Haury, Daniel S. (1845-1937)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1937 Jun 9 p. 5

Birth date: 1846

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— Funeral services for the aged Daniel S. Haury, 91 years of age, were held at the Halstead Mennonite church last Saturday afternoon. Through his varied activities during his long life Mr. Haury has become widely known. He was the father of Dr. R. S. Haury of Newton. Death came to him at his home early Wednesday morning, June 2. He had been in good health in spite of his advanced age until a few weeks ago. On April 30 he suffered a light stroke, from which he had however recovered. The funeral services were attended by a large concourse of relatives and friends.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1937 Jun 8 p. 6

Maximilian I, king of Bavaria, one day in 1800 was traveling through the Rhine Palatinate in Germany. Hearing of the industrious ways of the Mennonite farmers who lived there he visited them. They impressed him and he invited eight families to come and live on his land near Neuburg on the Danube River.

A Neuburg King Maximilian gave these eight families 240 acres of land. Other families followed to the locality, among them being the John Haury family whose forefathers originally had come to Germany from the french Canton of Switzerland. In appreciation to King Maximilian the Mennonites named the little village they settled "Maxweiler".

After several years the residents of Maxeiler wanted a church and so they petitioned Ludwig I. who had succeeded to the throne of Bavaria in 1825 at the death of his father Maximilian I. the right to build one. King Ludwig was as favorably impressed with these people as his father had been and not only gave them permission to build a church of their own in Maxweiler, but said he himself would build them an edifice in which they could worship. On December 9, 1832, the church, built in simple architectural style according to the wishes of the Mennonites, was dedicate. Several years later King Ludwig wished to aid in educating the children of these God-fearing subjects, sent a school teacher to the village whose salary was paid by the government.

By 1850 the original eight families who had come to Maxweiler in 1800 had increased to twenty-five families. Rumors of unrest were heard. John Haury, a farmer and member of the Maxweiler Church, fearing that war would come and his sons be forced to take up military service, sold his possessions and with his family sailed for America in 1856.

To one of the sons, Daniel Haury, it all seemed like one big adventure. The village of Maxweiler where he had been born on October 5, 1845, lay far behind as the boat carrying his parents, four brothers and one sister pushed across the Atlantic to New York City. The trip was one not to be forgotten by the lad, for in mid-ocean he celebrated his eleventh birthday.

The Mennonite obituary: 1937 Jul 13 p. 13