Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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FRED HAVER, 
 
contractor in brick and stone work, Los Angeles, is a native of Livingston 
County, New York, and was born October 13, 1847. His parents, Fred and Mariette 
(Preston) Haver, were also natives of New York State. They went to Illinois and 
settled in Moline in 1853. Young Haver attended school until after the breaking 
out of the Rebellion, when he enlisted, March 17, 1862, in the Thirty-ninth 
Regiment, Illinois Infantry, General Logan's old regiment. He served three 
years, seven months and twenty-three days, and participated in a number of 
battles and skirmishes. While out scouting and in a skirmish, twenty of his 
regiment were captured and taken to Andersonville. However, Mr. Haver, being a 
good runner, escaped. After being mustered out of the service, he entered the 
regular army, Eighth Regulars, U. S. A., commanded by old Colonel Bumford, the 
Ranking Colonel of the army. He was Sergeant-Major two years, the highest 
non-commissioned rank. Was mustered out June 17, 1870. Mr. Haver learned his 
trade of his father, who was a prominent contractor and engaged in building in 
Iowa. The subject
of this sketch came to Los Angeles in 1883 and engaged in contracting, and since 
then has been prominently identified with the contracting and building interests 
here. Among the many large contracts he has taken are, the Barker Block, the 
Gollmer Block, the Armeister, the Kiefer Block, Germain Block and many others. 
He had the contract for building the Raymond Hotel and made the 2,000,000 bricks 
required for the foundations. He built many of the best buildings in Pasadena: 
Ward Block, Exchange Block, Carlton Hotel, General Ward Block, First National 
Bank, Hopkins Block and many others. Mr. Haver has had a large, practical 
experience and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most competent and 
responsible contractors in this State. He was married July 11, 1872, to Miss 
Minerva Stiles, of the State of Iowa. Her father was a soldier who served in the 
Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry and died of injuries received in the service of his 
country. Mr. and Mrs. Haver have five children : Herbert, Goldie, Earl Wayne, 
Pearl M., and Fred, Jr.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, 1889   Page 757
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler