This article was originally published in the winter 2021 edition of Cornsilk magazine. - - - I've been getting to know my uncle, two day...

Cover of First Methodist Church's 90th anniversary booklet | Courtesy of DeKalb County History Center Archives 'The builders' of...

Local historian Steve Bigolin provided this image of a young Sophia Haish, Jacob's wife. Steve recalls that it was printed as part of a ...

I visited the DeKalb County History Center to tour their latest exhibit "The History of DeKalb County in 100 Objects," and I was ...

Written appreciation to Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Haish | Northern Illinois University Archives, Waite W. Embree Collection "'We ...

Below are a few recent photos of the Haish monument, taken on Sept. 21, 2017 by Jessi LaRue. The Haish monument, where barbed wire baron Ja...

Click image to enlarge. Jacob Haish once penned an agreement that stated he would donate $10,000 to the Northern Illinois State Normal ...

I had previously obtained Jacob and Sophia Haish's death certificates from DeKalb County. This time, I reached out to DuPage County to ...

This letter, provided by the Joiner History Room, is addressed to Sophia Haish and thanks her for the gift of a portrait of her husband. The...

Jacob and Sophia Haish's monument can be found in Fairview Cemetery in DeKalb. | Photo by Jessi LaRue The Haish monument is a regu...

Ron Klein has always had an interest in local history. Klein grew up among members of the Haish family that lived in Hinckley; Klein's ...

Did history forget Franklin Haish? | Photo by Jessi LaRue Jacob Haish's will is usually simplified down to "he didn't have ...

I've been doing research to hunt down some family marriage licenses and death certificates. I was pleased to find that if you are lookin...

It appears that Jacob wasn't the only Haish who could fashion an invention with wire. Sophia , Jacob Haish's wife, had paten ts on...

Photos of Jacob and Sophia Haish courtesy of the Joiner History Room . Sophia Ann Brown was born March 10, 1828 in New York. She was t...