Habberton, John
journalist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1842, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a journalist of New York city whose first book, Helen's Babies, enjoyed a popularity. His subsequent writings include Other People's Children; The Barton Experiment; The Jericho Road; Who Was Paul Grayson? The Scripture Club of Valley Rest; The Bowsham Puzzle; Brueton's Bayou; Country Luck; Grown-Up Babies; Life of Washington; Some Folks; My Mother-in-Law; Mrs. Mayburn's Twins; The Worst Boy in Town; The Chautauquans; All He Knew; Honey and Gall; and The Lucky Lover.
HABERSHAM, ALEXANDER WYLLY, naval officer, merchant, author, was born March 24, 1826, in New York city. He was a naval officer who in later life was a tea merchant in Japan, and the author of My Last Cruise, an Account of the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition . He died March 26, 1883, in Baltimore , Md.