The following biographical notes from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-2005:
HUBERT HASKELL PEAVEY: A Representative from Wisconsin; born in Adams, Mower county, Minn., on January 12, 1881; moved with his parents to Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1886; attended the public schools, the high school at Redwood Falls, and Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, Minn.; pursued various activities in Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma from 1900 until 1904, when he moved to South Dakota and engaged in the real estate business; moved to Washburn, Bayfield county, Wis., in 1909 and continued the real estate business; served as alderman in 1911 and as mayor of Washburn in 1912 and 1920-1922; member of the State assembly 1913-1915; became editor and publisher of the Washburn News in 1915; during the First World War recruited Company D, Sixth Infantry, Wisconsin National Guard, and served as captain; resumed his former newspaper activities in Washburn, Wis.; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; again engaged in the real estate business and also operated a fur ranch; died in Washburn, Wis., November 21, 1937; interment in Woodland Cemetery.
New York Times
March 22, 1952CHICAGO, March 21 (AP) - Clinton H. Haskell, president of the Beatrice Foods Company, died today in St. Francis Hospital in suburban Evanston at the age of 63.
Mr. Haskell, who had been with the dairy products firm for forty-six years, had been president since 1928. Under his leadership, the company became the third largest in the dairy industry.
He was a past president and director of the American Butter Institute and a director of the National Dairy Council.
Survivors include his widow, Ethel; two daughters, Mrs. Lorraine East and Mrs. Virginia Ball; two brothers and three sisters.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI)
July 17, 2005East, Lorraine H. (Nee Haskell) July 14, 2005. Age 94 years.
Beloved wife of the late William. Loving mother of Clinton (Irmtraud) and Ann (the late Anthony) DiCastri. Dear "Grams" of Michael (Margaret) DiCastri, Frank (Ivana) DiCastri, Hammond (Kris) East, Todd East, Jeffrey Muetz, Anton Muetz and Christopher (Laura) Muetz. Great-grandma of Molly, Catherine, Anthony and Sarah. Further survived by other relatives and friends.
Preceded in death by her sister Virginia Ball of Fort Meyers, FL.
Visitation Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, 2366 N. 80th Street, Wauwatosa from 10 AM until time of Memorial Service at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the church appreciated. Lorraine was a longtime member of the PEO Sisterhood, and a volunteer with Mayfair Interfaith. The family would like to thank the staff of Pro Health Care Regency Senior Communities-Brookfield and Vitas Hospice for their loving care. SCHMIDT & BARTELT Funeral and Cremation Services Wauwatosa (414)774-5010
Onaga Herald
March 7, 1968Mrs. Helen Miller, 76, Succumbs to Illness
Mrs. Helen Haskell Miller, 76, of Onaga died Sunday at Community Hospital here after a long illness. She had been a patient at the hospital about two weeks.
Mrs. Miller was born August 25, 1891 in Lynxville, Wisc. and moved, with her parents, to Topeka in 1904. She was a graduate of Topeka High School and of Washburn University in 1915. She had taught in high schools in Bird City and Onaga Congregational Church and for years took an active part in service to the church and its organizations.
Mrs. Miller is survived by her husband, Orman L. Miller, of the home; two sons, Mansfield Miller of Olathe and the Rev. Hamlin H. Miller of Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Frankie D. Engle of Topeka; two brothers, Willard V. Haskell of Topeka and Everett Haskell of Lake Worth, Fla.
Onaga Herald
April 10, 1986Orman Laben Miller, 92, Lyndon, formerly of Onaga, died Thursday, April 3, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Yockey where he was living in Lyndon.
Mr. Miller was born July 13, 1893, east of Onaga, the son of Andrew and Lida Miller. He was graduated from Onaga High School, June 20, 1910, and later studied at Seabury Seminary, Faribault, Minn. He was graduated from Washburn College in Topeka, June 4, 1914.
Mr. Miller was admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Kansas, June 18, 1914, when he was 20 years and retired on his 91st birthday. He also was an author, botanist, and photographer.
Mr. Miller was baptized at Grace Episcopal Cathedral in Topeka and was a former member of the Onaga Congregational Church board of trustees.
He was married to Helen Lorraine Haskel August 3, 1918. she died March 3, 1968.
Survivors include two sons, Mansfield Miller, Olathe, and Hamlin H. Miller, Trenton, Nebr.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandson.
Topeka Capital-Journal
May 24, 2003SENECA ~ Hamlin H. Miller, 77, Seneca, died Friday, May 23, 2003, at Country View Estates Care Home in Seneca. He was born Aug. 18, 1925, at Topeka, the son of Orman and Helen Haskell Miller.
