William Cushing Haskell was a farmer.
The following notes from Landers Genealogy database on RootsWeb WorldConnect contributed by Jerry Landers:
Charles Haskell3 (Seth2, Seth1), m. 19 Sept., 1838, Lydia (dau. Dr. William S.) Pierson of W., began his business life, 1836, as a manufacturer of wrapping paper in the basement of a grist-mill; ten years later, 1847, built a new mill in Windsor Locks, on ground now occupied by the C. H. Dexter & Sons' Paper Works, the products of which, largely by virtue of improved methods of his own devising, came to rank among the best goods in the market. In 1855 he became President of the Connecticut River Company, and during fifteen years of administration made a fairly remunerative property of that which had before been almost valueless to the stockholders. To his enterprising and judicious management the company owes its large increase of water-power in the canal, and the village its consequent growth of manufacturing industries. He never held civil or political office; but there were no matters affecting the welfare of the community which did not awaken his lively interest, and he was foremost in all measures of public improvement. The impress of his mind and hand was to be seen on all the material interests of the town. But his best work was in those things which concern the higher well-being of every community the school, the home, the church. He was a central figure in all the best activities of Windsor Locks for thirty years; and his life, taken in all its bearings, was by far the most influential that Windsor Locks has ever known. He had a remarkably fine presence and winning address, with a commanding form, slightly bowed in his later years by rheumatic suffering. He was of quick and clear apprehension, systematic in business, hopeful and earnest in whatever he undertook, responding freely and gladly to calls for help, whether in money or personal service. [The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut by Henry R. Stiles]
Franklin Democrat
April 18, 1884Mrs. W. M. Fee, a sister of Mrs. I. M. Thompson, of this city, died at her home in Moscow, Ohio, Monday night. She had been an invalid for a number of years and her death was not unexpected. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. H. H. Pinney, of Edinburg, attended the funeral.