BIOGRAPHIES
Wayne County Michigan

HENRY A. HAIGH

Lawyer; born, Dearborn, Mich., Mar. 13, 1854; son of Richard and Lucy B. (Allyn) Haigh; educated in public schools of Dearborn, 1862-70; Michigan Agricultural College, graduating, degree of B.S., 1874; University of Michigan, degree of LL.B., 1878; married at Detroit, 16 January 1895, Caroline S. Comstock (two sons, Andrew Comstock and Richard Allyn).

Was admitted to the bar, 1878; began practice in Detroit, 1879, and was in active practice about fifteen years; associated with late Colonel John Atkinson, Hon. William L. Carpenter (since chief justice of Michigan) and Hon. F. L. Brooke, now judge Wayne County Circuit Court.

Became interested in various industrial enterprises, 1899; one of the organizers and builders of the Toledo, Fremont and Norwalk Railway (inter-urban electric, 65 miles), now constituting part of the main line of Lake Shore Electric Ry.; also Rochester and Eastern Railway (50 miles), now owned by New York Central Ry. Co.; at present engaged in completing Milwaukee Northern Railway (121 miles), an inter-urban electric system extending north and northwest form Milwaukee.

One of the organizers and incorporators of the Continental Casualty Company of Chicago. President Detroit Sanitarium Co.; treasurer Comstock-Haigh-Walker Company, railway engineers and constructors; treasurer and general counsel Milwaukee Northern Railway; Michigan counsel Continental Casualty co.; director Peninsular Savings Bank, of Detroit, Alpena Power Co.

Republican; presidential elector, 1892; alternate delegate-at-large, Republican National Convention, 1896. Member American Public Health Association, Michigan State Board of Health, 1901-05, Michigan State Historical Society (member executive board, 1906). Episcopalian. Mason.

Clubs: Detroit, Country Club, Grosse Pointe. Recreations: Outdoor sports. Office: Campau Bldg. Residence: 47 Alexandrine Av., E.

The Book of Detroiters by Albert Nelson Marquis 1908

Founder of Northview cemetery, Attorney, Philanthropist, Author, First chairman for the Dearborn Historical Commission. Married Jan. 16, 1895 Caroline S. Comstock daughter of Andrew W Comstock and Lillian Little. He did so much for the city of Dearborn. He has a Elementary School in Dearborn named after him. Children: Andrew Comstock Haigh (1895 - 1973)
Richard Allyn Haigh (1897 - 1958)

Photograph and Bio from Brenda Ozog at Find-A-Grave




Headstone photo at Northview Cemetery by Don Bedwell at Find-A-Grave