Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Haven, Hon Dwight 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

HON. DWIGHT HAVEN, an early settler of New Lenox Township, was born in    
Chautauqua County, N. Y., in 1821, being a son of Samuel Haven, a native of 
Chesterfield, N. H., born July 14, 1799. The latter, when a young man, settled 
in Chautauqua County, N. Y., and from there in 1834 removed to Illinois, 
settling in what is now New Lenox Township, and buying land at the first land 
sale in 1836. Though a tanner by trade, his life in Illinois was spent as a 
farmer. He was a believer in the freedom of the slaves, and his place was a  
station on the underground railroad by which slaves were assisted in their 
flight to the borders. The Congregational Church had in him one of its most
earnest members. He died March 12, 1866, aged sixty-seven years. His father, 
Elias Haven, was the son of a Revolutionary hero who fell in the battle of  
Bunker Hill. The family was founded in America by two brothers, who came from 
England, one going south, the other settling in New England. The mother of our 
subject was born May 29, 1802, and was the daughter of a Revolutionary 
soldier. She died in this county August 11, 1860, aged fifty-eight years. Of 
her eight children one son, Dwight, and two daughters survive. One daughter, 
Amanda C., is the widow of James Goodspeed; the other, Helen, is the wife of  
W. P. Kimball, of San Francisco.

From the age of thirteen years our subject has made Will County his home.   
When his education was completed he took up farm pursuits, which he followed 
until 1884, and still owns his farm. On the death of his brother, Dr. Haven, 
of Chicago, he took charge of his estate, having an office in the Reaper block 
in Chicago. In 1884 he built a residence in New Lenox village, where he now 
lives in ease and comfort. Continuously since 1854 he has held the office of
justice of the peace. From 1865 to 1869 he held office as county  
superintendent of schools.

In 1886 he was elected to the general assembly on the Republican ticket. For 
several years he served as supervisor and has also held the other local 
offices.

November 3, 1847, Mr. Haven married Helen L. Savage, who died July 28, 1859, 
leaving four daughters: Lizzie J., widow of A. A. Francis; Mary E., wife of 
Charles Francis; Helen L., who married Thomas D. Ferguson, of Normal Park, 
Chicago; and Emma J., wife of Gilbert Van Duser, of Fredonia, Kans. The second 
marriage of Mr. Haven took place December 26, 1861, and united him with 
Elizabeth, daughter of James Craig, who was an early settler of Chicago. This 
marriage resulted in the birth of four children who attained mature years, and
one son, Edward, who died November 8, 1880, at the age of eleven years and 
four months. The surviving sons and daughters are Dwight C., member of the law 
firm of Hill, Haven & Hill, of Joliet; Samuel R., of Englewood, Ill.; Edith
A., wife of Rev. A. B. Whitcomb, of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Bertha A., at home.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900


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