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Charles S. Haas

Birth	:	26 Nov 1859 Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	12 Dec 1935 Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	Memorial Park Cemetery, McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.2085991, -100.6442032
Description	:	Charles S. Haas (1859-1935) became a very influential and respected leader in Wabash, Indiana, but left no descendants. He was, however, very charitable, often a mentor, and warmly regarded by many Kidd family cousins and their children. For example, upon the death of his cousin, Dr. Rose (Kidd) Beere (she had died in Washington, D.C.), he opened his home to the sons, relatives, and friends (local and distant) of Rose, before and after the memorial/burial service. From a 1914 biogrphical sketch: "CHARLES S. HAAS. Indelibly impressed on the pages of Wabash's business history, the name of Charles S. Haas stands conspicuously... Read More	Charles S. Haas (1859-1935) became a very influential and respected leader in Wabash, Indiana, but left no descendants. He was, however, very charitable, often a mentor, and warmly regarded by many Kidd family cousins and their children. For example, upon the death of his cousin, Dr. Rose (Kidd) Beere (she had died in Washington, D.C.), he opened his home to the sons, relatives, and friends (local and distant) of Rose, before and after the memorial/burial service. From a 1914 biogrphical sketch: "CHARLES S. HAAS. Indelibly impressed on the pages of Wabash's business history, the name of Charles S. Haas stands conspicuously forth as that of one who has been prominent in newspaper work and in financial circles of the city. He has possessed the power of foresight which recognized the resources of this region and has had the executive ability and merit to marshal and put in working order the forces of progress, development and upbuilding in journalistic and banking circles. Mr. Haas is a native product of Wabash, having been born in a house at the corner of Market and Miami streets, November 26, 1859, a son of Adam and Eliza E. (Kidd) Haas, the former a native of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, of German descent, and the latter a native of Connersville, Indiana." "Adam Haas was born in 1799 and when a boy was taken by his parents to Licking County, Ohio, where he was reared and given a common school education. He came to what is now Wabash county, Indiana as early as 1836, and settling among the pioneers erected a home and here passed the remainder of his long and useful life. Not long after locating here he embarked in general merchandising, dealing largely in dry goods, and became prominent in this life of endeavor, following the same occupation until 1864, at which time, owing to failing health, he relinquished active work and lived practically retired until his death, August 10, 1868. Mr. Haas was an old line Whig in politics and was one of the organizers of the Republican party in 1856. Prior to and during the war between the North and the South he took and important part in the operation of the famous Underground Railway, the figurative appellation for a spontaneous movement in the free states - extending sometimes into the slave states themselves - to assist slaves in their efforts to escape from bondage to freedom. He was a man of unquestioned honor and prided himself in the reputation for probity which he had built up. He was extremely conservative, never taking a chance when slow conservatism was an assured success. His two predominant characteristics were his careful attention to business and his beautiful domestic relations. He loved the quietude of his home, where, surrounded by family, friends and books, he partook of his greatest pleasure. But while he was extremely conservative in handing his business transactions, he was never close in his contributions to worth public enterprises, and his private benevolences were numerous, and liberal. He was married in 1857 to Mrs. Eliza E. (Kidd) Mount, daughter of Edward and Christina Kidd and widow of Peter Mount. They became the parents of one son: Charles S., and the mother died August 7, 1903. By her first husband she was the mother of two daughters." "Charles S. Haas has spent his entire career in Wabash. He received his education in the public schools of this city, and as early as 1881 became identified with newspaper work, as a reporter on the Wabash Courier, and from that time to the present the greater part of his time and attention have been given to journalism. In August, 1883, he became city editor of the Fort Wayne Sentinel, but in December of that same year returned to Wabash as city editor of the Courier. In the spring of 1887, he assisted in the consolidation of the Plain Dealer and the Courier, the latter going out of existence as far as name was concerned. Mr. Haas became editor of the Plain Dealer, and in 1909 was made president and manager of the Plain Dealer Company, in addition to which he has continued in the position of editor. To make a permanent impression upon the public with which he has to deal requires something more than talent-it calls for positive genius, and the fact that an editor can make a deep and lasting imprint upon the public conscience, shows him to be possessed of that genius. Through Mr. Haas' efforts, the Plain Dealer has become a power throughout Wabash county, and, not strangely, reflects a great deal of his personality. In the world of finance, Mr. Haas is equally well known and his achievements have probably been as many and as important. In 1888, he was one of the incorporators of the Wabash National Bank (stands on the northwest corner of Wabash and Market streets today), in which he still continues to be a stockholder. In 1902, he was one of the leading factors in the incorporation of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank, of which he became a member of the board of directors, in 1908 was elected vice president of that institution, and in January, 1910, was elected to the presidency of the bank to succeed Judge Shirley at the time of the latter's death. Mr. Haas is a director and treasurer of the Wabash Exchange and was president of the Carnegie Library Board from 1902 until 1910 (library still stands at the northeast corner of Hill and Cass streets), being at present the secretary of that board (see tablet with name on it in lobby of library). He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and popular with the members of the local lodge (Masonic Temple he went to destroyed by fire but new temple built on the same site on the east side of Wabash street two blocks south of courthouse). He has ever taken a keen interest in public matters, but his only political office has been that of alderman, he having served as a member of the Wabash City Council from 1883 to 1887." "On December 5, 1894, Mr. Haas was married to Miss Lilla M. Pyke daughter of Charles W. and Mary B. Pyke, of an old and honored family of Fort Wayne." Source: Weesner, Clarkson. A History of Wabash County, 1914. Vol 2, Pages 473-5. Initially provided with parenthetical annotations (italicized) and epilogue note by Ron Woodward, Wabash County Historian, 08/11/2008. Full Source Information: History of Wabash County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. 1914. Vol II, pages 473-5. (Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of Clarkson W Weesner, Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors. The Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago & New York, 1914). ------------ Epilogue Notes from Ron Woodward, 08/11/2008: "He (Charles Haas) lived at 89 North Constock Street on the west side of the street along the railroad tracks. The house is made of brick and still stands. It is a twin to the house one block away on Hill street where his friend Warren Bigler lived, although it is made out of wood. Charles Haas died 12-5-1935 and is buried in Falls cemetery as is his wife Lilla who died 7-9-1945. In 1910, a traveling caricaturist passing through Wabash drew his picture which was published in book form by the Wabash County Historical Society called Just For Fun in 1979. Copies are out of print."

