"An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties." Interstate Publishing Company, 1906. p. 791. JAMES B. HAYTON A prosperous young farmer and stockman, residing seven miles southwest of Mount Vernon, was born in Skagit county on the place where he now lives, February 8, 1877. His father, Thomas Hayton, a retired farmer, born in Kentucky, June 23, 1833, is a well-known pioneer of Skagit county, having come here in 1876, since which time he has been prominently identified with the county and state. He was a member of the constitutional convention when the territory of Washington became a state. He was in active service throughout the Civil War, enlisting in Kentucky, and he experienced the horrors of Libby prison. The mother, Sarah E. (Sanders), was born in what is now West Virginia in 1834 and died in Skagit county November 21, 1896. She was the mother of fourteen children, eight of whom are living, as follows: Jacob, in Oregon; Thomas R., a merchant in Mount Vernon; Henry, in British Columbia; George, in Kitsap County, Washington; Mrs. Laura Hemingway of Fir; William of Skagit county, and Mrs. Cora Polson of Skagit county. Born on the old home place one year after the family had moved there, James B. Hayton completed his education in the high school and then took up farming under the supervision of his father. Adapted to the work and thoroughly familiar with the detail upon which success in such a large measure depends, he was soon able to relieve his father of the management of the farm. Three years ago he and his brother-in-law leased the father's place of three hundred and sixty acres for a period of three years. In 1903 he purchased one hundred and twenty acres, now farming three hundred and twenty acres in all, the majority of which is in oats. The maximum yield of oats per acre on his farm has been one hundred and sixty bushels to the acre, the average about one hundred bushels. Hay yields from four to five tons per acre. His place is well stocked, having on it about seventy-five head of Durham cattle and horses of the best breed. Mr. Hayton was married December 25, 1901, to Maud M. Good, born in Washington January 4, 1883. Her parents, Edward and Mary (Forbes) Good, are well-known pioneers of this county. Mrs. Hayton has two brothers, William and Edward. One child, Evelyn, has made happy the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hayton. Mr. Hayton is an active member of the Yeomen fraternity at Mount Vernon. He is also a member of the Baptist church. In a political belief he is a strong Republican, loyally supporting the party in every possible way. Earnest and industrious, possessed of youth, health and ambition, it is safe to predict for him a still larger measure of success in the business to which he is devoting his best energies. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in January, 2006 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.