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THE HISTORY OF MARION COUNTY, OHIO
1883 - By Leggett, Conaway & Co.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
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(1907 MARION COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY LETTER H)
CHRISTIAN HABERMAN (Marion Township) was born in Huttengesasse,Hessen-Nassau, Prussia, October 6, 1829, a son of Conrad and Catharine(Maub) Haberman. The former dying in Germany in 1831, his widowemigrated to this country in 1871, settling in Marion County. She diedat the home of her daughter, Margaret Kam, in Marion Township, inAugust 1877. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whomcame to Marion County-John, Philip, Catherina, Margaret, Mary and MaryCatherina. Christian Haberman received very little education, and atthe age of fourteen years commenced to learn the stone mason's trade,serving an apprenticeship of five years. In 1852, when twenty-three,he came to the United States, landing at the port of New York, andthence came to Marion. November 22, 1853, he was married to MissGertrude, a daughter of Henry and Gertrude (Drollinger) Seas. Theyhave eight children--Frederick, (1907) born September 1, 1854; HenryD., born June 1856, and killed when aged fourteen while playing on thecars; Louisa C., April 11, 1858; Anna Gertrude, March 17, 1860; AmandaC., December 7, 1861; William D., June 11, 1863; Philip J., January15, 1866; John Alfred, April 15, 1868; and Charles Wesley, March 19,1870. Mrs. Haberman was born in Ellmendingen, Baden, Germany, June 5,1828, and came with her parents to Stark County, Ohio, in the fall of1829; thence to Marion County in 1846-47. The second year after hismarriage, Mr. Haberman entered the business of contractor and builder.He constructed the first stone mason work for the abutments of thebridges in the county, building in 1856 the Little Scioto bridge nearJohn Rayl's in Green Camp Township. Since then he has done stone masonwork for bridges in every township in the county, and probably morework of this kind than any other man in Marion County. His contractsextend over the counties of Marion, Hardin, Logan, Wyandot, Crawford,Morrow and Delaware. His stone quarry, situated within the corporatelimits of the city, was discovered in 1857. (See Chapter X for sketchon Marion Quarry.) Mr. Haberman enlisted in the late war May 12, 1864,in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment Ohio NationalGuards, for the 100-day service. Taking sick, he returned home. He isvery comfortably situated financially, having, besides his businessinterests, a farm of 112 acres and seventeen acres within thecorporation, six acres being platted in city lots, called "Haberman'sAddition." Amid his success, Mr. Haberman has not forgotten hisfriends in the Fatherland, for he has sent thither some $2,200, whichwas the means of bringing to this country five families, big brothers'and sisters', three of whom were half-sisters. He has erected thefoundations for many of the principal buildings in Marion, includingthose of nearly all the churches, the jail and the Hotel Marion. Healso had charge of the stone work for the Chicago & Atlantic Railroadin Marion, and he superintended for five or six years the stone workover the entire Cincinnati & Toledo Railroad. The subject of thissketch is a strong temperance advocate, and formerly made manytemperance speeches in this and adjoining counties. Politicallyspeaking, he is a Democrat. He is a Methodist, and formerly was amember of the German Methodist Church of Marion, and contributed about$1,000 toward the erection of that church building on West Street. Hisfamily are all members of that church, including his wife, who is apleasant lady and an exemplary Christian. He is also connected withthe F. & A. M., the IOOF, also with the Encampment, the P. O. of A.and the G. A. R., and thus we conclude the sketch of an honorablecitizen, a successful business man and a generous-hearted Christian.
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1829 - 1906 (76 years)
