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Title: New York State's prominent and progressive men : an encyclopaedia of contemporaneous biography
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Harrison, Mitchell Charles, 1870-
Subjects: Civic leaders
Publisher: (New York) : New York Tribune
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center

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r faith, and settle in Germany. Of such parentage William Haubennestel was born, at No. 157Reade Street, New York city, on October 20, 1840. He waseducated in the schools of New York city and of Poughkeepsie,to which latter place the family removed in 1849. Being theeldest of eight children, he was compelled to leave school and goto work at the age of fourteen years, in order to help maintainthe family. At first he was employed in a bakery for twoyears, and then for three years was an errand boy in a clothingstore in Poughkeepsie. Finally he decided to engage in hisfathers occupation. He accordingly took his place upon theshoemakers bench, learned the trade thoroughly under hisfathers guidance, and ultimately became his fathers partner. It was in 1866 that the two opened a retail boot and shoe busi-ness in Poughkeepsie, under the firm-name of Haubennestel &Son. The business was continued, with increasing prosperityand enterprise, until the death of the father, in 1890. William 150
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WILLIAM HAUBENNESTEL 151 Haubennestel thereupon took his own son, Louis P. Hauben-nestel, into partnership with him, and thus, without change ofname, the business has been continued to the present time. Mr. Haubennestels business career was interrupted at anearly date by his service in the United States army. Heenlisted as a private in Company D, Twenty-first Eegiment, NewYork National Guard, on May 2, 1860, and was successively pro-moted to be second sergeant in July, 1861, first sergeant in July, 1862, second lieutenant in November, 1862, first lieutenant inApril, 1866, captain in November, 1866, and major by brevet, forlong continuous service, in July, 1876. He was mustered intothe United States service at Baltimore, Maryland, on June 27, 1863, for emergency service, and was honorably mustered outat Poughkeepsie on January 7, 1864. In politics Mr. Haubennestel is a Republican, and he has beenchosen by the people for various offices. He was three timeselected City Assessor of Poughk

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