Helen's father, David Leonard, had moved his family west from Assonet, Massachusetts, in 1818, but died en route to Vincennes, Indiana, and Helen relocated to Salem in 1830 to teach school.
Charles Hay, born in Lexington, Kentucky, hated slavery and moved to the North in the early 1830s.
Helen's father, David Leonard, had moved his family west from Assonet, Massachusetts, in 1818, but died en route to Vincennes, Indiana, and Helen relocated to Salem in 1830 to teach school.
They married there in 1831.
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century.
By negotiating the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty with the United Kingdom, the (ultimately unratified) Hay–Herrán Treaty with Colombia, and finally the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty with the newly independent Republic of Panama, Hay also cleared the way for the building of the Panama Canal. ==Early life== ===Family and youth=== John Milton Hay was born in Salem, Indiana, on October 8, 1838.
Charles was not successful in Salem, and moved, with his wife and children, to Warsaw, Illinois, in 1841. John attended the local schools, and in 1849 his uncle Milton Hay invited John to live at his home in Pittsfield, Pike County, and attend a well-regarded local school, the John D.
Charles was not successful in Salem, and moved, with his wife and children, to Warsaw, Illinois, in 1841. John attended the local schools, and in 1849 his uncle Milton Hay invited John to live at his home in Pittsfield, Pike County, and attend a well-regarded local school, the John D.
His parents and uncle Milton (who financed the boy's education) sent him to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, alma mater of his late maternal grandfather. ===Student and Lincoln supporter=== Hay enrolled at Brown in 1855.
After graduation in 1858, Hay read law in his uncle's office in Springfield, Illinois, adjacent to that of Lincoln.
Hay remained active in politics, and from 1879 to 1881 served as Assistant Secretary of State.
Hay remained active in politics, and from 1879 to 1881 served as Assistant Secretary of State.
Afterward, he remained in the private sector, until President McKinley, for whom he had been a major backer, made him Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1897.
John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century.
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