Charles Haley Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: HALEY
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915
Page 1221

        CHARLES HALEY, owner and proprietor of the Central Market, deal-
ing in meats and provisions, Exeter, N. H., was born in this town, Sept. 5,
1842. His father, Charles Haley, Sr., who started the present business, was
 
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born on the New Market road in the town of Exeter, and was a son of Ben-
jamin Haley, a farmer. He was educated in the common schools and worked
at farming until he established himself in the meat and provision business
about 75 years ago, when quite a young man. He was a progressive and sub-
stantial citizen and very popular among his fellow townsmen. He first mar-
ried Sarah J. Lowe, a native of New Hampshire, and they had two children,
Charles, the subject of this sketch, and Sarah J., who married Moses S.
Barnard. Charles Haley, Sr., married secondly Sarah Wiggins of Stratham,
N. H., of which union there were six children, as follows: Olive A., wife
of Daniel G. Johnson; Alice J., wife of Abbott Williams; Harriett 0., wife
of William N. Langley; George W.; Mary Ella, who married George S.
Hathaway, and Edna M., wife of Ernest Leavett.
        Charles Haley, Jr., was educated in the common and high schools of
Exeter, graduating from the latter in the class of 1861. He began industrial
life in his father's store and has continued in mercantile business ever since,
becoming his father's successor on the latter's death. He was first married
to Mary Ellen Wiggin, of Canterbury, N. H., who died leaving two children:
Charles E., who is clerk for his father in the store, and Emma B. For his
second wife Mr. Haley married Priscilla B. Safford, a native of Exeter, of
which union there are two children: Florence S., wife of Lewis P. Damon,
and J. Gilbert. Mr. Haley is a republican in politics and he and his wife
attend the Adventist church. They are energetic and prosperous people and
have many friends in this community.

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