"Of the latter war (1812) there resides in the Town of Le Claire, Scott County, the following old soldiers: James Haskell, seventy-five years of age, was a member of the United States Artillery, under General Wilkinson. Mr. Haskell had a son, George, who was killed in the war of 1862, in Missouri."
Annals of Iowa, Volume 7, page 303.
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Served in War of 1812James Haskell 387. Born 1795 at Standish, Maine. Parent's names not recorded. James, described as a husbandman, aged 18 years, mustered on 23 February 1813. He joined Captain McIntosh's Company of the 1st United States Regular Light Artillery. James served Gun No.2 at the Battle of French Creek on Lake Ontario against the British fleet on 30 October 1813. He was again in action at French Mills on 1 November 1813, when he took over Gun No.1 after round shot killed the gunner. James was discharged at Plattsburg, New York, on 31 May 1815.
He was granted Bounty Land Warrant No. 7855-160-12, certificates: S09956, SC113911, Old War File 27545.
James resided at Le Claire, Scott County, Iowa. On 20 October 1837, James married Mary Gordon, a widow of Rock Island County, Iowa. James died on 3 December 1884 aged eighty-nine, at Randolph, Fremont County, Iowa. His wife Mary died 15 August 1884.
Reference
The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2
Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004
Page 95
Compiled service records, Union
Private, Company B, 7th Missouri Calvary
Muster in on August 15, 1961 at Hudson, Bates, Missouri, for 3 years
Killed in battle August 11, 1862 at Independence, Missouri
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U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John Haskell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Missouri
Regiment Name: 7 Mo. Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
Company: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded:Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: John/Haskill
Film Number: M390 roll 20
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Widow Pension cert # 129589
For mother, Mary Haskell
Claim that husband was disabled.
Had two children, John and Cornelius F. Haskell.
Cornelius died at age of 5.
James Haskell married Mary in Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois, October 20, 1837
Per Society of California Pioneers John Mace Haskell arrived in California on 3 August 1849, on Vessell Sweden, traveling via Cape Horn.
Joseph Waterhouse Haskell was a farmer.
11775. Alice Van Loani Haskell
Alice Van Loani Haskell was unmarried.