City: Memphis
DE HAVEN, David William, lawyer; born Oxford, Miss., Oct. 26, 1872; French-English descent; son of David and Mary T. (Dobyns) DE HAVEN; father owned line steamboats between St. Louis and New Orleans; paternal grandparents, William and Sarah (McNelly) DE HAVEN, maternal grandparents, Col. Thos. and Martha (Sharpe) DOBYNS; educated in public schools and at Kemper College, graduating from latter in 1891; married Anna H. HAYS Sept. 12, 1905; president Memphis Local Assembly Brotherhood of St. Andrew, 1st vice-president Memphis Y. M. C. A., Junior Warden St. Luke’s Episcopal church, Memphis, Tenn., vice-president Memphis Municipal League; Democrat; admitted to the bar in Nov. 1893; on organization of Part 2 of Chancery Court was selected by bar in open meeting as its choice for chancellor.
