Northumberland County PA Archives Biographies.....Haley, William F. 1871 - 

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WILLIAM F. HALEY, a leading merchant of Locust Gap, who is proprietor of one of

the largest grocery stores of that place, is known for his honest and upright

dealings with all and is a man of the strictest integrity. He is a son of

Patrick and Barbara (Meisberger) Haley, and was born in Coal township,

Northumberland County, Pa., August 14, 1871.



  Patrick Haley, the father of our subject, was born February 22, 1835, at Mount

Laffer, Schuylkill County, Pa., and moved to Northumberland County at the age of

nineteen and located in Coal township. Although a practical miner, he followed

contracting among the mines nearly all his life time, and it was in the mines at

Coal township that he lost his life, August 20, 1884. He was a life-long

Democrat, and he never cared for public life for himself, but he was untiring in

his efforts for the success of his friends. He married Barbara Meisberger, a

native of Germany, who came with her parents to this country when but five years

old. She was born January 3, 1850, and her father was Michael Meisberger. Her

parents were among the earliest settlers of Coal township, and were highly

respected in the county. Our subject's parents reared eight children, as

follows: William F., the subject of this biography; Mary, deceased, who was the

wife of Peter Duppy of Locust Gap, and whose daughter, Margaret, is being reared

by our subject; Michael, who was killed in the mines at the age of twenty-one

years, riine months and three days; Margaret, the wife of Walter Bosine, who

resided at Locust Gap; Elizabeth, the wife of Frank Brecker of Locust Gap;

Eugene, who is in the employ of our subject; Victoria, who is at home; and

Patrick, who died at the age of three years. Our subject's mother is still

living and is spending her declining days at the home of her son.



  William F. Haley, the subject of this biography, was educated in the schools

of Coal township, but at the age of nine years he began picking slate,

continuing his schooling during the summer. At the age of eleven years he went

into the mines, remaining there until he was nineteen years old; he then worked

for two years in the grocery store of his aunt, Mrs. Enoch Shoda of Mount

Carmel. At the end of that period he engaged in the huckstering business for

three years, having a large patronage and being very successful; in connection

with that business he became proprietor of the grocery store which he now conducts.



  On November 22, 1897, our subject married Elizabeth Rourke. Mr. Haley has a

large and lucrative business and he is an active and interested citizen of

Locust Gap. In politics he is a Democrat.







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    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District

    Published by 

    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)





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