He graduated from Onaga High School in 1943. Mr. Miller worked on the family ranch for several years. He raised cattle and horses, specializing in quarter horses. In 1960, he had a farm sale and moved to Topeka to further his education. Hamlin played the piano, organ, and had a good singing voice.
He graduated from Washburn University in 1965 with a degree in history. After graduating from the Central Baptist Seminary in Kansas City in 1971, he served as the pastor at the Congregational Church in Muscotah, Junction City, the Community Church at Wiggins, Colo., and at Nogales, Ariz. He served the First Congregational United Church of Christ at Seneca two different times and helped build a fellowship hall at the church. Later, he had churches at Thedford, Trenton, and Ainsworth in Nebraska. He retired from full time ministry in 1989, but continued to serve churches on an interim basis.
He moved to Seneca in October 1998 and entered Country View Estates in 1999 due to Alzheimers Disease. Mr. Miller was a charter member of the Nemaha County Historical Society. He wrote "Regis Loisel and Seventy Years of Kansas Land Claims," which was published in the Trail Guide, a quarterly historical publication.
He married Evelyn Long in 1970 in Topeka. She died May 16, 1990. He is survived by a brother, Mansfield Miller, Olathe.
33383. Frankie Delphine Haskell
Topeka Daily Capital
December 1, 1976Mrs. Frankie Haskell Engle, 83, 1205 W. 29th, died Monday at Brewster Place. She had been admitted to a Topeka hospital Oct. 22, 1974, after she suffered a broken left hip in a fall and later returned to Brewster Place.
She was a Washburn University graduate and taught in several schools in Kansas, including the University of Kansas.
She was born July 11, 1893, at Cuba in Republic County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Haskell. She spent her early life in Topeka where she attended Topeka public schools.
She majored in English at Washburn and later attended the University of Colorado at Boulder. She received a masters degree from Columbia University at New York City.Mrs. Engle returned to Topeka in 1931 and lived at 2117 Indian Trail before she moved to Brewster Place.
She was a member of central Congregational Church, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Nautilus Club, and the Topeka Woman's Club.
She was married to Clarence Engle in 1921 in Topeka. He died in 1956.
Survivors include two sons, Clarence H. Engle, Washington, D.C., and Frank H. Engle, Salina; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Sprengel, Tumwater, Wash.; two brothers, Everett E. Haskell, Lake Worth, Fla., and Willard V. Haskell, Sanibel Island, Fla.; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Topeka State Journal
May 28, 1956Clarence H. Engleuneral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel funeral home with burial in Memorial Park cemetery for Clarence Hess Engle, 73, of 2117 Indian Trail, who died Sunday in a local hospital.
Born August 24, 1882, at Mount Joy, Pa., he came to Topeka in 1931 as manager of the Beatrice Creamery Co. plant until his retirement in 1952. He began his career in the creamery business with Belle Springs creamery at Abilene in 1915. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania State college.
He was a member of the Central Congregational church, Topeka Country club, Elks club, Rotary club, Topeka Chamber of Commerce and the Isis Shrine Temple.
Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Frankie Haskell Engle of the home; two sons, Clarence H. Engle Jr. of Washington, D.C., and Frank H. Engle of 1713 Fairlawn; a daughter, Mrs. William R. Streeter of Torrance, calif.; a brother, J. Ray Engle of Mount Joy; two sisters, Miss Miriam Engle and Mrs. Jacob Lindemuth of Mount Joy, and six grandchildren.
33384. Everett Erskine Haskell
Kansas, Camp Funston Military Records, 1914-1919
Name: Everett E Haskell
Military Date: 11 Sep 1917
Military Place: Camp Funston, Kansas
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Kansas, Enrollment of WWI Veterans, 1930
Name: Everett E Haskell
Residence Place: Emporia, Lyon
Branch of Service: Army
Rank at Discharge: Private
Volume Description: Volume 20: Lyon, Marion
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Kansas 353rd Infantry Regiment in World War I
Name: Everett E. Haskell
Residence Place: Lyndon, Kansas, USA
Military Year: 1917-1919
Company: Company L, 353rd Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces
Notes: Did not go overseas.
Page Number: 302
58606. Everett Erskine Haskell Jr.
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Everett E Haskell
Birth Year: 1918
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Kansas
State of Residence: Kentucky
County or City: Jefferson
Enlistment Date: 3 Jul 1941
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: Bowman Field Louisville
Branch: Air Corps
Grade: Private
Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 3 years of college
Civil Occupation: Managers and officials, n.e.c.
Marital status: Single, without dependents
Height: 68
Weight: 131
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Council Grove Republican
January 19, 1943Lt. E. E. Haskell, a former Emporia resident has been killed in action somewhere with an anti submarine patrol.
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U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Everett E Haskell Jr
Gender: Male
Race: White
Religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Ohio
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: First Lieutenant
Service Number: 434626