JOHN HAVER, P. O. Jefferson, is one of the pioneers of the township, where he was born October 12, 1802. He is the son of George and Priscilla Haver (nee Villars); the former was born in New Jersey and the latter in Pennsylvania, where they were married in Greene County and remained all their lives. They were the parents of ten children, of whom four are living. John is the oldest and was united in marriage March 8, 1832, with Jane Rex, born in Jefferson Township March 25, 1815, a daughter of George and Jane (Black) Rex, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Haver are the parents of eleven children, of these seven are living—George R., Priscilla, Mary E., Hiram, Jacob, Charles and James. The deceased are Sarah, John, Margaret and Emma. Their mother departed this life January 9, 1879. Mr. Haver is one of the retired farmers of Jefferson Township, and owns one hundred and fifty acres of land where he and his family reside. He has held a majority of the offices in his township. He belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which his deceased wife was also a member.
—Samuel P. Bates, History of Green County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Nelson Rishforth, 1888, p. 738.
—Samuel P. Bates, History of Green County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Nelson Rishforth, 1888, p. 738.
JOHN HAVER, P. O. Jefferson, is one of the pioneers of the township, where he was born October 12, 1802. He is the son of George and Priscilla Haver (nee Villars); the former was born in New Jersey and the latter in Pennsylvania, where they were married in Greene County and remained all their lives. They were the parents of ten children, of whom four are living. John is the oldest and was united in marriage March 8, 1832, with Jane Rex, born in Jefferson Township March 25, 1815, a daughter of George and Jane (Black) Rex, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Haver are the parents of eleven children, of these seven are living—George R., Priscilla, Mary E., Hiram, Jacob, Charles and James. The deceased are Sarah, John, Margaret and Emma. Their mother departed this life January 9, 1879. Mr. Haver is one of the retired farmers of Jefferson Township, and owns one hundred and fifty acres of land where he and his family reside. He has held a majority of the offices in his township. He belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, of which his deceased wife was also a member.
—Samuel P. Bates, History of Green County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Nelson Rishforth, 1888, p. 738.
—Samuel P. Bates, History of Green County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Nelson Rishforth, 1888, p. 738.
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