Biographical Details
Date of Birth: March 8, 1822
Birth Location: Salem, NC, USA
Major Study: Law
Graduation Year(s): 1847
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelor of Laws
Date of Death: August 12, 1905
Death Location: Saint Paul, MN, USA
Nathaniel Timothy Hauser
Life Experience
Nathaniel Timothy Hauser was educated in the common schools of Stokes County and at the Moravian Academy in Salem, North Carolina. He was a member of the Moravian church. At age twelve, his family moved to Indiana. After graduating from IU, he practiced law and also farmed. From 1856 to 1860, he was judge of common pleas in Bartholomew County. A pro-war Democrat, he participated in the Civil War’s only major military campaign on Indiana soil, the Morgan Raid. He served as a private in the Union company organized to oppose the raid. In July 1864, he moved from Bartholomew County, Indiana, to Minnesota, where he lived until his death in 1905. He was a judge in Minneapolis from at least 1878 to 1888.
Marriage and Family
In 1848, Hauser married Eveline Barton in Columbus, Indiana. Together they had seven children. He was the younger brother of George Abraham Hauser.
Interesting Anecdote
His great-granddaughter, Beverly Lou Hauser, and her husband, Bud Kuhrt, co-founded the city of Borrego Springs, California.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Wikipedia
- The Worthington Advance 05/02/1878
- The Saint Paul Globe 05/13/1888
- San Diego Union-Tribune 02/16/2013