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Floyd County, Iowa
Rockford Township Biographies
Source:
History of Floyd County, Iowa, 1882
S.
W. Haven Page 914
Furniture dealer,
and one of the prominent business men of
Rockford, is a native of Ludlow, Windsor County, Vt., born
March 3, 1826. He was educated in his native State, and
resided there until twenty years of age, when he went to
Pennsylvania, and two years later removed to Winnebago
County, Ill. He resided there seven years, and in 1855 came
to Floyd County, Ia. Since 1856 he has been a resident of
Rockford Township. He followed the carpenter's trade chiefly
until 1876, when he embarked in his present business, and
has met with flattering success. He served as Township Clerk
for about ten years, and was elected Justice of the Peace in
1878, and has held the office to the present time. He was
married in 1849, to Sarah Jane Knapp, who was born in 1829.
Three children have blessed this union, viz.: Ella J., born
in September 1850; Emmett M., March 30, 1854, and Laura O.,
Jan. 22, 1860. Mr. Haven enlisted Aug. 21, 1862 in the
Twenty-seventh Iowa Infantry, and served until Aug. 8, 1865,
when he was mustered out at Clinton, Ia. He participated in
many of the hard fought battles of the war, and though often
where shot and shell fell thickest, escaped unhurt. He is a
member of the regular Baptist church, and in politics is a
Republican, and a Prohibitionist.
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