Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Page 970

JACOB HAUGHEY, one of the solid, reliable and representative farmers of Salem Township, residing on section 6, is a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and first drew the breath of life March 29, 1828. His parents, Robert and Hannah Haughey, were natives, the former of Delaware and the latter of New Jersey. His ancestors upon his father's side were from Ireland, and upon his mother's Holland Dutch. Robert Haughey, the grandfather of our subject, was a very patriotic supporter of the cause of independence during the Revolutionary War, and lost a fortune of nearly half a million dollars by the depreciation in Continental money during that struggle.

            When Jacob Haughey was about six years of age, he removed with his parents to Ashland County, Ohio, where he was reared. He there received his education and was early initiated into the hard work attendant on a farmer's life, and assisted in the labors on the old homestead until his marriage. When he was about twenty-two years of age, he with his parents removed to Williams County, in the Buckeye State, where, July 4, 1850, be took unto himself a wife in the person of Margaret Cassil. The bride was a native of Carroll County, Ohio, born Sept. 15, 1833, and is a daughter of John R. and Christina (Welday) Cassil, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky, of Scotch-Irish descent, and the latter of Ohio, of German ancestry. They were early settlers in the State of Ohio, as were the parents of the subject of this sketch.

            After his marriage Mr. Haughey commenced housekeeping in Williams County, and pursued the peaceful avocation of farming there until the spring of 1878, when he emigrated to Kansas, and settled in Salem Township on the farm where he now resides. His place, which consists of about 151 acres of land on section 6, is well tilled and in excellent shape. The improvements are of a handsome and substantial character, and the neatness and order of the whole estate show a commendable degree of industry on the part of its proprietor. At one time he was the owner of 480 acres of land, the greater portion of which he has given to his children, on which they could make a start in life. In his politics he coincides with the principles and policy of the Republican party, but has no aspirations for office. He has frequently been solicited to offer himself as a candidate for some of the positions in the gift of the people, but has uniformly declined, preferring the quietude of his home life and the pleasure of attending to his own affairs. While a resident of Williams County, Ohio, however, being then a younger man, he served as a member of the County Board of Commissioners, and in nearly all of the township offices of any importance in turn. He was a member of Company C, 111th Ohio Infantry, during the war, serving until the war closed; was also a member of Company D, 183d Ohio Infantry, and was discharged from that regiment in July, 1865. He is also a Mason in good standing. He has no particular belief in religion, but believes in doing right under all circumstances.

            To Mr. and Mrs. Haughey were born a family of six children, three of whom are living, as follows: Robert F., Willis E., and Mary C., the widow of the late Gilbert J. Christ. All of them are residents of Salem County. Robert is the parent of two children-Reno B. and Orrilla M. Willis has but one son, Harry G.

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