Frank Ezra Haley was the son of William and Mary Ann Rhoads Haley. His long career began as office boy at the DuPont Company. He was later secretary to Col. Henry A. Dupont and was the first in the company to use a typewriter. Upon retirement from DuPont he became an insurance agent for Fidelity Insurance and for many years kept his office in downtown Wilmington. He was appointed Magistrate by Governor C. Douglas Buck in 1929 and during his term of eight years performed the marriage of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of the President, and Miss Ethel DuPont, daughter of Eugene DuPont.
During Prohibition he was a special agent for Law and Order Society and survived an infamous assassination attempt by Teddy Joyce, bootlegger. In his retirement years he was a supporter of Keswick Colony of Mercy, a treatment center for alcoholics.
He was married at Mount Salem Methodist Church to Anna Mary Buck, daughter of Robert and Sarah Joice Buck, August 18, 1886. They had three children: Joseph Allison Haley, Walter Leslie Haley, and Mildred Morgan Haley.
The Haleys lived for many years at 2616 W. 18th Street in Wilmington in the home that was built for them. Frank Haley died of a cerebral hemmorage after suffering a stroke four years earlier.
During Prohibition he was a special agent for Law and Order Society and survived an infamous assassination attempt by Teddy Joyce, bootlegger. In his retirement years he was a supporter of Keswick Colony of Mercy, a treatment center for alcoholics.
He was married at Mount Salem Methodist Church to Anna Mary Buck, daughter of Robert and Sarah Joice Buck, August 18, 1886. They had three children: Joseph Allison Haley, Walter Leslie Haley, and Mildred Morgan Haley.
The Haleys lived for many years at 2616 W. 18th Street in Wilmington in the home that was built for them. Frank Haley died of a cerebral hemmorage after suffering a stroke four years earlier.
Frank Ezra Haley was the son of William and Mary Ann Rhoads Haley. His long career began as office boy at the DuPont Company. He was later secretary to Col. Henry A. Dupont and was the first in the company to use a typewriter. Upon retirement from DuPont he became an insurance agent for Fidelity Insurance and for many years kept his office in downtown Wilmington. He was appointed Magistrate by Governor C. Douglas Buck in 1929 and during his term of eight years performed the marriage of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of the President, and Miss Ethel DuPont, daughter of Eugene DuPont.
During Prohibition he was a special agent for Law and Order Society and survived an infamous assassination attempt by Teddy Joyce, bootlegger. In his retirement years he was a supporter of Keswick Colony of Mercy, a treatment center for alcoholics.
He was married at Mount Salem Methodist Church to Anna Mary Buck, daughter of Robert and Sarah Joice Buck, August 18, 1886. They had three children: Joseph Allison Haley, Walter Leslie Haley, and Mildred Morgan Haley.
The Haleys lived for many years at 2616 W. 18th Street in Wilmington in the home that was built for them. Frank Haley died of a cerebral hemmorage after suffering a stroke four years earlier.
During Prohibition he was a special agent for Law and Order Society and survived an infamous assassination attempt by Teddy Joyce, bootlegger. In his retirement years he was a supporter of Keswick Colony of Mercy, a treatment center for alcoholics.
He was married at Mount Salem Methodist Church to Anna Mary Buck, daughter of Robert and Sarah Joice Buck, August 18, 1886. They had three children: Joseph Allison Haley, Walter Leslie Haley, and Mildred Morgan Haley.
The Haleys lived for many years at 2616 W. 18th Street in Wilmington in the home that was built for them. Frank Haley died of a cerebral hemmorage after suffering a stroke four years earlier.
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