Harriet Cornelia Haile

1829 - 1906  (76 years)

• Name	Harriet Cornelia Haile
  Birth	22 Jun 1829	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Female
  Census	4 Sep 1850	Hinsdale, Cheshire, NH ; age 21, born NH, living with parents
  Census	1855	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 26, born NH
  Census	30 Jul 1860	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 31, born NH
  Census	15 May 1865	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 35, born NH
  Census	23 Jun 1870	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 41, born NH, keeping house
  Census	5 Jun 1880	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 51, born NH, keeping house, parents born VT/NH
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Springfield, Hampden, MA ; age 70, born Jun 1829 in NH, widowed, 1/5 children living, parents born VT/NH, living with son
  Death	14 Mar 1906	Springfield, Hampden, MA
  Burial	17 Mar 1906	Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, NH
  Person ID	I1513	Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Hon William Haile,   b. 6 May 1807, Putney, Windham, VT d. 22 Jul 1876, Keene, Cheshire, NH (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sabrana Shaw Walker,   b. 18 Jan 1809, Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH d. 28 Mar 1885, Keene, Cheshire, NH (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	14 Jul 1828	Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH
  Histories		History of the Town of Shirley, Massachusetts
  		William Haile Obituary
  Family ID	F340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Mills Stebbins,   b. 27 Dec 1825, Hinsdale, Cheshire, NH d. 11 Feb 1888, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 62 years)  [1]
  Marriage	23 Nov 1853	Hinsdale, NH
  Children	1. William Haile Stebbins,   b. 29 Mar 1858, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 2 Mar 1862, Hinsdale, Cheshire, NH (Age 3 years) + 2. Frederick Haile Stebbins,   b. 24 May 1860, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 26 Oct 1939, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 79 years)   3. Charles Gay Stebbins,   b. 13 Jun 1863, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 7 Jul 1864, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 1 year)   4. Dr. Walter Gay Stebbins,   b. 4 Jun 1865, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 7 Oct 1893, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 28 years)   5. Arthur Walker Stebbins,   b. 20 May 1872, Springfield, Hampden, MA d. 30 May 1872, Springfield, Hampden, MA (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2015

  
  

• Headstones

  Harriet (Haile) Stebbins Gravestone HARRIET C. HAILE / wife of / JOHN M. STEBBINS / JUN 22, 1829 / MARCH 14, 1906 Plot: behind Haile stone

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com) Harriet C Stebbins, widowed housewife, aged 76y 8m 20d, residing Springfield, MA, married to John Mills Stebbins, born Chesterfield NH to William Haile b Putney VT and Sabrana Shaw Walker b Chesterfield NH, died in Springfield on 14 Mar 1906 of Chronic endocarditis and myocarditis. Burial on 17 Mar in Hinsdale NH. Informant Frederick H Stebbins from "The Springfield Republican", 15 Mar 1906 (genealogybank.com) Mrs. Harriet Cornelia Stebbings, 76, one of the best known and most prominent of the old residents of this city, widow of John M. Stebbins, and sister of the late Lieut. Gov. William H. Haile, died suddenly yesterday morning at 6:30 at her residence, 204 North Main street. Death was due to heart failure and was very sudden. Mrs. Stebbins had been in good health and had complained of no ill-feeling up to the time of her retiring on Tuesday evening. At an early hour yesterday morning, however, she was taken suddenly ill and died in a short time. Mrs. Stebbins was born in Chesterfield, N.H., June 22, 1829, and was the daughter of William Haile, who was governor of New Hampshire about 50 years ago. Her early life was spent there and in Hinsdale, N.H. She attended an academy at Meriden, N.H., and also Mount Holyoke seminary, graduating from there in the class of 1848, at the time Mary Lyon was president. She was married to John M. Stebbins of this city at Hinsdale, N.H. in November 1853. She immediately after came to his city, and for a time made her home with her husband at Cooley's hotel. Later the couple on Hampden street, and at the corner of Main and Emery streets. Mr. Stebbins built the residence at 204 Main street 33 years ago, since when she made her home there. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stebbings, three dying in early childhood. One son, Dr. Walter G. Stebbins, died in 1893. She leaves, beside her son, Lawyer Frederick H. Stebbins, one sister, Mrs. O.G. Dort of Keene, N.H. The funeral will held to-morrow afternoon at 3.30 at the residence on North Main street. Burial will be in the family lot in Hinsdale, N.H. In her capacity as one of the leading families in the city, Mrs. Stebbins had figured prominently in the life of the community. Her husband was mayor of the city during the year 1874. A woman religious by nature, she had been connected with the Memorial church almost from its beginning. She was also active in the Memorial church auxiliary of the Springfield branch of the women's board of missions, and she was also connected with the Young Women's Christian association for some years. At one time she had been identified with the Home for the Friendless.

  
  

• Sources

  [S79] Hooker, Edmund, The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, (E R Andrews Printing Co., Rochester, NY, 1909), pg 364.