Roy Wilbur Haney 
M, (6 September 1880 - )
- Relationship
- 8th great-grandson of Herman Op Den Graeff
Roy Wilbur Haney was born on 6 September 1880 at Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. He was the son of Adoniram Judson Haney and Mary Louise Clarke. Roy Wilbur Haney married, at age 30, Marie A. Simmons, age 18, daughter of Peter Simmons and Nancy J. [—?—], on Friday, 4 November 1910 at Jackson, Ohio.
Roy W. Haney. The popular and capable superintendent of Woodland Cemetery, Roy W. Haney, is well known to the citizens of Ironton, not alone in his official capacity, but as a business man, for during several years he was at the head of a contrating business here in which he did some of the city's best street and sewer work. He is a native son of Ironton, and was born September 6, 1880, his parents being A. Judson and May (Clarke) Haney, the former a general mechanic of Ironton, where he was born in 1860, while the latter is a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1859. There were six children in the family: Roy W., Anna L., Rose May, Edward H., David J., and William C.
Roy W. Haney attended the public and high schools of Ironton, graduating from the latter in 1901, at which time he became an assistant to the city and county engineers, as well as to civil engineers in private practice, in Lawrence and other couties of Ohio, and Kentucky. In the spring of 1910 he engaged in business on his own account, having become an expert on cement and in cement contracting, and during the following four years was extensively engaged in street and sewer work in Ironton, one of his best achievements being the building of the upper end of Pine Street, in 1911. His work was at all times characterized by the utmost thoroughness and fidelity to contracts, and those with whom he was associated in business found him a man on the highest principles. Mr. Haney continued in business as a contractor until August 1, 1914, when he was elected superintendent of Woodland Cemetery.
A promising young man of pleasing personality, he is energetic and industrious, faithful to his trust and possessed of progressive ideas, and has gained the good will of the people by the admirable manner in which he has discharged his duties. A republican in politics, he served three years in the capacity of central committeeman. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and has a wide acquaintance among business men, Mr. Haney is possessed of some reputation as a fisherman and enjoys frequent trips to the streams of Lawrence County, but his chief pleasure is in his home among his books. He is also possessed of more than ordinary talent as an artist, although he has confined himself in this line to drawings for his own pleasure and that of his friends.
Mrs. Haney and children are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Haney was married November 4, 1910, at Jackson, Ohio, to Miss Marie A. Simmons, daughter of Peter Simmons, a farmer of Marion, Lawrence County. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Nancy Marie, and Jack Simmons.
A STANDARD HISTORY of HANGING ROCK IRON REGION OF OHIO by Eugene B. Willard, Ironton, General Supervising Editor, 1916, pp. 1225 - 1226.
Roy W. Haney. The popular and capable superintendent of Woodland Cemetery, Roy W. Haney, is well known to the citizens of Ironton, not alone in his official capacity, but as a business man, for during several years he was at the head of a contrating business here in which he did some of the city's best street and sewer work. He is a native son of Ironton, and was born September 6, 1880, his parents being A. Judson and May (Clarke) Haney, the former a general mechanic of Ironton, where he was born in 1860, while the latter is a native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1859. There were six children in the family: Roy W., Anna L., Rose May, Edward H., David J., and William C.
Roy W. Haney attended the public and high schools of Ironton, graduating from the latter in 1901, at which time he became an assistant to the city and county engineers, as well as to civil engineers in private practice, in Lawrence and other couties of Ohio, and Kentucky. In the spring of 1910 he engaged in business on his own account, having become an expert on cement and in cement contracting, and during the following four years was extensively engaged in street and sewer work in Ironton, one of his best achievements being the building of the upper end of Pine Street, in 1911. His work was at all times characterized by the utmost thoroughness and fidelity to contracts, and those with whom he was associated in business found him a man on the highest principles. Mr. Haney continued in business as a contractor until August 1, 1914, when he was elected superintendent of Woodland Cemetery.
A promising young man of pleasing personality, he is energetic and industrious, faithful to his trust and possessed of progressive ideas, and has gained the good will of the people by the admirable manner in which he has discharged his duties. A republican in politics, he served three years in the capacity of central committeeman. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and has a wide acquaintance among business men, Mr. Haney is possessed of some reputation as a fisherman and enjoys frequent trips to the streams of Lawrence County, but his chief pleasure is in his home among his books. He is also possessed of more than ordinary talent as an artist, although he has confined himself in this line to drawings for his own pleasure and that of his friends.
Mrs. Haney and children are members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Haney was married November 4, 1910, at Jackson, Ohio, to Miss Marie A. Simmons, daughter of Peter Simmons, a farmer of Marion, Lawrence County. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Nancy Marie, and Jack Simmons.
A STANDARD HISTORY of HANGING ROCK IRON REGION OF OHIO by Eugene B. Willard, Ironton, General Supervising Editor, 1916, pp. 1225 - 1226.
Children of Roy Wilbur Haney and Marie A. Simmons
Last Edited=8 Mar 2011