John Robinson Herring served in the War of 1812.
The following biographical note is from a Dartmouth College booklet for the Dartmouth Class of 1827, prepared from a Class meeting in July 1852; coutesy of Mervin Stevens via email.
GEORGE HASKELL, a son of Samuel Haskell, was born in Harvard, Mass., March 23, 1799. He was prepared for college in Bridgeton, Maine, and at Phillips Exeter Academy. He left college in his sophomore year; studied medicine with Dr. Stone in Harvard, Mass.; graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1827; practised some years in Alton, Illinois; and then removed to Rockford, Ill. where he has continued his profession during the last fifteen years.
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The Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties Illinois
by Katherine E, Rowland
Gateway Press 1990DR. GEORGE HASKELL, s/o Samuel Haskell, was b. 23 Mar. 1799 at Harvard, Mass., d. 23 Aug. 1876, Vineland, N.J.; m. Eunice Prescott Edwards, b. ca. 1803, Acton, Mass.
The Samuel Haskells moved to Waterford, Maine in 1803. George received his M.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 1827 and taught one term of school in East Haverhill. One of his pupils was John G. Whittier. Supposedly, Dr. Haskell was the schoolmaster in Whittier's poem "Snow Bound".
Dr. Haskell came to Illinois in 1831 and settled at Edwardsville and later went to Alton, Ill. He built up a large medical practice, but because of the pro-slavery sentiment in that area, he decided to move to Rockford. He came aboard the steamship "Gypsy", the first steamer ever to reach Rockford. For a short time he conducted a mercantile business which was the successor of Platt and Sanford. He planted a nursery and became an expert in raising fruit. He and his brother-in-law, John Edwards, gave land to the city which later became Haskell Park.
In 1853, Dr. Haskell became a convert to Spiritualism and entered upon his new religious life with the energy and enthusiasm which he had had when adhering to the Baptist doctrine. He published a monthly paper "Spirit Advocate" and later consolidated it with the "Orient".
In 1866, Dr. Haskell moved to N.J. and founded an industrial school. He purchased with others 4,000 acres of land which was laid out for a model community.
Jonathan Witt was a farmer.
3819. Ephraim Farnsworth Haskell
Ephraim Farnsworth Haskell was a farmer. According to published Haskell family records the parents of Ephraim are uncertain. Whether his middle name was Farnsworth is also uncertain. The 1850 Federal Census for Wilmington, Windham Co., Vermont, shows a middle initial of "F".
It is possible that the parents of Ephraim were Andrew and Chloe (Freeman) Haskell rather than William and Mercy (Farnsworth) Haskell.