Biography of Samuel G. Haverstock, pages533/534.  History of DeKalb 
County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.



Samuel G. Haverstock

The life history of him whose name heads this sketch is closely 
identified with the history of DeKalb county, Indiana.  His life has 
been one of untiring activity and has been crowned with a degree of 
success attained by those only who devote themselves indefatigably to 
the work before them. He is of a high type of business man and none 
more than he deserves a fitting recognition among the men whose genius 
and ability have achieved results that are most enviable and 
commendable. Samuel G. Haverstock was born near Butler, Indiana, on 
February 15, 1858, and is a son of Jonathan and Anna (Gardner) 
Haverstock.  Jonathan Haverstock was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, 
on April 17, 1843, and when about fourteen years old was brought to 
DeKalb county, Indiana, by his parents, Samuel and Phoebe Haverstock. 
Samuel Haverstock bought a farm north, of Butler and there established 
the family home and spent the remainder of his life.  He started here 
in a very moderate way, having bought farm land for which he went into 
debt, but, by persistent effort and rigid economy he was prospered, and 
at length was enabled to buy more land from time to time until at one 
time he owned twelve or thirteen hundred acres of land, and to each of 
his seven children he gave two hundred acres to start them in life. He 
bought and sold a great deal of land and was numbered among the 
substantial and enterprising citizens of the community. Politically, he 
was staunch Republican, but not an office seeker, while religiously he 
and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Jonathan 
Haverstock was reared near Butler and followed agricultural pursuits 
throughout his active life.  He married Anna Gardner, who died two days 
after his birth of their first child, Samuel G., the immediate subject 
of this sketch.  Anna Gardner was a native of Williams county, Ohio, 
and her marriage to Mr. Haverstock occurred on December 6, 1866.  Some 
time after her death Mr. Haverstock, married Eleanor Cole, of DeKalb 
county, and to this union were born six children, of whom four are 
living---Leone, Charles H., Burl and Belle.  Mr. Haverstock continued 
farming near Butler during the remainder of his life and was successful 
in his efforts.  He was a Republican in his political views, and Odd 
Fellow and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a good 
neighbor, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need of 
assistance, and took an especially active part in Sunday school work.  
His death occurred on July 16, 1911.  When Mrs. Anna Haverstock died, 
she gave her two days’ old baby to the subject’s grandparents, Samuel 
and Phoebe Haverstock, by whom he was reared, he being about nineteen 
years old when they died.  The boy grew up on the farm and attended 
college at Angola, and, when he was twenty-one years old, he took 
charge of his grandfather’s farm, continuing its operation until about 
1905.  About that time Mr. Haverstock left the farm and moved to 
Butler, where for about four years he was employed in the live stock 
business, in which he was very successful.  He was then elected to the 
office of county recorder, assuming the duties of that office on 
January 1, 1909, and in the following month he moved to Auburn, where 
he now resides, having recently sold his farm.  He performed his 
official duties to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens and 
retired from the office with the commendation of all who had been 
familiar with his work there. In 1890 Mr. Haverstock was united in 
marriage with Maude Walter, who was born in Defiance county, Ohio, the 
daughter of James R. and Eliza (Stiffler) Walter.  Mrs. Haverstock’s 
parents had come from Tuscarawas county, Ohio, to Defiance county, that 
state, and subsequently moved to DeKalb county, locating near Butler, 
where Mr. Walter followed farming and where his death occurred in 1904.  
His widow now lives with a daughter at Defiance, Ohio.  To Mr. and Mrs. 
Haverstock have been born two children, Hazel A. and J. Harold. 
Fraternally, Mr. Haverstock belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is highly esteemed among 
his fraternal brethren.  He is a man of splendid qualities of 
character, honest and upright in all his dealings with his fellow men, 
and, because of his efforts and successful career, he has earned and 
retains the warm regard of all who know him.



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Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

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