Joseph Haney
Joseph Haney, Retired Farmer; P. O. Fletcher, Miami County.
Mr. Haney is a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, where he was born on the 16th day of December, 1811. He was brought to Miami County in 1816 by his parents, George and Elizabeth Haney, who located in the north part of Miami County, near the Shelby County line. Joseph Haney, the subject of this sketch, is the oldest of a family of twenty children, fourteen of whom are yet living. He is a carpenter by trade. In 1845 he turned his attention to farming, which he has since made his prinicipal avocation, but worked some at his trade. June 13, 1833, he married Miss Eva Livengood, of Montgomery County, Ohio, born Nov. 19, 1810. They settled in Miami County. In 1855 they came to Shelby County and setted on a part of the N. W. quarter of section 28, Green Township, where they are now living. They reared a family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. Two of the sons and one daughter are now dead. Their son, Peter L. Haney, served as a private in Company E, 71st O V. I., from Oct. 27, 1861, until Oct. 10, 1863, when he was killed at Hartsville, Tenn. His body was brought home for burial. Another son, Isaac R. Haney, enlisted in Company E, 110th O. V. I., Sept. 1862, and served until June I3, 1863, when he was wounded at Winchester, Va., and died June 27, 1863, from the effects of the wound. His body was also brought home for interment.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883