Editing Henry Huntly Haight (section)

==Early life==

===Childhood and education===
Haight was of English and Scottish parentage. The son of [[Fletcher Mathews Haight]] and Elizabeth Stewart (MacLachlan), Henry H. Haight was born in [[Rochester, New York]].  He was the second of twelve children and the third generation of lawyers. He traced his ancestors to Cameron of Lochiel and to Jonathan Teal Haight of England.<ref>Obituary Record, Graduates Deceased During Year Ending July 1, 1920, page 1446</ref>

Growing up, Haight was fond of poetry. He attended the Rochester Collegiate Institute before entering Yale in 1840 at 15. Haight graduated with honors from [[Yale University]] in 1844.<ref>Henry H. Haight Papers, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley</ref>

He married [[Anna Haight|Anna Bissell]] (1834-1898) on January 24, 1855, in St. Louis. Bissell was born in Missouri, the daughter of Capt. Lewis Bissell and Mary (Woodbridge) of Connecticut.<ref><nowiki>Obituary Record, Graduates Deceased During Year Ending July 1, 1920, page 1446; U.S. Census; Marriage records, |publisher= Ancestry.com |accessdate= 2018-03-10</nowiki></ref> The couple had at least one son, Dr. Louis Montrose Haight (1868-1942).