ham; Abigail, born Nov. 16, 1680, married
Thomas Terry; Hannah, born April 24, 1683,
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married a Mr. Hodges; Natlianiel, born April
25, 1685; Jonathan; Abiali; and Deborali.
(I) AValter Deane was born in Chard, Eng-
land, between 1615 and 1620. He was a man
of influence and highly esteemed among his
English neighbors at Taunton. He married
Eleanor, daughter of Richard Strong, of Taun-
ton, England, who came to New England with
her brotiier, Elder John Strong, in the "Mary
and John," in 1630. They had children : Jo-
seph, a cordwainer of Taunton in 1684, was
of Dighton in 1728; Ezra settled in Taunton;
and Benjamin also settled in Taunton.
(II), Joseph Deane, son of Walter and
Eleanor (Strong), was a cordwainer in Taunton
in 1684, and of Dighton in 1728. He died be-
tween Dec. 3, 1728, and Feb. 11, 1728-29, leav-
ing a widow Mary. His children were : Joseph,
born in 1688; Samuel died without issue;
James, who died about 1750, married Mary
Williams ; Sarah married Joseph Read ; Esther,
born in 1694, died in 1707.
(II) Ezra Deane, son of Walter and Eleanor
(Strong), settled in Taunton. He married Dec.
17, 1676, Bethiah, daughter of Deacon Samuel
Edson, of Bridgewater. He died between Oct.
28, 1727, and Feb. 15, 1732. His children were:
Bethia, born Oct. 14, 1677, died Nov. 27, 1679;
Ezra, born Oct. 14 or 19, 1680; Samuel, born
April 11, 1682, died Feb. 16, 1683; Seth, born
June 3, 1683; Margaret married a Shaw;
Ephraim married Mary Allen, of Rehoboth,
Massachusetts.
(III) Ezra Deane, son of Ezra, born Oct. 14
or 19, 1680, was twice married, (first) to Abi-
gail Leonard, and (second) to Abigail, daugh-
ter of Samuel Brentnell, of Bridgewater, who
survived him. He was a physician and resided
in Taunton. His family was remarkable for its
longevity. The following is an extract from a
communication published in the Columhian
Reporter, a newspaper published in Taunton in
1825: "Dr. Ezra IDeane's children were: (1)
Ezra died at the age of eighty-nine years. (2)
Theodora died at the age of one hundred years.
(3) Abigail died at the age of ninety-five years.
(4) Bethiah died at the age of ninety-six years.
(5) Nohemiah died at the age of ninety years.
(6) James died at the age of ninety years. (7)
Seth died at the age of eighty-eight years. (8)
Solomon died at the age of sixty-one years. (9)
Elkanah died at the age of eighty-seven years.
(10) William is living (1825) aged ninety-four
years. (11) George died at the age of eighty-
six years. (12) Elisha died at the age of
eighty-three years. (13) Nathaniel died at the
age of twenty-five years. (14) Esther, living
now, 1825, aged ninety-two years. (15) Pru-
dence died at the age of eighty years. (16)
Stephen died at the age of fifty-one years.
United ages 1307. Eleven of the family lived
more than 1000 years, two of whom are now
(1825) living." Theodora Deane lived to see
her children to the fifth generation and was the
mother of the late Dr. Job Godfrey of Taunton.
(IV) Solomon Deane, son of Dr. Ezra, bora
in 1723, died in Taunton in 1784. He mar-
ried Mary Williams, daughter of Richard Wil-
liams (3), and their children were: Abisha,
Richard (married Deborah Grossman), Solo-
mon, Nathaniel, Brinton, Sylvester, and
Wealthy (married John Robinson, of Rayn-
ham).
(V) Richard Deane, son of Solomon, mar-
ried Deborah Grossman, daughter of Benjamin
Grossman, and they had nine children, as fol-
lows: Simeon, Richard, Abijah (born April
28, 1782), Apollos, Deborah, James, Bethiah,
Calvin (whose descendants live in North Attle-
boro) and Dolly.
(VI) Abijah"Deane, bom April 28, 1782, son
of Richard and Deborah (Grossman), married
Polly, daughter of Jabez Rounds, of Taunton.
