Bio: Hayward, John K. (1881)
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Surnames: Hayward, Blazier, Ring

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 574

JOHN K. HAYWARD, farmer, Sec. 8., P. O. Spencer, born in Oswegatchie, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1834, came to Wisconsin in '49; stayed in Waupaca County until 1872, working at lumbering and carpenter trade. In 1862, he enlisted in the 21st Wis. V. I., Co. C; discharged on 24th of January, 1865, having received wound in his foot during the charge at the battle of Resaca; returned and worked at his trade then for Putnam & Roberts, contractors on the W. C. K. R. He then took up his present farm as a homestead, and has been engaged in its cultivation since. A Mr. Ring was the first settler in these parts, and Mr. Hayward was next, and is now the oldest living settler in Spencer. He helped organize the town; kept the station, and was Postmaster. In 1855, he married Miss Rachel Blazier, of Waupaca County. They have eleven children — Asenath, Etta, Algine, Meda, Hattie, Mary, Marathon R., John F., George P., Thomas W., and a babe not named. Mr. Hayward has been Supervisor, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, of New London.