| Name |
HAAG, Benneville Knauss |
| Birth |
9 Jan 1817 |
Upper Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography |
- From Bell's History of Northumberland Co., 1891: B. K. HAAG, merchant, was born, January 9, 1817, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John and Mary C. (Knauss) Haag. His education was received in the subscription and common schools. At the age of twenty-one years he left his father's farm to begin a business life for himself, his first employment being in the general mercantile store of Geddes, Green & Walls at McEwensville, this county, where he remained four years. Following this were four years' service as a clerk in a general store in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1847 he came to Milton and formed a partnership with T. S. Mackey & Son, under the firm name of Mackey & Haag, dry goods and hardware. At the expiration of two years Mr. Haag withdrew from this connection and joined Montgomery Sweney, and for one year did a general dry goods and grocery business, under the firm title of Sweney & Haag. After one year's association with the concern of Haag & Caldwell, the stock was divided and Mr. Haag kept a store for a period on the present site of the Milton National Bank. In 1853 he established his present hardware and book store, which was conducted under the firm cognomen of Haag & Brown until the panic of 1857, which compelled Mr. Haag to assume all responsibility of the business, and since then he has been alone until joined by his son-in-law, John Buoy. In 1863 he purchased a lot south of his present hardware room, of Elizabeth Miller, and in 1865 erected buildings on the same. In 1875 his business block was burned, rebuilt, and again burned in 1880, and soon after rebuilt the second time. Besides this handsome brick block, he has constructed many dwellings in the town of Milton, including the Hotel Haag, which magnificent structure was erected in 1890 at a cost of over seventy-five thousand dollars, and opened up for business on April 1, 1890. Mr. Haag was married, February 20, 1852, to Sarah Schuck, daughter of Philip and Catharine (Diebert) Schuck. She was born July 19th, 1821 in Union county, Pennsylvania, and to her union with Mr. Haag have been born six children: William A., deceased; Mary E., the wife of John Buoy; Charles H., deceased; Sallie, deceased; Thomas J.; and Hettie, the wife of C. A. Chapin. Mr. Haag was postmaster while at McEwensville and also trustee of school funds at the same place. He was appointed one of the distributing committee of the relief funds after the great fire of 1880. He was a director of the National Bank of Milton from 1865 to 1875.
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| Moved |
1836 |
| to Northumberland County, PA |
| Census (desc) |
1850 |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
| working as a merchant |
| Census (desc) |
1860 |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [2] |
| working as a merchant |
| Census (desc) |
1870 |
Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
| working as a hardware merchant |
| Census (desc) |
1880 |
Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [3] |
| working as a merchant |
| Census (desc) |
1900 |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
| living with his daughter, Hettie and son-in-law Clarence Chapin |
| _UID |
CF6760E2E57D2A4EAA44257A72E6FB6A9C76 |
| Death |
4 Sep 1901 |
| Burial |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address:
Milton Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I255 |
Our Ancestry |
| Last Modified |
20 May 2016 |
| Father |
HAAG, John, b. 12 Feb 1795, Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 17 Jan 1861, Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
KNAUSS, Maria Elizabeth, b. 19 Jan 1792, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States d. 21 Mar 1863, Turbot Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 71 years) |
| Family ID |
F106 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
SCHUCK, Sarah, b. 19 Jul 1821, Union County, Pennsylvania d. 8 Jan 1897 (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Feb 1852 |
| Children |
| | 1. HAAG, William A., b. 6 Jan 1852 d. 5 Dec 1882 (Age 30 years) |
| + | 2. HAAG, Mary E. (1), b. 1853 d. 1899 (Age 46 years) |
| | 3. HAAG, Charles H., b. 29 Oct 1855 d. 4 Mar 1859 (Age 3 years) |
| | 4. HAAG, Sallie A., b. 24 Jun 1857 d. 16 Feb 1859 (Age 1 year) |
| | 5. HAAG, Thomas J., b. 26 May 1860 d. 4 Aug 1896 (Age 36 years) |
| + | 6. HAAG, Hester, b. 19 Mar 1862, Pennsylvania, United States d. 13 Feb 1935, Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F105 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 May 2026 |
1817 - 1901 (84 years)
