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LOUIS M. HAIGHT, M. D.
Few names of modern California are
more distinguished among the native sons and daughters than that of Haight, so
worthily represented in Stockton by Dr. L. M. Haight. A native son, he was born in Alameda on
October 7, 1868, the son of the Hon. Henry Huntley and Anna E. (Bissell)
Haight, the former a native of Rochester, New York, and the latter born in St.
Louis, to whom in time, three children were born: L. M., of this review; Miss Janet C. Haight,
a favorite in social circles in Oakland, and Henry Huntley Haight, who passed
away in 1919.
Henry H. Haight, Sr., came out to
San Francisco as a pioneer in 1850, and being an attorney by profession, he had
no difficulty in successfully establishing himself in practice in the Bay
City. Nominated on the Democratic
ticket, he ran for governor of California; and in 1867 he was elected to that
high office. He made a famous governor,
for it was during his term that he signed the charter of the University of
California, and that great institution, of such vital importance to the people
of the Golden State was started. For the
first two years of its existence, the University encountered many trying
difficulties; and it was then that Governor Haight and a relative contributed
funds to keep it going. Governor Haight
was prominent in banking circles in San Francisco, and held a directorship in
various financial institutions. He was
also a large landowner on the east side of the Bay, and his country home in
Alameda, occupying twenty-two acres, was one of the show places of the
district. The Haight School in Alameda
was named in his honor, as was Haight Street in San Francisco. He died in 1878.
L. M. Haight attended the school
named in honor of his father in Alameda, and then went east to New Haven,
Connecticut, where he attended the Hopkins Grammar School for three years. He then matriculated at Sheffield Scientific
School, a branch of Yale University, from which he was graduated in 1889 with a
Ph. D. degree. In 1892 he returned to
California and at Stockton bought an interest in Holden’s Drug Store. During this time he took a post-graduate
course in pharmacy at the University of California, and in 1897 was graduated
in pharmacy, and then he sold out his interest in the drug company.
In 1898 Mr. Haight entered the
Cooper Medical College, from which he was duly graduated in 1903 with the
degree of M. D.; and for the next two years he was in the City and County
Hospital at San Francisco. He also practiced
medicine in that city for two years, and in 1908 he returned to Stockton, and
ever since has been practicing here. He
is a member of the National and State Medical associations and of the San
Joaquin County Medical Society. Dr.
Haight belongs to Morning Star Lodge No. 68, F. & A. M.; Stockton Chapter
No. 28, R. A. M.; Stockton Commandery No 8 K. T.; Stockton Pyramid No. 5, of
Sciots; and to Islam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
He also is a member of Stockton Lodge No. 218, B. P. O. Elks; Pohono Tribe
of Red Men; and of Stockton Parlor No. 7, N. S. G. W.
In 1900 Dr. L. M. Haight was united
in marriage with Miss Minnie A. Schuler, a native of Stockton and the daughter
of Michael and Marie Barbara (Strohmeier) Schuler,
pioneers of Stockton. Both were born in
Germany, the former in 1828, and his wife in 1838, and he came to Stockton in
1852, married here on October 27, 1860, followed freighting to the southern
mines from Stockton and took part in the early activities in the building up of
this city. He died on November 20, 1905,
and Mrs. Schuler passed away in 1901.
They had eight children born to them and all are living. Of the union of Dr. Haight and his wife three
sons have been born: Louis Cameron is a
student in the medical department of the University of California; Herbert
Schuler is attending the Stockton high school, as is the youngest, Henry
Huntley, named for his grandfather.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
665. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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