"AXEL HAYFORD, son of Gad Hayford and Sally Bisbee; b. in Hartford April 20, 1814; struck out in early life almost penniless and went to Belfast, Me. He worked at odd jobs, grew in the estimation of the public, served as sheriff of the county and as mayor of the city, entered into large business enterprises, built foundry brick blocks, and promoted the building of the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Ry., and was president of it three years.
He had by his first wife, Elizabeth Bicknell, of Augusta, one child, a daughter,
Olive H. Cooper, b. at Belfast January 12, 1839, who m. Marcellus Cooper, d. October 19.
By his second wife, Mary A. Cotrell, m. January 20, 1845, by whom he had two children:
Arvida Hayford, b. October 22, 1846; d. June 3, 1874; unmarried.
William L. Hayford, b. August 3, 1847; m. Fanny Sargant January 17, 1876.
Axel Hayford moved to St. Johns, N. B., to live with his son, William L., and died there in November, 1900, at 86 years of age." --Axel Reed