George Haven

George Haven enlisted in Company E, 2ND Infantry Regiment, Connecticut. He was mustered out of Company E, 2ND Infantry Regiment, Connecticut, on August 7, 1861. On November 25, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, 1st Cavalry Regiment, Connecticut, and was made corporal on February 11, 1864. His regiment was in more than 50 engagements and, although he participated in every battle, he was never wounded nor taken prisoner. In 1888 Haven was promoted through the ranks to the rank of brigadier general while working for the New London Police Department. On April 14, 1865, he became a member of Company D, Third Regiment of National Guards, and was made First Sergeant eight days later. His succeeding promotions were as follows: Second Lieutenant, July 6, 1865; First Lieutenant, December 1, 1865; Captain, August 10, 1865; Major of the Third Regiment, September 3, 1870; Lieutenant Colonel, April 20, 1872. After resigning on April 21, 1873, he rejoined the Guards and was made captain and adjutant on February 18, 1879; Major, March 20, 1882; Colonel, July 12, 1886; Brigadier-General, commanding the brigade, on May 28, 1892. On January 7, 1897, Haven was appointed Connecticut Adjutant General until 1899. He was an active member of the Grand Army; he founded of W.W. Perkins Post, No. 47, and filled its principles offices, serving as Commander for three terms. Haven was also a Master Mason.[3][2]

Haven married Miss Ella A. Beckwith in October, 1870. She died in 1877. They had two children, a boy and a girl, who died very young. He remarried in October 1882, with Miss Mattie A. Comstock, of New London, a daughter of Captin Horace Comstock. They had one son, Morgan B., born in February 1893. George Haven died following an illness of two years on August 21, 1933, at the age 89.[1][2]