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Theron Wilber Haight

A lawyer, newspaperman, and local historian from Wisconsin, this author wrote with a strong sense of place and a careful eye for the people who shaped it. His work is especially valuable for readers interested in regional history, biography, and the memory of Civil War-era America.

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Three Wisconsin Cushings A sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County

Three Wisconsin Cushings A sketch of the lives of Howard B., Alonzo H. and William B. Cushing, children of a pioneer family of Waukesha County

by Theron Wilber Haight

About the author

Born on September 14, 1840, in Jefferson County, New York, Theron Wilber Haight later became closely associated with Waukesha, Wisconsin. Archival records describe him as a newspaperman, attorney, and author, and his surviving papers include diaries, correspondence, speeches, and historical writings.

His writing centered on history and biography, with a special interest in Wisconsin people and communities. He is known for Three Wisconsin Cushings, a sketch of the lives of the Cushing brothers of Waukesha County, and for editing The Divine Weeks of Josuah Sylvester.

Haight's background in journalism and law seems to have shaped his clear, documentary style. Even now, his work offers readers a window into Wisconsin's civic life and the way earlier generations preserved local history.