J. Hayward Haight
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Joshua Hayward Haight[1] (March 2, 1844 – May 28, 1909)[2] was an American merchant from Brothertown, Wisconsin who served one term as a Greenback Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Calumet County, Wisconsin.[3]
Haight was born in the Town of Laurens, in Otsego County, New York on March 2, 1844; he received a public school education, and became a merchant. He came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Brothertown. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the 15th Infantry Regiment (United States) on April 28, 1862, and was discharged at Columbus, Kentucky on January 30, 1863, by reason of disability caused by illness.
