BIO: William T. DE HAAS, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 505.
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  WILLIAM T. DE HAAS, county recorder and clerk of the courts of Clearfield 
county, Pa., is numbered with the representative men of this section, having 
been identified with the interests of Clearfield county for almost forty years.  
He was born in Center county, Pa., August 20, 1858, and is one of a family of 
eight children born to his parents, Joseph M. and Sarah (Heckman) De Haas.  On 
the paternal side his family originated in Holland and a maternal great-great-
grandfather was Edward Shippen, who was the first mayor of Philadelphia.  The 
parents of Mr. De Haas are both now deceased.
  William T. De Haas obtained his education in the public schools and, like his 
father, followed agricultural pursuits until he entered official life.  He came 
to Clearfield county in 1873 and has been an active and useful citizen.  In 1904 
he was first elected county recorder, on the Republican ticket, and in 1907 was 
re-elected with an increased majority.
  Mr. De Haas married Miss Virginia Lyles, a daughter of the late James Lyles, 
of Clearfield, and they have two children, Clara and Lulu B.  The family attends 
the Methodist Episcopal church.  Mr. De Haas is identified with the Clearfield 
Grange and belongs also to the Masonic fraternity.