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Born 1881
From History of Henry County, Illinois (1910)
PERCY CLIFTON HAYES.
Percy C. Hayes is the treasurer of the Hayes Pump & Planter Company of Galva. He was born on the home farm near Kewanee, June 6, 1881, and spent his youthful days under the parental roof. The family removed to Galva during his early boyhood and at the usual age he entered the public schools, therein continuing his studies until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1899. He afterward received training for the commercial world as a pupil in the Gem City Busines College of Quincy, Illinois, while later he attended the University of Illinois at Champaign for one year. He then entered the service of the Hayes Pump & Planter Company and after spending several years as an employe was elected treasurer of the company in January, 1908, and has since been in control of its financial interests. He belongs to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a college fraternity, and to Galva Lodge, No. 243, A. F. & A. M. Like the other members of the family he is a stanch advocate of republican principles, giving to the party unswerving support since attaining his majority.
As printed in History of Henry County, Illinois (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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