Born in Pennsylvania in 1822, he married Hannah Rand Dodd in about 1846. He had six children who lived into adulthood, three sons and three daughters.
His early career was as a Tobacconist in New York City, but throughout his life he wrote and lectured extensively for a variety of outlets. He founded the Rockland Journal News in Nyack, N.Y., under the banner "Light, More Light," in August of 1850. He later owned a, "book store and circulating library."
His father and one son (both named Adam Haeselbarth...) were also writers, editors, and authors.
"For sixty years he was connected with New York State newspapers, " and was reported as, "one of the oldest journalists in America," when he died in 1907. "For the last thirty [years] he was one of the editors of the _Christian At Work_.
Always a strong supporter of public education, he was a white-haired man when this photograph was originally taken. On the back is this note: "Founder and Editor of the 'Rockland County Journal,' The steadfast friend of public School Education. He delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new school July 5th - 1852."
In 1857 he ran for school commissioner and lost. (Bennett, "The Political History of Rockland County, NY", 1970).
He was apparently also the author of a history of Rockland County.
For digital scans of much of his Rockland County Journal reporting, see the archive site: http://www.hrvh.org/cdm/ref/collection/nyacklib/id/5302
https://books.google.com/books?id=rIFPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA512&ots=9Knpp_Me6u&dq=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&f=false
His early career was as a Tobacconist in New York City, but throughout his life he wrote and lectured extensively for a variety of outlets. He founded the Rockland Journal News in Nyack, N.Y., under the banner "Light, More Light," in August of 1850. He later owned a, "book store and circulating library."
His father and one son (both named Adam Haeselbarth...) were also writers, editors, and authors.
"For sixty years he was connected with New York State newspapers, " and was reported as, "one of the oldest journalists in America," when he died in 1907. "For the last thirty [years] he was one of the editors of the _Christian At Work_.
Always a strong supporter of public education, he was a white-haired man when this photograph was originally taken. On the back is this note: "Founder and Editor of the 'Rockland County Journal,' The steadfast friend of public School Education. He delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new school July 5th - 1852."
In 1857 he ran for school commissioner and lost. (Bennett, "The Political History of Rockland County, NY", 1970).
He was apparently also the author of a history of Rockland County.
For digital scans of much of his Rockland County Journal reporting, see the archive site: http://www.hrvh.org/cdm/ref/collection/nyacklib/id/5302
https://books.google.com/books?id=rIFPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA512&ots=9Knpp_Me6u&dq=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&f=false
Born in Pennsylvania in 1822, he married Hannah Rand Dodd in about 1846. He had six children who lived into adulthood, three sons and three daughters.
His early career was as a Tobacconist in New York City, but throughout his life he wrote and lectured extensively for a variety of outlets. He founded the Rockland Journal News in Nyack, N.Y., under the banner "Light, More Light," in August of 1850. He later owned a, "book store and circulating library."
His father and one son (both named Adam Haeselbarth...) were also writers, editors, and authors.
"For sixty years he was connected with New York State newspapers, " and was reported as, "one of the oldest journalists in America," when he died in 1907. "For the last thirty [years] he was one of the editors of the _Christian At Work_.
Always a strong supporter of public education, he was a white-haired man when this photograph was originally taken. On the back is this note: "Founder and Editor of the 'Rockland County Journal,' The steadfast friend of public School Education. He delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new school July 5th - 1852."
In 1857 he ran for school commissioner and lost. (Bennett, "The Political History of Rockland County, NY", 1970).
He was apparently also the author of a history of Rockland County.
For digital scans of much of his Rockland County Journal reporting, see the archive site: http://www.hrvh.org/cdm/ref/collection/nyacklib/id/5302
https://books.google.com/books?id=rIFPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA512&ots=9Knpp_Me6u&dq=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&f=false
His early career was as a Tobacconist in New York City, but throughout his life he wrote and lectured extensively for a variety of outlets. He founded the Rockland Journal News in Nyack, N.Y., under the banner "Light, More Light," in August of 1850. He later owned a, "book store and circulating library."
His father and one son (both named Adam Haeselbarth...) were also writers, editors, and authors.
"For sixty years he was connected with New York State newspapers, " and was reported as, "one of the oldest journalists in America," when he died in 1907. "For the last thirty [years] he was one of the editors of the _Christian At Work_.
Always a strong supporter of public education, he was a white-haired man when this photograph was originally taken. On the back is this note: "Founder and Editor of the 'Rockland County Journal,' The steadfast friend of public School Education. He delivered the address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new school July 5th - 1852."
In 1857 he ran for school commissioner and lost. (Bennett, "The Political History of Rockland County, NY", 1970).
He was apparently also the author of a history of Rockland County.
For digital scans of much of his Rockland County Journal reporting, see the archive site: http://www.hrvh.org/cdm/ref/collection/nyacklib/id/5302
https://books.google.com/books?id=rIFPAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA512&ots=9Knpp_Me6u&dq=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q=reverend%20%22William%20G%20Haeselbarth%22&f=false
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