Haight, Floyd L., 1897-1986

found: NUCMC data from Dearborn Hist. Comm. for Arneson, Winfield H. Papers, 1961-1975(Floyd L. Haight; historian and educator)

found: Floyd L Haight collection,donor bio (Floyd Haight was born March 23, 1897, to William and Mary Haight. He was raised in his birthplace, a farm near Montgomery, in Branch County, Mich. He attended Western Michigan University (bachelor's) and the University of Michigan (master's). During this period, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and taught at Camp Dewey, Ill. Following his discharge, he remained in education, retiring in 1961 after 42 years of teaching social studies and history. He married Mary Esther Dietrich on Aug. 10, 1937. In 1939, he became chairman of the Dearborn Historical Commission, a post he held almost continuously until 1975. From 1959-1966, he was chairman of the Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission. He died on Nov. 27, 1986)

found: ancestry.com website, viewed Nov. 11, 2014 :Schellenberg family tree (Floyd L. Haight, 23 March 1897 - 27 Nov 1986); 1900 US Census (Floyd L. Haight, 3 yo); US WWI Draft registration cards, 1917-1918 (Floyd L. Haight, 21 yo, born in California township, Mich. medium height and build, blue eyes, dark brown hair); 1920 US Census (Floyd L., Haight, 22yo, single, school teacher at a rural school); 1930 US Census (Floyd L. Haight, 33 yo, boarding in Dearborn, high school teacher); 1940 US Census (Floyd L. Haight, 43 yo, he and wife Mary both teachers at public schools in Dearborn); US Find-a-grave (Floyd L. Haight, 1897-1986, burial in Northview cemetery, in Dearborn; memorial plaque indicates "teacher, historian, preservationist. Thirty years chairman, Dearborn Historicasl Commission; Chairman, Michigan Civil War Centennial Observance Commission under 3 Governors Dearborn Chamber of Commerce award, man of the year 1966); US DEpartment of Veterans' Affairs BIRLS death file, 1850-2010 (Floyd Haight, enlistment date 15 Jul 1918);