[p. 1000] foreman of the boiler department of the Pennsylvania Engineering Works, at New Castle, came first to this city twenty-two years ago and, with the exception of about eight years, has been a resident here ever since. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1855.
When a youth of fifteen years Mr. Haid went to Pittsburg, where he entered the works of William McCullough & Co., glass manufacturers, where he remained for two years. Several more years were spent as an employe of the Keystone Bridge Works, and then he was employed for seven years by the H. K. Porter Locomotive Works. Later he entered the Valley Railroad shops at Veronica, Pa., and worked in the boiler department for six years and one year in the Lake Erie shops, after which he came to the old Withrow Works at New Castle. He remained here for four years, going then to Barberton, Ohio, for some eight or nine years. By this time Mr. Haid was a thorough machinist and was as familiar with every detail of the work in his line of trade as years of practical training in some of the largest plant in the country could make him. From Barberton he came to the Pennsylvania Engineering Works, where ever since he has filled the position of foreman and has also acquired stock in the enterprise.
In 1886 Mr. Haid was married to Miss Winnifred McGraw, and they have six children, the two older sons, Paul Leo, with Edwards, George & Co., of Pittsburg, and Charles M., employed in the Pennsylvania Engineering Works, inheriting the father's mechanical capacity, while the others—Mary A., William J., Augustine G. and Joseph Wendell—are still in school. Mr. Haid and family attend St. Mary's Catholic Church. Recently Mr. Haid has purchased a fine home located at No. 367 Emerson Street, New Castle. He is not actively interested in politics and his only fraternal connection is with the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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