U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
Name: William H Haskell
Residence: Canton, Fulton, Illinois
Class: 2
Congressional District: 9th
Age on 1 July 1863: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Race: White
Place of Birth: New York
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Amboy News
March 14, 1902
Col. W. H. Haskell, seven years editor and proprietor of the Amboy Journal, died at his home in Denver the last of February. Col. and Mrs. Haskell celebrated their golden wedding about two monts ago. He was a printer by trade and expert in his craft. He enlisted June 1, 1864, and was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the 132nd Illinois Voluntary Infantry. He bought the Journal in the fall of 1872 and sold it to E. W. Faxon in 1879 and moved to Kansas where he built up a large printing trade. He died at the home of his daughter.
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 996995, cert # 699811
Widow application # 787865, cert # 538387
Enrolled June 13, 1862, 67th Ill Inf as Major
Leiutenant Colonel of 132nd Ill Inf.
He died at Denver, Colorado February 21, 1902 (death certificate)
Married Aurelia B. Lord November 2, 1851 (marriage certificate)
Aurelia died May 20, 1909 (death certificate)
Children
Henrietta A. Haskell born August 6, 1853, married ... Wattles.
Josephine C. Haskell born June 30, 1856, married ... Williams
William Lord Haskell born April 20, 1858
Mary W. Haskell born Jan 17, 1864, married ... Wyman
Samuel Hutchinson was a farmer.
Stephen Eustace Haskell graduated from Rensselaer Institute at Troy, NY in 1846 and was a teacher there for one year. He then was engaged in the manufacture of oil-cloth in Lansingburgh, NY.
Robert Chandler Haskell graduated from Yale College in 1858. He then spent two years teaching at Oahu College in Hawaii. After the death of his brother Stephen in 1860, he took over the business of manufacturing oil-cloth in Lansingburgh, NY.
Times
August 25, 1866
Died
In Lansingburgh, Aug. 17th, Robert Allen, only child of Robert C. and Sarah H. Haskell, age 13 months.