History of Long Island Author:Peter Ross Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: scended from an old family of Babylon, Long Island. The paternal family consisted of four children : George, deceased, who was in business in New York; Mary, dec... more »eased, who married Daniel Van Nostrand, formerly of Amityville ; Cornelius L., a resident of Amityville ; and Alvah W. Alvah W. Haff continued with his parents tintil his fifteenth year, and then came to New York City, where he has since been engaged in business. After about a year in a grocery store he became bookkeeper for the firm of Moon and Lanphear, in the F'ulton 'Fish Market. With this concern he remained until October 1, 1872, when he embarked in the wholesale fish business for himself as a member of the firm of Woolley, Lanphear and Company. Upon the death of Mr. Woolley in 1876, the firm style was changed to Lanphear and Haft. In 1889 he bought out Mr. Lanphear's interest, and he has since conducted the business alone under his individual name. His business headquarters are at No. 12 Fulton Fish Market, and he is known as one of the most successful and representative men in the fish trade in the metropolis. Mr. Haff resides in Amityville, and is a highly esteemed citizen, being one of the board of trustees of said village, also president of the Bird Paper Manufacturing Company of Manhattan. He married, first, Marietta Cornell, and, second, Elizabeth Pollock, and has two children, Alvah C., who is associated with him in business, and Carrie, wife of William H. Cornell, attorney at law, of Brooklyn. CHARLES THEODORE SAMMIS. For several generations the family of this name have been connected with affairs of Hunb ington township, which is one of the political divisions of Suffolk county, New York. Though not following those lines which lead to especial prominence nor belonging to the noisy and self- asse...« less