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Mary Louisa Haines, the daughter of Richard T. Haines, married
William M. Halsted on February 20, 1851. Her husband became the
president of Halsted, Haines and Company, a successful textile
importing firm. In 1852 she gave birth to a son, William Stewart
Halsted, who became a prominent physician, a pioneer in surgical
medicine and anesthesia, and one of the founders of Johns Hopkins
Medical School's teaching program. She was a committed Presbyterian.
Richard Creifelds lived and worked in NYC where he studied
and exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He also studied
at the Royal Academy, Munich and exhibited at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts among other places. Today his work is found
at St. Andrews Church and the 107th Street Armory in NYC, the
Montauk Club in Brooklyn, and at the NY Court of Appeals in Albany. |
