J. A. HAYDEN
J. A. Hayden, one of the business men of Atlantic, is a photographer, and has his studio on the southwest corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets. In this branch of business Mr. Hayden succeeded T. J. Luccock, commencing the trade in August, 1880. The subject of this sketch was born in Ohio, but when a child, removed with his parents to Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He began learning his business in the fall of 1874, in the photographic art rooms of M. H. Eberhart, at Mt. Vernon, and was subsequently employed in Des Moines and elsewhere, previous to coming to Atlantic in the spring of 1878. Mr. Hayden is a skillful artist, and as such, has gained a high reputation, and established a lucrative business. He was married in 1882, to Estelle Winslow, daughter of J. W. Winslow, of the city of Atlantic.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 874.
