Using Newspaper Archives (accessed through my membership in the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center), I was able to locate dozens of news snippets about this cousin.During his life, John served in many civic roles, including as superintendent of a municipal water works, clerk of the town of Lagrange, recorder for the adjutant general in Lagrange county, and on and on.
As his obits show, he was also active in the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. Plus he found time to play the violin. As the newspaper says, "Mr. Haglind was a good man and a useful citizen and Lagrange sustains a great loss in his demise."
PS John's son, Harry W. Haglind, became a bandleader in the 23d Engineers during WWI and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. This means music runs in the family in the Larimer line as well as the Slatter line.
Don't you just love finding newspaper articles, even short ones, about family members!
ReplyDeleteOh, Elizabeth, I really get a thrill out of reading what these family members were doing, even if it's just "so and so visited so and so." Love those newspaper databases!
DeleteYou have access to some really great newspaper articles! Thanks for sharing. I have ancestors in Indiana, but I have not yet located news articles for them!
DeleteHi Ginger, I am so lucky that many of these ancestors were news-worthy. Now if only the databases included MORE newspapers from MORE areas! Thanks for reading.
DeleteMarian, newspaper clippings like this add lots of 'color' to our ancestors. Congratulations on uncovering these nuggets of information!
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