Jacob Hayden was born in Meade County, Kentucky December 11, 1836 and died in Edgerton, Platte County, Missouri January 17, 1906, aged 69 years, 1 month, and 6 days. He was oldest of a family of eleven children. He was the father of eight children, four of whom survive him, two living in north Missouri and two in south Missouri.
He had just returned home from a visit with his children when he was taken with his last illness, was sick just 20 days. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held in the Baptist Church in Edgerton, Thursday, January 18, 1906, conducted by Bro. B. Venable, after which the remains were buried with Masonic honors in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.