Born: August 28, 1831
Birthplace: Chillicothe, Ohio
Father: Dr. James Webb 1795 – 1833
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Mother: Marietta "Maria" Cook 1801 – 1866
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Husband: President Rutherford B. Hayes 1822 – 1893
(Buried: Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial, Fremont, Ohio)
Married: December 30, 1852 in Cincinnati, OhioChildren:
Birchard Austin Hayes 1853 – 1926
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Brig. General James Webb Cook Hayes 1856 – 1934
(Buried: Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial, Fremont, Ohio)
Rutherford Platt Hayes 1858 – 1927
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Fremont, Ohio)
Joseph Webb Hayes 1861 – 1863
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
George Crook Hayes 1864 – 1866
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Frances "Fanny" Hayes Smith 1867 – 1950
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Scott Russell Hayes 1871 – 1923
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Manning Force Hayes 1873 – 1874
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Education:
Attended Ohio Wesleyan University
1850: Graduated from Cincinnati Wesleyan Female College
Life:
1852 – 1889: Wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes
Supported the Union War Movement to end Slavery
Visited her husband's Army often during the Civil War
Minister to the Union Wounded Soldiers
1868 – 1872: First Lady of the State of Ohio
1870: Helped Establish an Orphans home in Xenia, Ohio
1876 – 1877: First Lady of the State of Ohio
1876 – 1877: Lobbied Ohio for school, orphanage and Asylum funding
1877 – 1881: First Lady of United States of America
1877 – 1881: Active in the Temperance Movement earning nickname
Member of Women's Relief Corps
President of Women's Home Missionary Society
Died: June 25, 1889
Place of Death: Fremont, Ohio
Cause of Death: Stroke
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Rutherford B. Hayes State Memorial, Fremont, Ohio
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