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Where is Charles S. Haas's memorial?
Charles S. Haas's memorial is located at: Memorial Park Cemetery, McCook, Red Willow County, USA.
When did Charles S. Haas death?
Charles S. Haas death on 12 Dec 1935 in Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Charles S. Haas's memorial?
Latitude: 40.2085991
Longitude: -100.6442032

Family Members:

Parent

Adam Haas

(1799 - 1868)

Ellen Eliza Kidd Kennedy

(1824 - 1903)

Spouse

Lilla M. Pyke Haas

(1865 - 1945)

Siblings

Mary Alice Mount

(1849 - 1868)

Absalom Haas

(1834 - 1899)

James Milo Haas

(1845 - 1899)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Memorial Park Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2085991, -100.6442032

2. Saint Patrick Calvary Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2083015, -100.6466980

3. Riverview Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1996600, -100.6421300

4. Saint Albans Episcopal Columbarium
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2024700, -100.6270800

5. Zion Hill Cemetery
Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2799988, -100.7442017

6. Fairview Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1071600, -100.5923400

7. Box Elder Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3088989, -100.5753021

8. Saint Johns Cemetery
McCook, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1460900, -100.5156500

9. Church of Christ Cemetery
Red Willow, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2630000, -100.5070000

10. Culbertson Cemetery
Culbertson, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2360077, -100.8313828

11. Grove Cemetery
Culbertson, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1222000, -100.8146973

12. Cedar Grove Cemetery
Indianola, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2421989, -100.4297028

13. Indian Hills Cemetery
Indianola, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2424600, -100.4287800

14. Saint Catherine Cemetery
Indianola, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2414017, -100.4274979

15. Indianola Cemetery
Indianola, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2421989, -100.4274979

16. Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0247002, -100.6097031

17. Center Point Cemetery
Frontier County, USA
Coordinate: 40.3941900, -100.5628800

18. Danbury-Marion Cemetery
Danbury, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0381012, -100.4591980

19. Cedar Bluffs Cemetery
Decatur County, USA
Coordinate: 39.9883003, -100.5717010

20. Zion Hill Cemetery
Frontier County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4232620, -100.5329250

21. Palmer Graves
Trenton, Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0436500, -100.8562500

22. Garden Prairie Cemetery
Quick, Frontier County, USA
Coordinate: 40.4446510, -100.6479510

23. Trinity Cemetery
Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.1755981, -100.3296967

24. Dry Creek Cemetery
Bartley, Red Willow County, USA
Coordinate: 40.2930984, -100.3450012