Herman Albert Haeussler

As printed in 1899

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California, he remained there with his father five years, working hard during all that time, and aiding the elder Haeussler, as far as Possible, in his effort to accumulate a fortune. Retuming to St. Louis with a large share of that kind of education which experience gives, he applied himself to the study of law in the office of Messrs. Hart & Jecko, discharging, at the same time, the duties of office boy and clerk. It soon became apparent that he had made no mistake in the choice of his vocation, as he took readily to the law and was trying cases for his preceptors in the circuit court, as well as in the justices’ courts, before he had attained his majority, or gained admission to the bar. He was admitted to the bar shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, and soon thereafter became associated with the distinguished lawyers Fidelio C. Sharp and James O. Broadhead, then practicing in partnership, under the firm name of Sharp & Broadhead. When the war began he was a member of one of the St. Louis companies of Enrolled Missouri Militia, and was about to enter the United States service as a regimental adjutant, when, at the request of Col. Broadhead, he was detailed from the militia company to which he belonged to serve as assistant in the office of the Judge Advocate General of Missouri. He continued to be associated with Colonel Broadhead in a military capacity, and later in the practice of law, until 1870, when he formed a law partnership with Colonel Alonzo W. Slayback. This partnership constituted one of the earliest instances of the professional fraternization of men who had been arrayed against each other during the war. While Mr. Hauessler had been a pronounced and outspoken Union man, Colonel Slayback had been a brilliant and dashing Confederate soldier, having served with distinction in General Joe Shelby’s brigade. Colonel Slayback and Mr. Haeussler continued the practice of law together until 1878, and were then joined by Colonel Broadhead, the firm becoming, at that time, Broadhead, Slayback & Hacussler. This firm continued in existence until the tragic death of Colonel Slayback, and after that Colonel Broadhead and Mr. Haeussler practiced together until the head of the firm was elected to Congress. Although a partnership did not afterward exist between them, they continued to be associated together, and their professional relationship, as well as their warm, personal friendship, was practically continuous until Colonel Broadhead’s death. Ever since he became a member of the bar, Mr. Haeussler has enjoyed the confidence and esteem of the general public, as well as of his professional associates, and with a large and lucrative practice he has been financially prosperous, as well as successful in attaining a position of prominence and influence in his profession. He has eschewed politics and shunned office-holding, but has been known as a Democrat of moderate views, although not strongly enough attached to his party to support any candidate unfit for the office to which he aspired. As a child, he was baptized into the German Reformed Church, but has always been broadly liberal in his religious views, and while he has contributed to the upbuilding of many churches, has not affiliated with any. Mr. Haeussler has been twice married; first, in 1866, to Miss Anna Lachleben, daughter of Henry Lachleben, of St. Louis. Mrs., Haeussler died in 1874, leaving three daughters, all of whom are now grown and married. In 1877 he married Miss Emilie L. Lachleben, a sister to his first wife. Of the children born of his second marriage, two sons and two daughters are now living. Both his first and second wife were born and reared in St. Louis, but their parents, like those of Mr. Haeussler, were natives of Germany.

Hacussler, Ferdinand W., physician, was born February 24, 1805. in the city of Greiz, Saxony, forty-seven miles south of Leipzig, Germany, and died in St. Louis, March 10, 1884. He was reared in his native city, received a thorough academic education and then studied medicine at Leipzig, Wuerzburg and Berlin. He received his doctor’s degree from the University of Wuerzburg in 1826, and practiced medicine in Germany thereafter until 1837, when he immigrated with his family to this country, and first settled on a farm in Pennsylvania. Later he removed to the Island of Cuba, and for one year was a resident of the city of Havana. At the end of that time he again came to the United States, and having a natural fondness for the country and agricultural pursuits, he engaged in farming operations in McCracken County, near Paducah, Kentucky, at the same time continuing the practice of his profession, From Kentucky he came to St. Louis, in 1845, and practiced medicine here thereafter until the end of his life, except during a few years spent in California. Soon after his coming to

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As printed in Encyclopedia of the history of St. Louis, a compendium of history and biography for ready reference (v. 2) (1899). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.