U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Haney, William Walter (1854-1930) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia The Journal Publishing Company, Kingwood W.Va. 1914 by J. R. Cole Pages 873-874 WILLIAM WALTER HANEY. Matthew Haney was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1824, and came to Preston county about 1844, as manager of the Black Furnace, for William Hagans. Afterwards he became manager of Muddy Creek Furnace for George Hartman, at Irondale, and Gladesville Furnaces for the Oliphant, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. His wife was Eliza, daughter of Jacob Murray, formerly of Westmoreland county, later of West Virginia. They were of German descent, but called Pennsylvania Dutch. He died in 1880. Their children were: Sarah C., now of Eldorado, Kansas. She was born in 1848. Alfred T., of Woodlawn, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, born in 1850. W. W., of Kingwood. Sanford, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Virginia Frantz, of Tunnelton. She was born in 1863. Mr. William Walter Haney was born in Grant district, Preston county, in 1854, and where he was educated in the public schools. .His mother died when he was but thirteen years of age, and from that time he was thrown upon his own resources. He began railroading in 1877, as a locomotive engineer, and has been filling that position during the past thirty-five years. Always careful and ever watchful of those under his charge, he has, to the satisfaction of the people of Kingwood and vicinity, been engineer on the Northern Railroad for many years. He is identified socially with the people in the county as a consistent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also as a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has been a staunch Republican all his life, but no office seeker. His wife was Evaline Snyder, from Monongalia county, where she was born in 1856. She was a daughter of Caleb Snyder, a farmer, who was born in 1823, and died in 1896. Her mother was Sarah Bunner, born in 1825, and died in 1860. The names of her sisters: Catherine, Elizabeth, Evaline and Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Haney were married at Irontown, Taylor county, West Virginia, in 1879. Their children are as follows: Earl Browning, the popular tailor, of Kingwood; Elizabeth Virginia and her sister, Mary Frances, nurses in the hospital at Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Bert Walter, a tailor also; George Allen and Gilbert Edwin, who are in school. Mr. Haney came to Kingwood in 1895 and has been an engineer for the Northern Railroad since that time. He bought a lot and built bis residence in 1905. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #1124 FULL-NAME: William W. Haney BIRTH-DATE: February 9, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: Preston Co. DEATH-DATE: January 8, 1930 DEATH-PLACE: Kingwood, Kingwood District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Evelyn Snyder) OCCUPATION: Retired Rail Road Engineer FATHER: Mathew Haney (born in Greene Co., Penna.) MOTHER: Eliza Murray (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis agitans and arteriosclerosis INFORMANT: Elizabeth V. Haney (of Kingwood, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kingwood Cemetery (wife of William W. Haney) From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #17678 FULL-NAME: Evelyn Haney BIRTH-DATE: July 12, 1856 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 28, 1929 DEATH-PLACE: Kingwood, Kingwood District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Caleb B. Snyder (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Evelyn Banner (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: cold and bronchitis INFORMANT: Elizabeth V. Haney (of Kingwood, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kingwood Cemetery --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 Census, Preston County WV Lyon District, ED:64, Page No. 40 Lines 17-19, Enum-Dwelling #330, Enum-Family #340 HANEY, Wm, 26, Engineer, Va-Va-Va ", Eveline, 23, Wife, Va-Va-Va ", Earl, 2/12 born in April, Son, WV-Va-Va 1900 Census, Preston County WV Kingwood District, Kingwood, ED:101, Sheet 6B Lines 75-83, Morgantown Street, Enum-Dw #124, Enum-Fam #126 HANEY, William W (head) Feb-1854, 46, M-21yrs, WV-WV-WV, Locomotive Engineer ", Malissa E (wife) Jul-1856, 43, 7-children/7-living, WV-WV-WV children: Earl 20, Bessie V 18, Clarance R 16, Ethel B 13, Marry F 11, George A 7, Edward G 4 1910 Census, Preston County WV Kingwood District, Kingwood town, ED:100, Sheet 7A Lines 8-15, Orr Avenue, Enum-Dw #152, Enum-Fam #158 HANEY, William W (head) 56, M1-30yrs, WV-WV-WV, Steam R.R. ", Malissa E (wife) 53, 7-children/6-living, WV-WV-WV ", Earl B (son) 30, WV-WV-WV, Tailor, Own Shop ", Bessie V (dau) 28, WV-WV-WV, Nurse, Private family ", Bert W (son) 23, WV-WV-WV, Apprentice, Taylor ", Mary F (dau) 21, WV-WV-WV, Nurse, Hospital ", George A (son) 17, WV-WV-WV, Apprentice, Barber ", G. Edwin (son) 14, WV-WV-WV 1920 Census, Preston County WV Kingwood District, Kingwood Town, ED:131, Sheet 2A Lines 38-42, Tunnelton Street, Enum-Dw #36, Enum-Fam #36 HANEY, William (head) 65, WV-WV-WV, Engineer, Locomotive ", Malissa E (wife) 63, WV-WV-WV ", Elizabeth V (dau) 37, WV-WV-WV, Nurse, Hospital ", Edward G (son) 24, WV-WV-WV, Laborer, Coal Mines SANDERS, Virginia (boarder) 14, WV-WV-WV --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------