Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - Isaac S. HABBERSETT, 1959 Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ HABBERSETT, Isaac S. 1959 01 May 1959 Friday Chester Times "Isaac S. Habbersett, 78, Pork Firm Head, Dies" MIDDLETOWN -- ISAAC S. HABBERSETT, 78 year-old chairman of the board of HABBERSETT Bros. Inc. and grandson of the founder of the pork products firm, died yesterday at his home on Knowlton rd., Middletown. Born in Middletown, he was the grandson and namesake of the late ISAAC S. HABBERSETT, a Middletown Township farmer who started manufacturing sausage and scrapple in 1863, a few hundred yards from the present plant on Knowlton rd. near Middletown rd. Mr. HABBERSETT educated in public schools in Middletown and entered the family business which is now in its fourth generation of ownership. A 32 degree Mason, Mr. HABBERSETT was a member of George W. Bartram Lodge of Media. He was president of the board of trustees and Sunday School superintendent at Mt. Hope Church. In addition to his wife, NELLIE GRIFFIN HABBERSETT, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. CROSBY M. BLACK of Swarthmore, and Mrs. H. STANLEY GOFF of Middletown; a son, E. HARPER HABBERSETT, 3rd of Chester Heights; two sisters, Mrs. JAMES DALTRY of Media and Mrs. WILLIAM DUTTON of Garden City; three brothers, CHARLES, JOSHUA and E. HARPER, all of Media, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Mt. Hope Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Note: Son of Esmonde H. Habbersett & Hannah L. Whitaker (d/o Joshua Whitaker & Sarah Lawton) Great-grandson of Jabez (of England) and Sarah Lawton Nine siblings: Sarah (nee Habbersett) Bonsall; Priscilla (nee Habbersett) Dutton; Isaac S. Habbersett; Florence (nee Habbersett) Carter; William C. Habbersett; Charles W. Habbersett; Bertha (nee Habbersett) Daltry; Joshua W. Habbersett; and Esmonde Harper Habbersett, Jr. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/obits/h/habbersett-is.txt