Their children were: Ashael, born Sept. 19,
1811, married Harriet Sumner, of Foxboro,
Mass., in 1835 ; Polly married Elnatlian Jones,
and died in Norton, Mass. ; Richard died young;
Abijah Carpenter married Laura Dunbar, of
Foxboro; Nancy married Enon Rounds, and
died in 1908, in her ninetieth year; Benjamin
married Nancy Goe; George married Sarah
Manchester, and died Nov. 19, 1897; Charles
Mason married Celinda Harris, daughter of a
Methodist minister; and Clarissa married Pres-
ton G. Gomey, of Foxboro.
(VII) Ashael Deane, son of Abijah, born
Sept. 19, 1811, married Harriet Sumner, of
Foxboro, daughter of William Fisher Sumner.
She was born in 1813 and died in 1845. He
married (second) Lucy Hodges, daughter of
Benjamin Hodges, of Sharon. To the first
marriage were born : Ashael Sumner, born
March 31, 1837; Harriet Louise, bom in 1839;
Henry Augustus, born May 3, 1842, who mar-
ried (second) Ida Ne^vman ; and Mary Skinner,
born in 1846, who died in infancy. To the sec-
ond marriage were born three children : Marcus
Edgar, born Sept. 14, 1847; Lucy Anna, born
July 36, 1849; and Francis, bom "Sept. 30, and
died Oct. 7, 1851.
(VIII) Dr. Ashael Spmner Deane,
son of Ashael, was born in Foxboro, Mass.,
March 31, 1837. He received his elementary
education in the grammar school of his na-
tive town. He then entered the State Normal,
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which lie attended for' some time, after which
he taught sciiool in Canton, two terms in Fox-
boro and two terms iu Maynard. He was a
student of medicine for a time at Pittsfield,
Mass., and then entered the iS'avy on his
certificate as a surgeon, rcinaining until
tlie close of tlic war. Returning to Pitts-
field he graduated in 18(35. While in tiie service
he was surgeon on the flagship of Admiral
Dahlgren's scjuailron, and in that capacity met
many of the best men of the country for those
times. During this time lie spent one winter
in Washington, and was blown up on the goveni-
ment dispatch boat "Harvest Moon." lie had
among his messmates Admiral Johnson and
Admiral Forsyth. In 186G Dr. Deane went to
Fall River, and engaged in the practice of his
profession for a tew months. He then went to
Wrentham, Mass., where he practiced for five
years, and in 1871 he located in Taunton, where
he has been actively engaged in his profession
ever since. In point of years he is now one of
the oldest practitioners in the city. When the
government established its board of pension ex-
aminers he was appointed one of the members,
became its president, and has since served in
that capacity. He is a member of the Bristol
(North) branch of the Massachusetts State
Medical Society. In politics he is a Republican,
and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham
Lincoln in 1861.
In 1860 Dr. Deane was married to Virginia
Hughes, who was bom in Pittsburg, daughter
of John Hughes. Their children were : Ellen
Virginia, born Oct. 16, 1861, married Rev.
George H. Reed, of Concord, N. H., and they
have one daughter, Margaret Reed (born Feb.
5, 1892) ; Frederick Sumner, born Aug. 8, 1864,
died May 20, 1883, while a member of the
Freshman class at Amherst College ; Fanny
Brown, bom in 1867, died soon after; Lemira
Harris, born June 22, 1868, married William
â– C. Hawley, of Maiden, Mass., and has three
children, Alice Sumner (bom Nov. 13, 1803),
Catharine Deane (born Feb. 16, 1896) and
William Sumner (bora Sept. 17, 1901).
(V) Abislia Dean, son of Solomon, married
Olive Leonard, daughter of Colonel Leonard,
and had children : William, Allan, James,
Abby, Barney and Artemas. .
(VI) Barney Dean, son of Abisha. married
Fanny Washburn, and has three daughters:
Frances E., who married Nathan S. Hoard :
Helen Barney, who married Frederick Crane ;
and Abby, who married Charles Crandell.
(II) Benjamin Deane, son of Walter and
Eleanor (Strong), settled in Taunton. He
married Jan. 6, 1680-81, Sarah Williams. He
died between Feb. 2, 1722, and April 14, 1725.
