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Joseph Haverick In the field of educational and agricultural activity Joseph Haverick has gained prominence, for he is today numbered among the influential and honored citizens of Coshocton county. A young man, he possesses the enterprising spirit of the west which has been the dominant factor in producing wonderful development of this section of the country. Mr. Haverick was born on a farm in Monroe township, Coshocton county, September 30, 1873, a son of Vincent and Acey (Foster) Haverick. The father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came with his parents, whose remains lie at Danville, Ohio, to the United States in 1831, being at that time a lad of fourteen years. The family located near Mohawk, where the father worked at his trade of a shoemaker, having learned the same of his father prior to his emigration to the new world. He was first wedded to Mrs. Hester A. Majors, their marriage being celebrated in 1847. She was a resident of Knox county, Ohio, and following their marriage they began their domestic life in Knox county, where they remained until 1853, when they removed to Warsaw, Coshocton county, and here the father followed his trade until 1867. The wife and mother died in 1863, leaving eight children to mourn her loss, namely: James L., who was born in 1848, and now a resident of Creston, Union county, Iowa, where he is engaged in the real-estate business; William, who was born in 1850, and died in Creston, Iowa, in 1903; Mary A., who was born in 1852, and is now the widow of James Daugherty, a farmer of Tiverton township; George H., who was born in 1854, and is now a watchman in the railroad shops at Omaha, Nebraska; Margaret, who was born in 1856, and is the wife of John Zimmerman of Akron, Ohio; Allie, who was born in 1858, and is the wife of William Myers, a farmer and thresher of Bethlehem township; Lewis, who was born in 1860 and died the following year; and Amanda, who was born in 1862 and died in 1873. Their father was again married, April 14, 1864, this union being with Accy Foster, by whom he had four children: Elizabeth, who was born in 1865 and died in 1873; Cornelius, who was born in 1867 and also passed away in 1873; Joseph, of this review; and Clara, who was born in 1875, and is the wife of James McGready, a farmer of Monroe township. In 1867, when the father abandoned his trade in shoemaking, he took up his abode in Monroe township and engaged in farming, which he followed until the time of his death, which occurred in February, 1895, when he had reached an advanced age. The mother still survives and makes her home on the farm which was left her by her husband. Joseph Haverick acquired his early education in the district schools of Jefferson township, this being supplemented by study in the normal school at Danville, which he attended until 1892, after which he engaged in teaching in Monroe township and has taught in four districts of the township, continuing the profession to the present time. During the summer months he gives his time and attention to farming and is now the owner of forty acres of the homestead property, but operates altogether one hundred and forty-seven acres. He occupies a nice country residence which was erected by his father, and Mr. Haverick built a substantial barn in 1908, so that is place is well improved. Mr. Haverick was married in 1897 to Mrs. Agnes Krownapple of Monroe township, and this union has been blessed with three children: Ruth, who was born in 1897; Anna, born in 1901; and Dorothy, whose birth occurred in 1906. Mr. Haverick gives his political support to the democratic party. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Columbus and both he and his wife are communicants of the Catholic church. Mr. Haverick is deeply and actively interested in the schools and in this connection is doing splendid work in this section of the state, and he belongs to that class of representative American citizens who promote the general prosperity while advancing individual interests.
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