DR. J. B. HAYS, a resident physician of Barrow, was born in Indiana, in 1845. He there studied medicine under Dr. W. H. Price and A. W. Porter, for three years, afterward attending the American Medical College, at St. Louis. At Cincinnati he also attended the Eclectic Medical Institute. In Indiana, where he became a practicing physician, he became well and favorably known for skill in materia medica. In 1868 he was united in marriage with Rebecca Crane, there was one child born of this marriage - George W. In 1861 Dr. Hays enlisted in Co. A, 53d Ind. Inf., serving fourteen months. He was engaged in the battles of Aversborough, Bentonville and others. Honorably discharged when the war closed, he returned to Indiana. It should be stated Dr. Hays twice enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam.