Henry Winfield Haldeman

Henry Winfield Haldeman (1848–1905) familiarly known as Harry Haldeman, was a banker, physician and two-term mayor of Girard, Kansas in the late 19th century. He was the husband and stepbrother of banker Alice Haldeman, stepbrother of social reformer Jane Addams, father of radical publisher Marcet Haldeman-Julius. He suffered throughout his life from poor health aggravated by alcoholism.

Harries vulnerable point is his—sympathies.... but he is one of those strange natures—who would rather labour to conseal a feeling—than to show it by demonstrations as most people do.
—William Halderman, 1861

Haldeman was born Henry Winfield Halderman, in Mount Carroll, Illinois on June 21, 1848. His parents were William Halderman (1822-1866), a local businessman and miller, and Anna Hostetter Halderman (1828-1919).

Haldeman attended the Mount Carroll Seminary (later known as Shimer College) in the 1860s, first around 1860-1861 and again, studying music, around 1865-1866. In 1866, after the death of Haldeman's father William, he left with two of his Seminary teachers for the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany, where he studied music for two years. While in Leipzig, he also took preliminary coursework in medicine.

In 1868, his mother Anna married wealthy local businessman John H. Addams. Shortly thereafter, Henry Haldeman fell in love with his new stepsister, Sarah Alice, and they were married on October 25, 1875. The marriage was the subject of disapproval in the family, as the two were not seen as a good match by either of the parents.

Haldeman studied medicine at the University of Michigan from 1873 to 1874, supporting his medical studies by working as a musician and music teacher. He subsequently took up the practice of medicine, which did not then require a degree, in Fontanelle. He finally completed his MD in 1878, at Northwestern University.

In 1881, Haldeman, his wife Alice, and stepsister Jane, all went to Philadelphia to study medicine. Alice, however, was only seeking to learn enough to be able to help him in his practice. Haldeman studied gynecology under the noted gynecologist William Goodell. He completed a second MD in 1882, with a senior essay on the "Evacuation of Exposed Ovarian Cysts".

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