Burial Date: September 25, 1906
Dakota farmers' leader., Canton, S.D. October 26, 1906, Image 2
KNEW MANY PRESIDENTS
James A. Haggard Dies at County Infirmary Near Kokomo
Kokomo – James Arthur Haggard, the “Friend of presidents” once wealthy, is dead at the county infirmary near this city. He had seen and sustained a personal acquaintance with a greater number of the presidents of the United States than any other civilian, perhaps in the United States. When a youth in Cincinnati he met Gen. La Fayette, who was on a visit to this country in 1825, and at the same time shook hands with Gen. Andrew Jackson. Mr. Haggard’s first vote was for Martin Van Buren. Other presidents he knew were William H. Harrison, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, James A Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. He heard Gen. Garfield preach once in the Christian church at Cincinnati. Mr. Haggard served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and while in the service was well acquainted with Gen. Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis.
Dakota farmers' leader., Canton, S.D. October 26, 1906, Image 2
KNEW MANY PRESIDENTS
James A. Haggard Dies at County Infirmary Near Kokomo
Kokomo – James Arthur Haggard, the “Friend of presidents” once wealthy, is dead at the county infirmary near this city. He had seen and sustained a personal acquaintance with a greater number of the presidents of the United States than any other civilian, perhaps in the United States. When a youth in Cincinnati he met Gen. La Fayette, who was on a visit to this country in 1825, and at the same time shook hands with Gen. Andrew Jackson. Mr. Haggard’s first vote was for Martin Van Buren. Other presidents he knew were William H. Harrison, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, James A Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. He heard Gen. Garfield preach once in the Christian church at Cincinnati. Mr. Haggard served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and while in the service was well acquainted with Gen. Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis.
Burial Date: September 25, 1906
Dakota farmers' leader., Canton, S.D. October 26, 1906, Image 2
KNEW MANY PRESIDENTS
James A. Haggard Dies at County Infirmary Near Kokomo
Kokomo – James Arthur Haggard, the “Friend of presidents” once wealthy, is dead at the county infirmary near this city. He had seen and sustained a personal acquaintance with a greater number of the presidents of the United States than any other civilian, perhaps in the United States. When a youth in Cincinnati he met Gen. La Fayette, who was on a visit to this country in 1825, and at the same time shook hands with Gen. Andrew Jackson. Mr. Haggard’s first vote was for Martin Van Buren. Other presidents he knew were William H. Harrison, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, James A Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. He heard Gen. Garfield preach once in the Christian church at Cincinnati. Mr. Haggard served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and while in the service was well acquainted with Gen. Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis.
Dakota farmers' leader., Canton, S.D. October 26, 1906, Image 2
KNEW MANY PRESIDENTS
James A. Haggard Dies at County Infirmary Near Kokomo
Kokomo – James Arthur Haggard, the “Friend of presidents” once wealthy, is dead at the county infirmary near this city. He had seen and sustained a personal acquaintance with a greater number of the presidents of the United States than any other civilian, perhaps in the United States. When a youth in Cincinnati he met Gen. La Fayette, who was on a visit to this country in 1825, and at the same time shook hands with Gen. Andrew Jackson. Mr. Haggard’s first vote was for Martin Van Buren. Other presidents he knew were William H. Harrison, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, U. S. Grant, James A Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. He heard Gen. Garfield preach once in the Christian church at Cincinnati. Mr. Haggard served in the Mexican War under Gen. Taylor, and while in the service was well acquainted with Gen. Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis.
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