His children were: Naomi, born Nov. 1, 1681,
died Jan. 6, 1681-82 ; Hannah, bom Dec. 36,
1682, married a Mr. Richmond; Israel, born
Feb. 3, 1684-85, died March 17, 1760, in his
seventy-sixth year (he married Ruth, who died
April 18, 1796, in her eightieth year) ; Mary,
born June 15, 1687, married a Mr. Edson;
Damaris, born Sept. 4, 1689, married Mathew
White; Sarah, born Aug. 30, 1692, married a
Mr. Danforth; Elizabeth, born March 26, 1694-
95, married a Richmond; Mehetable, born June
9, 1697, married a Mr. Richmond ; Benjamin,
born July 31, 1699, died Jan. 6, 1785, in liis
eighty-sixth year (he married Zopporah Dean,
daughter of John Dean, and she died Sept. 37,
1778, in her seventy-fifth year) ; Capt. Eben-
ezer, born Feb. 14, 1701-03, died July 3U, 1774
(he married Rachel Allen, who died March 3,
1768, in her seventy-fifth year) ; Lydia, born
Dec. 11, 1704; Joshua, born Oct. 33, 1707, died
March 33, 1709-10.
(IK) t'apt. Ebenezer Deaji, son of Benjamin
and Sarah (Williams), born Feb. 14, 1701-03,
died July 30, 1774. He married Rachel Allen,
of Rehoboth, who died March 3, 1768, in her
seventy-fifth year. He and his son Joshua
marched in the same army in defense of their
country in the old French war ; he was the cap-
tain of the company. Joshua had a son Joseph,
who was frequently out in the service in the
Revolutionary war, and had command of a com-
pany that was called out in support of the
Courts during Shays's Rebellion. Ebenezer and
Rachel (Allen) Dean had four children: Eben-
ezer; Joshua, who died June 10, 1772; Rachel,
and Phebe.
(IV) Ebenezer Dean, Jr., son of Capt. Eben-
ezer and his wife Rachel, was born about 1730,
and died Jan. 5, 1819, in his ninetieth year.
He was known as Deacon Dean. He married
Prudence, daughter of John King, of Raynham,
and she died March 10, 1787. in her tifty-fifth
year. Their children, eleven in number, were
as follows: Ebenezer (Deacon) married Sallie
Soper; Abiatha married Wealtha Crane; Enos;
Levi, born Dec. 13. 1767, married Betsey Dean,
and died Nov. 1, 1840: Apollus married Matilda
French; Caius (doctor) ; Rhoda married Daniel
Douglass: Phebe married Thomas Daggett;
Bathsheba married David Padelford ; Rachel
married Samuel Oushee ; and Prudence married
Nathan King.
(V) Enos Dean, son of Ebenezer and Pru-
dence, was the father of Enos W.
(VI) Enos W. Dean, son of Enos, married
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Oct. 29, 1827, Elizabeth Jane Williams, daugh-
ter of Abiathar and (Nancy) Anna (Dean)
Williams, of Raynham. Their children were:
Ebenezer Abiel/born March 16, 1830; Sarah
Elizabeth, born Feb. 3. 1832; Helen Williams,
born Julv 27, 1835, died June 18, 1872; and
William Francis, born Oct. .5, 1839.
(A'lD William Francis Dean, son of Enos
W. and Elizabeth J., was born in Taunton Oct.
5. 1839. and was educated in the pidilic schools
of Taunton, and at Bristol Academy, at which
latter place so many of the young men of lus
time and of tlie best families were given instruc-
iion. He became a farmer and lived on Stephen
street. Taunton, where he spent the balance of
his life. He was a Republican in politics, but
never an office holder. He was a member
of the Unitarian Church of Taunton. On Nov.
24, 1870, he married Mary Jane Bassett, who
â– was born in Grafton, and they had two children :
Enos Williams, born and died Nov. 5, 1871 ; and
William Milton, born Nov, 16, 1874.
(YIII) WiLLL-VM M. Dean, son of William
Francis and Mary Jane, was born in Taunton
Nov. 16, 1874. and was educated in the public
flnd high schools, graduating from the latter in
1892. In the same year he became a pupil in
Bristol Academy, in preparation for college,
graduating in 1893. In the fall of that year
he matriculated as a student in the Law Depart-
ment of Boston University, and for the follow-
ing four years studied for his profession, and
at the same time took special studies in the
Academic Department of the University. He
graduated in the class of 1897. Prior to his
graduation he applied for and received admis-
sion to practice in the Courts of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts. Immediately after-
ward he opened an office in Taunton, where he
has since been engaged in a lucrative practice.
While his practice has been general, he has nev-
ertheless had more experience in the matter of
Teal estate, conveyancing, etc.
In 1905 Mr. Dean became actively inter-
ested in political matters, and at the November
election of that year was elected to represent
the Fourth District of Bristol County in the
State Legislature for 1906, and was reelected
in 1906 and 1907. In his first year he was a
member of the committees on Constitutional
Amendments and Federal Relations, of both of
which he was clerk. In his second year he was
a member of the committees on Ways and
Means, and on Elections (of which he was chair-
man). For the summer of 1907 he sat with the
committee on Ways and Means in special ses-
sion "to revise the financial methods of the
Commonwealth." In 1908 he was elected to
represent the Fii-st Bristol District in the Senate
and was chairman of the committee on Public
Service and member of the committee on Le-
gal Affairs and (Jounties. Fraternally he is
a member and past master of King David
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Taunton: St. Mark's
Chapter, R. A. M. ; Boston Commandery, K. T.,
and has attained the 32d degree. He is a mem-
ber of Palestine Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., of
Providence. In the Knights of Pythias he is
a member and past chancellor of Orient Lodge,
Taunton, and was member of the judiciaiy
committee of the Grand Lodge in 1907. He was
also district deputy of two lodges at Fall River
and Brockton. He belongs to Sabbatia Lodge,
I. 0. 0. F.; the A. 0. U. W.; the B. P. 0. E.,
being past exalted ruler: and the Sons of the
American Revolution. He was counsel for the
North Dighton Cooperative Bank.
Mr. Dean married June 1, 1899, Alta Louise,
bom Jan. 16, 1876, daughter of Erbanus J. and,
Louise H. (Lincoln) Bassett. They have two
children: Alta Ramona, born Aug. 8, 1900;
and Louise Frances, Aug. 26, 1901.
(IV) Joshua Dean, son of Capt. Ebenezer
and Rachel (Allen), died June 10, 1773. He
married (first) Keziah Paddock, and (second)
May 23, 1754, Abigail (King) Leonard, wid-
ow of Nathan Leonard. She was born March
17, 1728. To the first marriage was born one
son, Joseph, Jan. 1, 1751. The children of the
second marriage were: Nathan, born April 28,
1755; Joshua, bom Julv 26, 1756, died Feb.
20, 1758; Keziah, bom "Jan. 11 or 14, 1759;
Abigail, bom Aug. 31, 1760, died young; Abi-
gail, born Nov. 16. 1761 ; Joshua, born Oct. 9,
1764; Kate, born Dec. 28, 1766, died Dec. 31,
1768; and Caleb, born March 8, 1770.
(V) Joseph Dean, son of Joshua and Keziah,
was bom Jan. 1, 1751. and died Sept. 7, 1838.
On Dec. 1, 1774, he married Anna Strobridge,
born in Middleboro, Mass., Feb. 26, 1755, died
Sept. 2, 1842. Their children were: Robert,
born Oct. 28, 1775, died May 24, 1822; Arte-
mas, bom Feb. 12, 1777, died May 16, 1779;
Joseph, born Jan. 28, 1779, died Sept. 3, 1841 ;
Anna, bom Oct. 6, 1781, died Sept. 27, 1858;
Artemas (2), bom Oct. or Aug. 16, 1783, died
Sept. 9, 1859; Keziah, bom March 24, 1786,
died Nov. 19, 1787 ; Joshua, bom July 16, 1788,
died Jiily 11 or 12, 1824; Keziah (2), bom
June 27, 1790, died Oct. 15, 1821; Lois, bom
Sept. 10, 1792, died April 2, 1883; Paddock,
bom Sept. 27, 1794, died April 29, 1855; Eliza-
beth, bom Aug. 25, 1796, died Oct. or Aug. 8,
1821; and George Washington, bom Feb. 23,
1799, died Jan. 14, 1878.
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(VI) Robert Dean, son of Joseph and Anna,
was born Oct. 28, 1775, and died May 2-i, 1822.
On July 26, 1803, he married Sarah Susan
Leavitt Padelford, who died April 3, 1850. They
had ten children as follows : One died young ;
Robert Strobridge, born Feb. 6, 1805, died in
Taunton Dec. 18, 1889 ; Benjamin Randall,
bom Oct. 29, 1806, died March 17, 1863 ; Susan
Padelford, born Oct. 12, 1808, died March 9,
1885; Samuel Augustus, born Aug. 29, 1810;
Henry Ale.xis, born Oct. 5, 1812; Elizabeth J.,
born Aug. 23, 1814; Anna Catherine, born May
12, 1817; Joseph, born Nov. 16 or 19, 1819, died
Aug. 16, 1888; and Francis Baylies, born Jan.
