Biographical Sketch of Charles A. Haden, Greene County, Missouri, Clay
Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Col. Charles A. Haden.  This gentleman is the son of Joel H. and Martha
(Smith) Haden, and was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, May 9, 1813.
His mother was a native of that State and his father of Virginia.  His
grandfather was a captain in the Revolutionary War.  His father, the 
Rev. Joel Haden, was a Christian minister and organized nearly all the
older churches of that denomination in Southwest Missouri.  In 1824 he
moved to Howard County, Missouri and in 1835 he and his son Charles 
came to Springfield, where he was appointed register of the land office
which position he held several years, and also carried on the work of
organization of Christian churches.  He returned to Howard County, 
where he died in 1862.  Charles worked here in his father's office un-
til 1841, when he removed to the farm upon which he now resides, where
he has been farming and dealing extensively in stock.  He now owns a
fine farm of five hundred acres, besides giving to his children some
three hundred.  Mr. Haden is one of the pioneers of Greene County, and
was a colonel of militia in the early days of the county.  He has been
a member of the Christian church since a young man, and a Mason since
1842.  He was married May 6, 1841, to Miss Louisiana, daughter of Major
Joseph and Judith Weaver.  Their union was blest with eight children,
six living: Martha H., Judith M., Gabrella S., Joel H., John S. and
Mollie E.  Mrs. Haden died August 18, 1859.  Her parents were among the
earliest settlers in Greene County, and her father was a soldier in the
War of 1812.

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