HAUPT, Isaac - Putnam

ISAAC HAUPT, County Treasurer, Covington, was elected to the office of treasurer of Fountain County in the fall of 1876, by a majority of 285, and in August 1877 took formal charge of the office. In the fall of 1878 he was reelected by a majority of twenty-eight votes, by the republican party, the party status changing somewhat during this time. Before becoming a candidate Mr. Haupt had served four years as deputy treasurer under Henry LaTourette, so that the routine of duty devolving upon him was perfectly familiar. Mr. Haupt is a native of Northumberland Pennsylvania, where he was born January 18 1826. He learned the trade of a carpenter by serving an apprenticeship of nearly three years, and in 1850 came west and located at Newtown, Fountain County, where he resided for six years, and then removed to Covington. He followed the business of contracting and building until 1863, when he received the appointment of United States Revenue Collector in Fountain County, under John L. Smith, collector of the eighth district. He remained three years in the employ of the Government and then again resumed the business of a builder and contractor. In 1866 he built the Mayers block which is located on the northeast corner of the public square and is the largest business building in the town. Mr. Haupt is a member of the Presbyterian church and of Covington Lodge, No. 21 I. O. O. F. of which he has been secretary for the past twelve years. He is a member of Fountain County Lodge No. 60, A. F. and A. M. and for the past fourteen years has been secretary of that lodge. During the was he had one son, W. G. Haupt in the service of his country. He was a member of Gen. Lew Wallace’s old Zouave regiment, the 11th Indiana.