Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Isaac HALDEMAN
ISAAC HALDEMAN was born in Charlestown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, in September 1797. His parents were Abram Haldeman and Mary Showwalter, both members of the Meunice Society. At an early age he was sent to the common schools of his native township, where he remained until his fourteenth year. From his fourteenth until his twenty-first year he remained with his parents, securing from the fruits of his labor a great degree of comfort for them. Then he was thrown completely on his own resources. He determined to try his fortunes in another section, and removed to Delaware. Here in various capacities he labored for some time, until by his unceasing industry and the careful administration of his finances, he managed to lay up $150. With it he set up a country store, and shortly after the commencement of this enterprise, then very doubtful of success, was enabled to enlarge it by the voluntarily given aid of a number of gentlemen who learned to admire his integrity and indomitable perseverance. The country town to which he had first migrated was now a city, and his establishment, one of the finest, still retained its early-won popularity. He continued as proprietor of the store, which had been founded through the most zealous application until 1856, when his son succeeded him. He was among the original movers in the establishment there of one of the soundest banks in the country, being one of its most painstaking directors, and for a number of years its President. While taking no active part in politics, nor making any effort to secure office, he has been repeatedly honored with an election to the Town Councils, his services in them covering a period of eighteen years. In the capacity of a municipal legislator he acted intelligently, and with a conscientious regard for the interests of his fellow-citizens, securing in each successive re-election a gratifying endorsement from the voters of both parties. He invested largely in building improvements, and some of the finest structures in the city of his residence are conspicuous evidences of his enterprise and liberality. He is (1874) one of the few men who have carved out a fortune under the most trying of adverse circumstances. In his dealings he was always prompt, filling all contracts in the spirit and to the letter of the agreements. He soon won a reputation for sterling integrity, the luster of which time has not served to diminish. He married Eliza West, daughter of Thomas West, of Delaware County, January 3lst, 1828.
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