Frederick William Haultain was born on November 7, 1821, in Brussels, Belgium.

He was a British Army officer and political figure in the Province of Canada. He lived in Belgium while his father Major General Francis Haultain (1789-1855) was stationed there. He eventually returned to Britain and studied at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, England (1837). He served with the Royal Artillery and retired as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1860. He moved to Canada and settled in Peterborough later that year. He was elected to the 7th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing Peterborough in 1861 as a Conservative. In 1864, as a member of the Reform Party, he was elected to the same seat in a by-election for the 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada. Haultain later moved to Montreal to work with missionaries before returning with his family to Peterborough. His son, Frederick William Aplin Gordon Haultain (1857-1942), served as Conservative premier of the Northwest Territories and played an important role in establishing the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

In 1850, he married Lucinda Helen Gordon (1828–1915). He died on December 9, 1882, in Peterborough, Ontario.

Lucinda Helen Haultain (née Gordon) was born on December 18, 1828, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

In 1850, she married Colonel Frederick William Haultain (1821–1882), a British Army officer and political figure in the Province of Canada. They had 9 children. In 1860, the family moved to Canada and they settled in Peterborough, Ontario. Her son, Frederick William Aplin Gordon Haultain (1857-1942), served as Conservative premier of the Northwest Territories and played an important role in establishing the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

She died on November 15, 1915, in Peterborough, Ontario.

Erastus Otis Haven was born on November 1, 1820, in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was an American educator and clergyman. Upon graduating from Wesleyan University in 1842, he established a life-long pattern of combining the ministry with teaching. This eventually led him to assume the presidencies of the University of Michigan (1863) and Northwestern University (1869), as well as the chancellorship of Syracuse University (1874). Haven was deeply interested in educational issues affecting students at all levels and in helping to develop a strong Methodist presence among institutions of higher learning. He also served as the editor of Zion's Herald in Boston, and in 1872, he became Secretary of the Board of Education for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Haven served two terms in the Massachusetts Senate, and in 1880, he was elected a bishop, residing in San Francisco. He received an honorary degree of D.D. from Union College in 1854 and LL.D. from Ohio Wesleyan University. When he died, he left an unfinished autobiography, completed from his writings by the editor in 1883.

In 1847, he married Mary Frances Coles (1825–1912). He died on August 2, 1881, in Salem, Oregon.