Albert Haner, M.D.
This esteemed resident of Plain City is a New Yorker by birth, having been born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., October 16, 1832. His father, Henry H. Haner, was also a native of the Empire State, and was born in Rensselaer County, seven miles from Albany. He was a farmer by occupation and as early as 1838 removed to what is now Wyandot, Ohio, where he continued his work as a farmer. Later, he made his home in Franklin County, Kan., seven miles from Ottawa, where, in 1863, he bought a farm and there resided until his death, which took place when he was eighty-seven years old. His father, Pliilip Haner, a native of Germany, lived to attain the very venerable age of one hundred and ten years.
The mother of our subject was known in maidenhood as Sarah Strope, daughter of John Strope, a German by birth. She was born in the State of New York, and lived to be sixty-nine years old. There were nine children in the family into which our subject was born, seven being daughters and two sons. All grew to years of maturity and five are now living. Dr. Haner, who was the sixth child in order of age, was only six years old when he came to this State with his parents. His first school advantages were given him at Wyandot, and he began his medical studies at the Eclectic College of Cincinnati, where he attended lectures during the years 1856, 1857 and 1858. Having taken his diploma in that institution, he located in Cincinnati, and for seven years carried on an active practice in that city. It must have been rather startling to a young practitioner to be called, as he was, in the very first case that was put into his hands, to a small-pox patient.
It was in 1861 that the young Doctor removed to Urbana, where he remained for two years, and in 1863 came to Plain City, which has since been his home. His marriage took place in Wyandot, Ohio, in 1852, his bride being Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Leonard, a native of Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Haner are the parents of two sons. Their eldest, Jacob Leonard, is a graduate of the law department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, taking his degree there in 1891. He is married to Lydia, the daughter of Harrison Miller, of Union County, Ohio, and makes his home in Columbus. The second son, William Henry, is in the grain business at Plain City, and is carrying on an extensive trade in buying, selling and shipping. He is united in marriage with Rosa, the daughter of Jeremiah Douglas, of Putnam County, Ohio.
Dr. Haner has an extensive practice and at one time carried on a drug trade of a considerable extent but closed out this line of business on account of his large practice. He is a Mason, and a member of the Urania Lodge of Plain City, besides being a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, of Plain City. Mrs. Haner is in business and carries on one of the best dry-goods houses in the city, and the family, one and all, have the esteem and respect of those with whom they are brought into business and social relations.
From PORTRAIT & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF FAYETTE, PICKAWAY AND MADISON COUNTIES, OHIO - Chapman Bros. [Chicago, 1892]