Major William King Haviland
Son of Joseph Haviland & Sarah Jane King
Husband of Mary E. Boys
Husband of Caroline M. Boys
b. 14 Apr 1831, d. 1915
Obituary: Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo., 1/29/1915 Page 11
MAJ. HAVILAND DIES; KNEW LINCOLN WELL
Veteran, Wounded in Battle, Met Civil War President and Was Appointed to Post. Major William King Haviland, a Civil War veteran and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. E. Adams, 1700 Hudson Street. He was 84 years old. Haviland was born in New York City in 1831. After his graduation from the Poughkeepsie, N. Y. University, he was admitted to the New York Bar. He entered the Army in 1861 as Captain of Company G., One Hundred and Forty-second regiment of the Pennsylvania volunteers. A serious wound received in the battle of Fredericksburg in 1862, required his removal to a hospital in Washington. It was during his convalesence in Washington that he met President Lincoln. On his recovery he was made major of his company, and in 1863 was apponted as Judge Advocate in the military court of Annapolis by Lincoln. He was also a member of the military order of the Legion of Honor. After the war, Haviland resumed his practice of law in Michigan. He was for several years prosecuting attorney of Barage County, Michigan. Major Haviland came to Denver two years ago to live with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Adams, 1700 Hudson St.