Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Haven, Dwight C 1863 - 
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Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890

DWIGHT C. HAVEN. 

Among the younger members of the Joliet bar, none are more deserving of 
honorable mention than Dwight C. Haven, who was born in New Lenox, May 10, 
1863. The Havens trace their history back to the days when the "Mayflower" was 
plowing the waters of the mighty deep. In one of her later trips she brought a 
progenitor of the family to America. The grandfather of our subject was Samuel 
Haven, who came with his family to this countyr in 1835, from Chautauqua 
County, N. Y. He and his sons were very pronounced, outspoken Abolitionists, 
and particularly was this true of the father. The parents of our subject were 
Dwight and Lizzie (Craig) Haven, the mother being a native of Dublin, Ireland, 
although of Scotch parentage. Of the five children born to them one is dead. 
The living are: Samuel Rush Haven of Joliet; Edith A., and Bertha A., who are 
yet at home, and he of whom we write. The father was School Commissioner for 
Will County, from 1865 to 1868, and the Haven family was one of prominence 
among the early settlers. The early life of our subject was passed in his 
native place, his boyhood being marked with no eventful incident. Being 
ambitious for the acquirement of knowledge he was sent to the Illinois 
University at Champaign, from which institution he was graduated in the class 
of '83. In the military department of the University he received from the 
Governor of Illinois the commission of a Captain (Brevet) of the Illinois 
National Guards, for his proficiency in military tactics. He has since taken a 
great interest in the National Guards and is now Captain and Adjutant of the 
Fourth Infantry Regiment. He served through two strikes in which the troops 
were called out, in the years 1885 and 1889. After his graduation young Haven 
adopted the profession of teaching, which is an almost universal stepping 
stone to other professional work, his knowledge being made useful as an 
instructor at his own home. He began reading law in the office of Hill & 
Dibell in 1884, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He at once began practice 
in connection with the Hon. Charles A. Hill, M. C, who was one of his 
preceptors, the firm name being Hill & Haven. It was changed in January, 1881, 
to that of Hill, Haven & Hill, upon the admission of Alfred M. Hill, son of 
Capt. Hill, as a partner. In social circles Mr. Haven stands high, his 
courteous manners, intellectual culture, and good habits entitling him to 
esteem. He is a Knight Templar and member of the Independent Order of Red Men. 
In politics he is a Republican and is President of the Joliet Lincoln Club. He 
was married April 3, 1890, to Miss Marian Robinson, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 
 


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