12, 1822.
Israel Dean married Sarah Richmond, and
among their children was a son Rufus. This
Israel is probably the son of Israel (born 1685)
who married Katherine Bird, and grandson of
John (son of John and Alice) who married
Sarah Edson.
Rufus Dean, son of Israel, and Sarah (Rich-
mond) Dean, born in Taunton in 1739, mar-
ried tliere Fei). 1, 1770, Lydia Htxlges, bom in
1749 or 1750. He died in Taunton Fel). 24,
1800, and she Sept. 9, 1790. Their children
were: Joshua, born in 1770-71, died July 2,
1784; Rufus, bom in 1772, died Sept. 22, 1830;
Israel, born about 1774; Lydia, born March
30, 1776, died Feb. 17, 1850, in Raynham,
Mass., married Feb. 1, 1801, David Carver, of
Taunton; Sarah Dean, born in 1777, died Jan.
8, 1805, married Oct. 17, 1802, Nathan Carver,
of Taunton ; Catharine Walker, born Feb. 28,
1779, died April 11, 1863, married Capt. Ben-
jamin Shores, of Taunton ; Henry Hodges, bom
in 1781, married Mav 13, 1804, Deborah Dean,
of Taunton; Rhoda,"'born Nov. 28, 1783, died
Feb. 20, 1866, married May 24, 1804, Charles
Cobb, of Taunton; Zephaniah Hodges, born in
1785, married Panielia Hodges; and Nancy,
born Dec. 10, 1786, died Sept. 5, 1853, married
Dec. 6, 1820, Rufus Carver, of Taunton, Massa-
chusetts.
Col. Israel Dean, born about 1774, son of
Rufus and Lydia, married Jan. 15, 1813, Lydia
Burt, daughter of Simeon and Betsey (Pitts)
Burt, of Berkley, Mass. Their children were:
Lydia, born in July, 1812, died young; Carissa
Burt, bom Nov. 12, 1816, died April 26, 1888,
married Capt. Billings T. Presbrey (born Aug.
28, 1815, died June 10, 1891) ;" Lydia, born
March 18, 1818, marrietl Leonard Conant,
father of Henry Conant; Israel, born March 8,
1819; and Israel Lysander, bom May 7, 1821.
Col. Israel Dean was a member of the militia.
and obtained iiis rank in that service. He waff
a farmer, brickmaker and fisher by occupation,,
and is said to have been the first manufacturer
of brick in Taunton.
CRIFFITTS M. HAFFARDS, late of Fall
River, was a man whose influence in financial
afi'airs and business matters generally had a
pronounced effect upon the welfare of the com-
munity in that respect for a long period. His
record of continuous success, brought about by
able management and untiring devotion to
whatever he undertook, gave his opinion weight
in the highest circles and made his example-
valualile. He bore an honorable name, and his
reputation was so high, his judgment so keen,,
his authority so respected, his ability so pro-
nounced, that he was often solicited to accept
place in the directorate of various corporations-
in the city, mills and financial institutions, in
wliich he hinuself had no material interest.
Though so thoroughly identified with tlie af-
fairs of Fall River, where, indeed, he ])assed
his active business career, Mr. Haffards was
a native of New Bedford, bom April 9, 1845.
The family has long been identified with that
section. We give herewith a little of the early
history in New England.
For some two hundred years at least, and
how much earlier has not been ascertained, the
Haffards family, name variously spelled, has
had an abiding place in various parts of Ply-
mouth county, while in New Bedford its his-
tory covers a period of upward of a century.
Tlie children of John and Lydia (Peirce)
Haffard of Middleboro record were ; Ebenezer,
Alice, John, Jacob and SamneJ, all born be-
tween 1707 and 1719. since when and in that
and other towns of Plymouth county the name
has continued ; and since the close of the
eighteenth century — for now upward of an
hundred years — the name has been a continu-
ous one in that part of Dartmouth which be-
came New Bedford. Reference is made to
some of the descendants of Jonathan and Roba
(Brightman) Haffards, whose intention of
marriage is of public record as expressed May
27, 17S6. Their children of New Bedford
public record were: James, born Marcli 11,
1787: Sarah, born May 11, 1789; William,
born April 22, 1791 ; John Brightman, born
April 27, 1793; Jonathan, born March 5, 1795;
and Susanna, born Nov. 4, 1797, to which are
added from family record Joseph, Charles, Bet-
sey and Lydia. Of these,
Charles Hafl^ards was born Aug. 17, 1801,_
in New Bedford, Mass., and married Dec. 26,
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1823, Lydia, daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia
Bonney, of Rochester, Mass. She died Nov.
