Charlotte (Abbott) Hayes
May 26, 1907; Oregonian, p 10  (photo)
"Crossed Plains in 1852"

   Mrs. Charlotte Hayes, wife of the late Lewis Hayes, a pioneer of 1852, died at Grant's Pass May 14 last.  Mrs. Hayes' maiden name was Charlotte Abbott.  She was born in Greene County, Missouri, December 18, 1882, and came to Oregon with her father in 1852, crossing the country from the Missouri River to Oregon with an ox team, which took six months to complete the journey.

   She was married to Lewis Hayes at Salem, October 18, 1853.  Mrs. Hayes was the mother of nine children:  Mrs. Rachel Sparlin (now deceased), Mrs. Lizzie Osborn, F. M. Hayes, J. D. Hayes, Samuel P. Hayes (deceased), Mrs. Josie Ruch, David O. Hayes, William L. Hayes and Ira E. Hayes.  All the surviving children are residents of Josephine County except J. D. Hayes, who resides in Portland.

   Lewis Hayes and family came to Josephine County in 1865, bought a farm on the Applegate River, in what, at that time, was an unbroken wilderness.  The neighbors were four to six miles apart, and the nearest schoolhouse was seven miles distant.

   Mrs. Hayes was buried at Williams Creek cemetery, beside her husband, who died August 26, 1904.  Many old neighbors and kind friends were present at the funeral.