Putnam County FlArchives Biographies.....Haughton, T. S. November 9, 1825 - April 15, 1893
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Source: Vol. II  pg.35-36  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        HAUGHTON, T. S. When, at the midnight hour of April 15, 1893, death set 
its seal upon the mortal lips of Judge T. S. HAUGHTON, there passed from the 
stage of life a man whose distinction rested upon patrician instincts, fine 
personal stewardship and large and worthy achievement. He was a pioneer lawyer 
and jurist of Florida, a man of exceptional ability and exalted character, and 
he was one of the most honored and influential citizens of Palatka, this state, 
at the time of his demise.
	Judge Haughton was born at Edenton, North Carolina, on the 9th of 
November, 1825, and thus he was sixty-seven years of age at the time of his 
death. Of him and his lineage the following pertinent estimate has been 
written: “He was a worthy scion of a worthy sire, his father having been the 
Hon. MALACHI HAUGHTON, a prominent lawyer of North Carolina, and his family was 
one of refinement and culture. Judge Haughton received a liberal education and 
was a student at Chapel Hill University in North Carolina, and Princeton 
College, New Jersey. After leaving college he studied law in the office of his 
father, and at the age of twenty-two years he was admitted to the North 
Carolina bar.”
	In his native state Judge Haughton continued in the practice of his 
profession until 1852, when he came to Florida and settled in its capital city, 
Tallahassee. Here he was soon called to an important executive position under 
State Comptroller Brevard, during the administration of Governor Broome. He 
retained this post several years and then removed to Palatka, in which city he 
passed the remainder of his life.
	When the Civil war was precipitated on the nation Judge Haughton gave 
evidence of his unqualified loyalty to the Confederate cause by enlisting in 
the Villipigue battery of Florida troops, with which he was in active service 
around and near Charleston, South Carolina, “during the dark days of the siege 
of that ill-fated city.” Of his service in this connection the following 
statements have been written: “Here, as at all other times and in all 
situations during his life, he did his duty, and to be able to say of any man 
that he did his duty is to say of him all that the sum of a noble life 
requires.”
	After the close of the war judge Haughton put forth every possible 
effort to aid in the reviving of the prostrate Southland, and resumed also the 
practice of his profession at Palatka. He was twice elected judge of the County 
Court of Putnam County, and when the Criminal Court of Record was established 
he became its first judge, and office of which he continued the incumbent 
several years-until a stroke of paralysis made it necessary for him to resign. 
Of his service in this capacity the following appreciative estimate has been 
given: “On this bench Judge Haughton displayed great legal acumen and a 
thorough knowledge of human nature. His judgments were firm but just, and were 
tempered with that mercy which found its promptings in his kindly and generous 
heart.”
	From the same source from which were drawn the foregoing quotations are 
taken the following and equally appreciative statements: “Judge Haughton lived 
a quiet and unobtrusive but useful life. He was a man of strong convictions and 
he had the courage of his convictions. A talented lawyer, a just judge and 
exemplary Christian, his death was a sad loss to the community in which he 
lived.” He bore with characteristic fortitude and patient poise the physical 
infirmities and the suffering of his later years, and in this period the 
sublimated qualities of the man found their perfect exemplification.
	On 21 December, 1848, was solemnized the marriage of Judge Haughton and 
Miss ELIZABETH MOSELEY, eldest daughter of Hon. WILLIAM D. MOSELEY, Florida’s 
first governor after its admission to statehood, the nuptial ceremony having 
occurred at Moseley Hall, the fine old homestead of the bride’s parents in 
Jefferson County, this state. After his marriage Judge Haughton returned to 
North Carolina, where he continued in the practice of his profession until 
1852, when he established his permanent residence in Florida, as noted in a 
preceding paragraph. Of Governor Moseley a memorial tribute is entered in the 
sketch following. The gracious and cultured young gentlewoman who thus became 
the wife of Judge Haughton continued as his cherished and devoted companion and 
helpmeet until the close of his life, and she survived him a number of years, 
sustained and comforted by the gracious memories of their ideal companionship, 
as well as by the filial love and solicitude of her children and the 
affectionate regard of a wide circle of friends. Judge Haughton was survived by 
one daughter, Mrs. W. O. WOLTZ, and by five sons; WILLIAM M., MALACHI, 
ALEXANDER M., JOSEPH H. and MATTHEW H. His name and memory rest secure in the 
annals of Florida history, which he honored and dignified by his character and 
his achievement.


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