Biographical sketches following three generations of the Haley and Burnett family tree across nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North America. Compiled from contemporary newspaper coverage, vital records, government documents, and family oral history.

Individuals Included:

• First Generation: Herbert H. Haley, Margaret Ellen Burnett.

• Second Generation: Benjamin Thomas "B.T." Haley, Maria Catherine "Kate" Whicker, Melbourne Leroy Burnett, Daisy May Propst.

• Third Generation: Benjamin Franklin Haley, Harriet "Hattie" Catherine Birdwell, George Washington Whicker, Emma Catherine Fleenor, Samuel Melbourne Burnett, Margaret Jane Brown, Henry Taylor Propst, Ellen Robb Nickerson.

• Related Lives: Edward Evans Parrish, Hugh Nickerson, Francis Marion McCoy, Howard Lawrence Propst.

Geographic & Historical Scope: Virginia, Oklahoma Territory, Oregon Trail, Peace River (Alberta), New Brunswick, Washington, and California.