Horace Edwin Hayden

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Horace Edwin Hayden

1837–1917

An Episcopal minister turned respected historian and genealogist, he wrote widely on Pennsylvania and Virginia family history while helping preserve the story of the Wyoming Valley. His work still appears in major digital libraries and historical collections today.

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A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65

A Refutation of the Charges Made against the Confederate States of America of Having Authorized the Use of Explosive and Poisoned Musket and Rifle Balls during the Late Civil War of 1861-65

by Horace Edwin Hayden

About the author

Born in Catonsville, Maryland, on February 18, 1837, Horace Edwin Hayden was educated at St. Timothy's Military Academy and later studied at Virginia Theological Seminary, graduating in 1867. He was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church and served in parish work in West Virginia and Pennsylvania before spending many years in Wilkes-Barre.

Alongside his ministry, he became known as a careful local historian, editor, and genealogist. He wrote and compiled works on Virginia families, Revolutionary-era figures, and the history of northeastern Pennsylvania, and he was closely connected with the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, whose publications he edited.

Hayden died on August 22, 1917. Today he is remembered less as a celebrity author than as a patient collector of records and stories—someone whose books helped preserve family histories and regional history that might otherwise have been lost.