Surnames: HUDSON,
LAIR, DOWNING, ROSENBERG, MORGAN,
BRIGHT, SHERMAN, WILLIAMS, DAWSON, GATES,
REDDISH
CARL
WESLEY HAMAN.—A man of wide experience and executive ability, Carl
Wesley Haman has covered an unusual field in his business and
professional life, as a school teacher, in the banking business, the
newspaper field, as a horticulturist, and now as assistant manager of
Rosenberg Bros. & Company, in all of which he has attained success.
He was born in Monticello, Lewis
County, Mo., October 13, 1868, third son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hudson) Haman, the father of German
parentage, while the mother was born in Tennessee, of English and Irish
descent. Three of their sons are living: John H. is a retired farmer
and capitalist of Canton,
Mo., and president of the
Monticello Trust Company. William F., a minister in the Christian
church, now residing at Canton, Mo., was formerly pastor of Christian churches
at St. Louis, Mo.,
and at Sedalia, Mo. The youngest of the family is
Carl W., of this sketch.
Bereaved
of his mother when he was only six weeks old, C. W. Haman was reared by
his uncle and aunt, Frederick and Elvira (Lair) Haman, of Shelby County Mo.,
who, having no children of their own, legally adopted him, and there C.
W. received his early education. After graduating from the high school
he entered the State Normal School at Kirksville, Mo.,
finishing the regular four years' course there in the class of
1889. After graduating, he began teaching at Salem, Mo.,
where he was first assistant in the high school. In 1892 he helped
organize the bank at Bethel, Mo., and became its cashier, occupying that
position until 1895, when he and his wife came to California.
Settling at Santa
Clara,
Mr. Haman entered the newspaper field, working on the Santa Clara
Journal, a semi-weekly, for a year, N. H. Downing then being the
proprietor. Later he and the Messrs. Downing purchased forty-three
acres of land near Santa Clara, which they set out to prunes, this
marking Mr. Haman's entrance into horticulture, and he still owns part
of the tract; he also has other orchard interests. Next he engaged in
the feed and fuel business at Santa
Clara,
continuing in this for five years and operating his orchard properties
at the same time. Several years ago Mr. Haman began as a fruit buyer
for Rosenberg Bros. & Company, buying from growers in Santa Clara County. He has been very
successful in this work and is now assistant manager of the Santa Clara
plant.
On August 27, 1890, Mr. Haman was married to Miss
Bertha Morgan, who was born at Salem, Ill., a daughter of John M. and Catherine
(Bright) Morgan, both natives of Ohio. When Mrs. Haman was nine years
old her parents moved to Kirksville, Mo., and there she was educated in the public
schools and at the Kirksville
State Normal
School.
The father is deceased, but Mrs. Morgan is still living at Kirksville,
the mother of six children: A. R. Morgan is principal of the Sherman
School at St. Louis, Mo.; Martha is the widow of the late Newton
Williams of Kirksville, Mo.; Alice is the widow of G. D. Dawson of
Memphis, Mo.; Adah, became the wife of John M. Gates of
Kirksville,
Mo., and passed away in 1891, leaving a daughter, Adah, now Mrs. Craig
Reddish of Washington, D. C.; Bertha E. is Mrs. Haman; Olive is at home
with her mother. Mrs. Haman is a talented, cultured woman, and both she
and her husband are members of the Baptist
Church at Santa Clara, Cal.,
Mrs. Haman being in charge of the music, and Mr. Haman being
Sunday
School Superintendent. Popular in Masonic circles, Mrs. Haman is past
matron of Santa Clara Chapter No. 195, O. E. S., while Mr. Haman is
past master of Liberty Lodge No. 299, F. & A. M. He is also an
officer of San Jose Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, and belongs to
Islam Shrine of San Francisco. He is a stockholder of the Santa Clara
branch of the Bank of Italy and of the Bank of San Jose, and for eight
years was president of the Santa Clara Board of Education. He served
several years on the Republican County Central Committee, and is
numbered among the influential citizens of Santa Clara.