Sylvester C. Hayford (1843-1905) was born in Coopersville, New York, and died in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. In 1863 he graduated from St. Lawrence University in Troy, Pennsylvania, and in 1864 he married Jennie E. Hayford (b. Aley) in Canton, New York. By 1870 they were living in Enfield, New Hampshire, where Hayford worked as a Universalist Clergyman, and his wife ran a boarding house. By 1880 they had relocated to Richmond, Vermont. Hayford traveled to Chicago, Illinois, in late 1894 and was introduced to Christian Science by acquaintances he met there. Immediately intrigued, he began attending Christian Science Bible classes and church services and took the Primary class in Christian Science from Mary Baker Eddy's student Ruth B. Ewing.
He joined First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois, and then joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1897. Hayford was listed as a Christian Science practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1898 to 1904. During that time he practiced in several places, including Montpelier, Vermont; Burlington, Vermont; Coopersville, New York; and Ellenburg Centre, New York. He helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Barre, Vermont, where he served as First Reader in 1899. Under the auspices of the Board of Education, Hayford took the Normal class with Eddy's student Edward A. Kimball in June 1901. He joined the General Association of Teachers in 1903.
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Sylvester C. Hayford (1843-1905) was born in Coopersville, New York, and died in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. In 1863 he graduated from St. Lawrence University in Troy, Pennsylvania, and in 1864 he married Jennie E. Hayford (b. Aley) in Canton, New York. By 1870 they were living in Enfield, New Hampshire, where Hayford worked as a Universalist Clergyman, and his wife ran a boarding house. By 1880 they had relocated to Richmond, Vermont. Hayford traveled to Chicago, Illinois, in late 1894 and was introduced to Christian Science by acquaintances he met there. Immediately intrigued, he began attending Christian Science Bible classes and church services and took the Primary class in Christian Science from Mary Baker Eddy's student Ruth B. Ewing.
He joined First Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, Illinois, and then joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 3, 1897. Hayford was listed as a Christian Science practitioner in The Christian Science Journal from 1898 to 1904. During that time he practiced in several places, including Montpelier, Vermont; Burlington, Vermont; Coopersville, New York; and Ellenburg Centre, New York. He helped found First Church of Christ, Scientist, Barre, Vermont, where he served as First Reader in 1899. Under the auspices of the Board of Education, Hayford took the Normal class with Eddy's student Edward A. Kimball in June 1901. He joined the General Association of Teachers in 1903.
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