HAGGARD FAMILY 1898 in Mexico, MO
LEGEND FOR THE HAGGARD FAMILY PHOTO OF 1898
(The parents lived in Mexico from 1890 to 1924 and beginning in 1895 they lived at the northeast corner of South Union and Boulevard)
Bottom row, left to right:
Homer Haggard, Sr - A civil engineer educated at the U. of Missouri, he raised the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1912 and spent much of his life working in Cuba and Peru. He was also the first St Patrick at the U. of Missouri.
William Sandford Haggard He was a confederate soldier who left Missouri and joined Morgans Raiders in Kentucky in the Civil War. He was imprisoned in Camp Douglas in Chicago for 2 years. In later life he was mainly an educator.
Clara Patience Haggard She taught at Hardin College and Stephens College and then received her doctorate at U. of Missouri in 1930. She was a professor at Potsdam Womens College, Potsdam, N.Y. from 1930 into the 1970s.
Nannie Patience Bradley She was originally a Bradley from Boone County, MO. She had eight children and the seven shown here lived long lives.
Frank Bradley Haggard He became a Baptist minister and served most of his years in New England, becoming the minister of the First Baptist Church in Hartford, CT for many years.
Top row, left to right:
Grace Haggard Mays She joined the Salvation Army early in life and then married Howard Mays who was building the Galveston Seawall. She lived in Texas then and had 5 children over a period of about 30 years.
Howard Haggard He also moved to Texas early in life and at one point owned an ice plant in Tyler, TX.
Ruth Haggard McGavic Like her sister Grace, she joined the Salvation Army early and ended up in the Dallas, TX area. She lost her husband at a young age and then raised her two daughters alone after becoming a medical secretary.
Earle Haggard He was the only person among the children to stay in Mexico all of his life. He was a carpenter and builder and was actively involved with the First Baptist Sunday School for 50 years.