart, at that time a merchant prince, telling of the partnership, and asking him to let the bearer have all the goods he wanted; General Reed was well-known in New York and Mr. Stewart informed Mr. Hayes he could have everything in his store if he wished. The firm of Hayes & Company did business until the destruction by fire of the Reed block, after which General Reed withdrew. Mr. Hayes at this time removed his stock to a store on State between Eighth and Ninth streets. At this time the Civil war was being fought, and when peace was near General Reed advised Mr. Hayes to get out of business, as a period of commercial depression was at hand, and following this sage advice, he closed out his entire stock at auction and private sale. Mr. Hayes purchased a farm in Chautauqua County, New York, although he never lived on it. In later years Mr. Hayes handled considerable real estate for General Reed, and was a lifelong friend of that wonderful business man, who did so much for the progress of Erie in early times.
In 1867 Mr. Hayes and S. P. Keplar, under the firm name of Hayes & Keplar, organized the first real estate business of Erie. In 1876 Mr. Keplar withdrew from the firm, and Mr. Hayes managed the enterprise alone until 1889, in which year his son, Charles B., became a member of the firm, and the name became Hayes & Son, which did a large amount of business, and was the largest enterprise of the kind in the city.

1 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 28.

2 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 586.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1702.

4 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 894.

5 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 30.