Timothy Haughey

The son of Robert and Hannah Wicoff Haughey was born Nov. 5, 1824, and died
June 28, 1914, aged 89 years, 7 months, and 23 days.  His early life was 
spent with his parents in Jefferson county, Ohio.  When 9 years old the 
family moved to Wayne county, Ohio, where the subject of this sketch grew
to young manhood.   When 19 years of age he, in company with his eldest
brother, made the journey to Steuben county on foot and erected a log cabin on the 
spot where, later, he erected the comfortable home, occupied by himself and
family for so many years, in Ostego township.  At the age of 22 years he 
returned to Wayne county, Ohio, and married Mary Catherine Gerst, the young
lady selected by him to be his help mate in the wilds of Indiana and the 
mother of his eight children,  Hannah, William, Mary, Laura, Phoebe, Emily,
Frank, and Christenia, who died at the age of 3 1/2 years;  William died 24
years ago at the age of 38 years; Frank died  six years ago at the age of
41 years.  All the rest of the children survive together with 24 grandchildren
and 19 great grandchildren to be the pride, the comfort and the loving care
of this aged father, the mother having died 24 years ago.  Mr. Haughey was 
married a second time to Mary Rachel Martin, who died ten years ago.

Mr. Haughey comes of a stalwart family of sixteen children, all of whom
have preceded him to the great beyond except one brother living in Wichita,
Kansas at the age of 86 years, and one sister living in Williams county, Ohio at
the age of 75 years.  The death of the subject of this sketch deserves
something more than passing notice, because he was a man of wonderful intelligence,
of remarkable memory, and well informed not only upon the passing current
events that occured during his long and useful life, but also he was an exhaustive
student of science, philosophy, history and literature.  Especially was he 
well versed in the beautiful science of Astronomy and the laws of the 
physical universe.   Kepler, Newton, Gallileo, Copernicus, Tyco, Brahe, 
Darwin, Tyndall, and Huxley were household words to him for he loved their 
achievements in science.  He taught school, both in Ohio and Indiana and
was for a time a student of Oberlin College, but spent the most of his life as 
one of the most intelligent and progressive farmers of Steuben County.  He 
was brave, cheerful, patient, optomistic, always looking for the bright
side of life; kind and courteous to everybody, a kind and indulgent husband and 
father, he loved and sought always the "good, the beautiful, and the true."
  After lifes fitful fever, rest in peace Oh thou man of splendid
character, of noble ideals and unselfish life for you have come a little nearer than 
most men to a relization of the thought of the poet:  " Oh every herb o'er 
which we tread,   Are written words, which rightly read, Will lead us from 
Earth's fragrant sod.   To hope, and holiness - and God"   A W Long.

Hamilton News
Steuben Co, Indiana
Friday Morning
July 10, 1914

Submitted By: Susan Musser Minch
E-mail: SJMINCH@aol.com