

PHOTOS. SY £VANS, GORfJiNG. .N.Y. 



OtO. S.HAVERUNG 



IVIRS.GEO.S. HAVERUNG 



GEORGE HAVERLING. 



The subject of this sketch is the son of Adam 

 Haverling, and was born at Painted Post, March 18, 

 1810. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and 

 was reared on a farm with one John Wormley ; settled 

 in Steuben County, at Painted Post, about 1804 ; was 

 there engaged in the distillery business until he removed 

 to Bath, and continued the same business a few years 

 longer in connection with farming. He finally gave up 

 the distillery business, and devoted his attention to agri- 

 culture until his death, which occurred March 12, 1860. 

 George had very limited advantages for an education, 

 as he never attended school until he was sixteen years 

 of age. He attended school one year after he was 

 twenty-one years of age. By close application to study 

 he obtained sufficient information to enable him to 

 transact successfully the business required in the various 

 relations of life. His early life was spent upon his father's 

 farm. On the 24th of September, 1836, he married Miss 

 Ruby, daughter of Samuel Besley, of Campbell. Soon 

 after marriage he rented a farm for ^w^ years. He then 

 purchased a farm near Bath, a portion of which he still 



owns and resides upon, and the balance was sold, in 1853, 

 for one hundred dollars per acre, a very unusual price for 

 those days. Mr. Haverling has passed a very active life, 

 directing his attention mostly to farming, except five years 

 spent in superintending the building of the Davenport 

 Home for Orphan Girls, and making the roads and beauti- 

 fying the grounds of the same. He commenced life poor, 

 but with industry and frugality, combined with good 

 judgment, he has gained a competency, and can to-day 

 look back upon his life as one of labor, yet of pleasure. 

 He is one of the representative farmers of Bath, and is 

 a man very highly esteemed by those who know him. 

 He has never been an aspirant for official honors, always 

 preferring the quiet of home; he has, however, been 

 assessor of Bath for seven consecutive years. 



Mr. Haverling has been called to settle many estates 

 during his life, and has given satisfaction to the parties 

 interested. Mr. and Mrs. Haverling have been worthy 

 members of the Episcopal Church of Bath for many 

 years. Mrs. Haverling passed away on the 9th of 

 eTune,.1878; mourned by a large circle of friends. 



