Hayes, Webb Cook, 1856-1934

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Presidential secretary, U.S. army officer, industrialist, philanthropist, and civic leader, of Spiegel Grove (Fremont) and Cleveland, Ohio; second son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes; attended Cornell University, leaving to serve as his father's secretary (both as Ohio governor and U.S. president); treasurer of Whipple Manufacturing Company and official of National Carbon Company (later known as Union Carbide); member of First Cleveland Troop (Troop A), Ohio National Guard; mustered into U.S. service at outbreak of Spanish American War and received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Philippine Insurrection; also participated in the Boxer Rebellion, China Relief Expedition, and Russo-Japanese War; married Mary Otis Miller Brinkerhoff.

From the description of Papers, 1856-1934. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70926395

Presidential secretary, U.S. army officer, industrialist, philanthropist, and civic leader, of Spiegel Grove (Fremont) and Cleveland, Ohio; second son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes; attended Cornell University, leaving to serve as his father's secretary (both as Ohio governor and U.S. president); treasurer of Whipple Manufacturing Company and official of National Carbon Company (later known as Union Carbide); member of First Cleveland Troop (Troop A), Ohio National Guard; mustered into U.S. service at outbreak of Spanish American War and received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Philippine Insurrection; also participated in the Boxer Rebellion, China Relief Expedition, and the Russo-Japanese War; married Mary Otis Miller Brinkerhoff.

From the description of Papers, 1856-1935. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 46461053

Presidential secretary, U.S. army officer, industrialist, philanthropist and civic leader, of Spiegel Grove (Fremont) and Cleveland, Ohio; second son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes; member of First Cleveland Troop (later reorganized as Troop A, and Troop A, Ohio National Guard).

From the description of Webb C. Hayes I photograph collection, [ca. 1850]-1934. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 48483281

Cornell University Class of 1876.

From the description of Webb Cook Hayes diary, 1872-1874. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937838

Presidential secretary, U.S. army officer, industrialist, philanthropist, and civic leader, of Spiegel Grove (Fremont) and Cleveland, Ohio; second son of Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Webb Hayes; member of First Cleveland Troop (later reorganized as Troop A, and Troop A, Ohio National Guard).

From the description of Webb C. Hayes I photograph collection, [ca. 1850]-1934. (Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center). WorldCat record id: 70962934

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Birth 1856-03-20

Death 1935-07-26

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