Biographical Sketches

William Haven (1770-1856) was the youngest son of Reverend Samuel Haven (1727-1806) and Mehitable 阿普尔顿 Haven. He traveled extensively with his br其他人, who employed him as an accountant. He was a cashier of the New Hampshire Bank in Portsmouth, N.H. and later an accountant for the Portsmouth Savings Bank. In 1807, he married Sophia Henderson (1809-1896), the daughter of Hugh Henderson (1747-1792) and Hannah Sheafe Henderson (later Hart) (1750-1845). Of their twelve children, Sophia Haven (1809-1896) and William 阿普尔顿 Haven (1831-1919) are represented in this collection.

Sophia Haven (1809-1896), daughter of William and Sophia Henderson Haven, married Charles John 阿普尔顿 (1795-1843), the son of John and 3月y Whitbread 阿普尔顿. Charles served for a time as an officer in the Brazilian Navy. 他们 had three children: Sophia Louisa 阿普尔顿 (b. 1836), known as Louisa, who married Charles William 布拉德伯里 in 1864; Sarah Fayerweather 阿普尔顿 (b. 1839), who married Charles Ammi Cutter in 1863; and Augusta Isabella 阿普尔顿 (b. 1841).

William 阿普尔顿 Haven (1831-1919) was the youngest son of William and Sophia Henderson Haven. He was educated at private schools in Portsmouth until the age of fifteen and then became an apprentice in Boston at the firm of Brown and Hastings Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors. In 1849, he left Boston to work on the Vermont Railroad until it was finished in 1850. He then returned to Portsmouth to complete his studies in civil engineering. In 1852, he went west to find work in engineering. He lived in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Arkansas, and Texas and was employed as an engineer on the construction of railroads. During the Civil War, he left Texas, returned to Portsmouth, and enlisted in Company K of the New Hampshire 卷unteer Infantry as a second lieutenant. After the war, he continued to work at various locations throughout the United States on the construction of railroads and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He married Zaidee B. Hartupee of Chicago. 他们 had no children.

Sarah Fayerweather 阿普尔顿 (b. 1839) was the daughter of Charles John and Sophia Haven 阿普尔顿. She married Charles Ammi Cutter (1837-1903), the son of Caleb and Hannah Bigelow Cutter, in 1863. He was known as Ammi and was the librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1869-1893. From 1894 until his death, he was the librarian of the Forbes Library in Northampton, Mass. Ammi and Sarah had four children: Louis Fayerweather 刀(b. 1864), who married 3月y Perkins Osgood (b. 1868); Philip Champney 刀(b. 1866); Roland Norcross 刀(b. 1868); and Gerald Clifford 刀(b. 1880).