Dates

• Existence: 1865 - 1934

Biographical History

William L. Hayes (1865-1934) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a merchant and politician in Utah.

William Lehi Hayes was born on January 19, 1865 in Lehi, Utah to John Joseph Hayes and Rachael Eleanor Wagstaff. He was raised in Sanpete and Utah Counties. He attended Brigham Young Academy beginning in 1881. He later served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States Mission from 1893 to 1895. Hayes married three times and had five children. He established himself in Pleasant Grove, Utah, where he worked as manager of the Thorne Bros. Store. He was also active in politics and served in the Utah Legislature between 1909 and 1913.

William L. Hayes died in Pleasant Grove, Utah on July 10, 1934.

Citation:

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Jul. 2, 2018 (William L. Hayes; b. Jan. 19, 1865 in Lehi, UT; p. John Joseph Hayes and Rachael Eleanor Wagstaff; raised in Sanpete County and Pleasant Grove, UT; m. Sep. 6, 1888 in Manti, UT to Margaret Brown (1867-1890), one child; m. Nov. 25, 1896 in Salt Lake City, UT to Harriet Asenath Richards (1877-1925), four children; m. Dec. 2, 1929 in Salt Lake City, UT to Katie Sophia Mayer (1875-1966); merchant in Pleasant Grove, UT; manager of Thorne Bros. Store; Republican politician, served in state legislature from 1909 to 1913; d. July 10, 1934, Pleasant Grove, UT)

Familysearch, via WWW, Jul. 2, 2018 (William Lehi Hayes; b. 1865; baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1873)

Early Mormon Missionaries database, via WWW, Jul. 2, 2018 (served as missionary in Southern States Mission, 1893-1895)

UPB files, Jul. 2, 2018 (William Hayes; studied at Brigham Young Academy beginning in 1881)

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