Elgin Daily Courier
December 24, 1904Abbie, widow of Charles P. Deane died at 1:0'clock this after-noon, at her home 673 Grace Street, after a long illness of several weeks's duration.
Mrs. Deane was born in Gloucester, Maine, and had she lived until the later part of January would have been 79 of years of age. On March 24 1853, she was married to Charles P. Deane, who died a year ago last October.
Mrs. Deane was a woman of keen intellect, taking a deep interest in local and general affairs, and possessed of a staunch Christian character.
Four daughters survive her, they are Mrs. Maria Brown, Mrs. Joseph Mitchell and Julia and Mary A. Deane, all of Elgin. The latter is a kindergarten teacher.
Funeral will be Tuesday
Mrs. Deane had lived in this vicinity since 1857, While living in the east she was a member of the
Baptist church, but had attended the Congregational Church in this city.
Elgin Daily Courier News
October 20, 1937JULIA F. DEANE W. C. T. U. LEADER, DIES HERE AT 71.
Miss Julia F Deane, 71 years old, native of Elgin who rose to prominence as an editor and councilor in the ranks of the national Woman's Christian Temperance Union, died in Sherman Hospital at 8 this morning following a brief illness. Since her retirement from active duties in 1933 she had made her home in this city, residing of late years at 363 Ryerson Av
Miss Deane had devoted a lifetime to the cause of social service, and had pioneered the interests of temperance in both America and in lands beyond the sea.
Born in Elgin on Jan. 8, 1866 Miss Deane was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Deane, early esidents of this community. She was educated at the Elgin academy, and later studied in business collages and schools of Journalism in Chicago.
A life sketch personally written by recounts that she taught school for a time in the Elgin region, after which she held a secretarial position for several years with the National Young Women's Christian Assn., when that organization’s general offices were in Chicago.
She gained invaluable training in social service work while residing in Hull House district of Chicago, where she was associated with Forward Movement Social settlement.
Miss Deane first became affiliated with the W.C.T.U.in 1910 as an assistant to Mrs. Cornelia Hatcher, managing editor of the union's Signal. And in November of that year, at the national convention in Baltimore, Miss Deane was named editor of the publication a position which she capably filled for a period of 23 years, until her retirement in 1933.
It is noteworthy that during this period the W.C.T.U carried on its successful campaign for adoption of the eighteenth and nineteenth amendments to the federal constitution, a work in which Miss Deane actively participated. She also played a leading part in the union's jubilee campaign for a million members and a million dollars, so that the organization's program in behalf of temperance education might be increased in scope.
In 1920 Miss Deane was commissioned by the National W.C.T.U. to accompany Miss Anna A. Gordon to the world convention in London, and later to travel with her in a survey of union activities in 10 European countries. Later she accompanied Miss Gordon on similar survey of five South American republics acting as a foreign correspondent for the Union Signal during these travels.
In all Miss Deane crossed the Atlantic six times in the interest of temperance, the last time in 1925 when she attended the world union meeting in Edinburg, Scotland, spent several months of study in the British Isles. Previous to her engaging in editorial work for The Union Signal she had spent many years in free-lance writing contributing to many church periodicals, and writing especially for younger people and children
In 1933 Miss Deane resigned her editorship and moved to Elgin to be near her only living sister Mrs. Joseph Mitchell who died last July 24. Since her residence here Miss Deane had been active in work of the First Congregational Church of which she was a member and in missionary and W.C.T.U. circles. She was secretary of the Elgin Mission Union, resident of the Missionary society of the Congregational church, and vice -President of the local chapter of the W.C.T.U.
Miss Deane is survived by one niece, Miss Ethelyn J. Mitchell of Elgin; A great-grand-niece Mrs. Bernard App of Florala, Ala., and two nephews, Charles T. Brown of Elgin and Cyrus F. Brown of Oak Park.
Civil War pension file, widow application # 242508, cert # 240707
Company B., 19th Maine Infantry
Christopher died at Searsmont, Waldo, Maine March 16, 1873
Married Sarah C. Burd December 17, 1855 at Camden, Maine
Five living children
Jennie C. Haskell born May 12, 1857
Josephine N. Haskell born March 24, 1861
Georgietta Haskell born December 9, 1864
Samuel B. Haskell born May 6, 1869
Clara Haskell born May 9, 1871
The region of Maine originally called Pejebscot Claim was incorporated as the Town of Pejepscot, now in Sagadahoc county, Maine, by act of the Massachusetts Legislature on 6 March 1802.
U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: John R Haskell
Birth Year: abt 1858
Keyed Birth Location: Belaine O
Admitted Year: 1923
Age at Admission: 65
State: Maine
County: Kennebec
City: Togus
Branch: Eastern Branch
Enlisted: June 19, 1898, Co A., 1st Me Inf.
Discharged: Oct 25, 1898, Portland Me.
Sister: Mrs. Hattie Wiggins
The region of Maine originally called Pejebscot Claim was incorporated as the Town of Pejepscot, now in Sagadahoc county, Maine, by act of the Massachusetts Legislature on 6 March 1802.
Moses M. Haskell was a clerk.
The region of Maine originally called Pejebscot Claim was incorporated as the Town of Pejepscot, now in Sagadahoc county, Maine, by act of the Massachusetts Legislature on 6 March 1802.
Alexander P. Haskell was a clothier.
Eliphalet Haskell was a farmer.
Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 62075
Widow application # 118698, cert # 81054
Enrolled 16, January 1864
Discharged 13 January 1865 at August, Maine
Died 1 Aug 1865 of chronic diarrhea.
Married 28 September 1861.
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: William F Haskell
Residence: Dover, Maine
Age at enlistment: 21
Enlistment Date: 11 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Sergeant
State Served: Maine
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company H, Maine 11th Infantry Regiment on 04 Nov 1861.
Promoted to Full Private.
Mustered out on 13 Jan 1865.
Birth Date: abt 1840
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
Moses Haskell was a farmer.