20, 1842, and he married (second) July 4,
1843, Mrs. Betsey (Bonney) Whitney, a widow,
sister of his first wife. She died Jan. 8, 1870,
in her sixty-seventh year. Mr. Haffards died
Oct. 8, 1859, in New Bedford, Mass. He was
engaged as a merchant there. Of the seven
children born to the first marriage all died
quite young excepting Caroline E., who mar-
ried David F. Brown, formerly of Fall River,
Mass., now of Accord, town of Hingham, Mass.,
always obliged to decline such honors because
of the demands of his private affairs. He was
a stockholder in numerous local corporations,
and achieved large success, ranking among the
wealthy men of the city, and he showed his
faith in its present and future by investing his
means where he had acquired them. Mr. Haf-
fards was the proper man to attain wealth and
position, for he had the sense of responsibility
which the possession of large means and the
consciousness of high standing should carry.
He used his money and his influence with the
and of their two children Caroline F. died June most intelligent care and thoug^it for the good
10, 1908; and Charles Haffards Brown is an
accountant with an office in Boston and resi-
dence at Accord, Mass., is married and has a
son David M. Brown. To the second marriage
of Charles Haffards was born one child, Grif-
fitts M.
Griffitts M. Haffards received his education
in the schools of New Bedford. Coming to
Fall River while yet in his teens, he became approbation as well as the respect of his fel-
of others as well as for himself. He did not
undervalue his obligations and he never shirked
them. Though he took no direct part in pub-
lic affairs, with the exception of serving one
term in 1875 as a member of the common coun-
cil, his citizenship was of the highest type, and
he was regarded as one of the leading men of
the city. He so lived that he commanded the
a bookkeeper for Daniel Brown, one of the early
grain, coal and commission merchants of Fall
River. After a few years Mr. Haffards be-
came a partner in the business, becoming asso-
ciated with David F. Brown, son of Daniel,
under the firm name of D. Brown, Son & Co.
In 1873 Mr. Haffards, Mr. Alphonso S. Covel
and Mr. James C. Brady established a bank-
ing house at the corner of South Main and
Pleasant streets. Mr. Brady retired from the
firm in 1877 to become city treasurer, and Mr.
Covel retired soon after to become treasurer
in turn of the Crescent Mill, Merchants Ma^iu-
lacturing Company and the Tremont and Suf-
folk Mills, of Lowell. Mr. Haffards continued
the business alone and about 1880 included
with it a general stock brokerage, real estate
and insurance business, all of which he contin-
ued with marked success. In 1884 Mr. John
T. Robertson, who had been with the firm as
a clerk from 1877, was admitted as partner,
and the business is still being conducted by
him under the old name of G. M. Haffards &
Co. The senior partner, because of poor
health, retired from the firm in June, 1905,
a little more than a year before his death.
Mr. Haffards was a man of unusually fine
business qualities. Possessing keen foresight,
and being a splendid Judge of men, he be
lowmen, and the force of his example is still
felt among those who were associated with liira
for so many years.
In his political views Mr. Haffards was a
Republican. Socially he was a member of the
Quequechan Club. He was one of the leading
members of the First Christian Church and
was active in the management of its material
concerns for many years. He was a member
of the standing committee of the corporations
and for years a trustee of the parsonage fund.
He died Sept. 23, 1906, being stricken while
sitting in his pew at the morning services in
the First Christian Church, and passed away a
few moments later. His remains lie in Oak
Grove cemetery.
Mr. Haffards's first wife, Ida P. Brown, was
tlie daughter of Daniel Brown, his former em-
ployer, and they had two children : Elizabeth
M., who died in young womanhood, and Grif-
fitts M., Jr., who died young. Mrs. Haffards
died Aug. 12, 1894, and in 1897 Mr. Haffards
was married (second) to Adelaide B. White,