Born: May 19, 1851
Died: August 3, 1900
Married: Ellen Lamory Boyle
Children: Ten in all, including Alice Nickerson, Albert Hayes, Mrs. Lee Fuller, Mrs. Thomas Devlin, Homer Hayes, Hartwell Hayes, Mrs. Arthur Downing
Ahaz Hayes was one of the guides photographed by A. W. Durkee at Paul Smith's boathouse on August 8, 1884, and again on October 2, 1885. He is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Bloomingdale.
