Omaha Daily Bee
May 28, 1904Joseph M. Haskell, a resident of Omaha for nearly thirty years, died Thursday night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. K. Burket, 1504 Yates street, where the funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will be made in Prospect Hill cemetery, beside Mr. Haskell's late wife. Mr. Haskell was nearly 89 years of age and up to the last two years enjoyed a vigorous old age, but the weight of almost four score and ten years bore down on the venerable man until he took to his bed eight weeks ago. Death came gradually and peaceably.
Mr. Haskell is survived by two daughters and one son: Harry A. Haskell, superintendent of the mechanical department of The Bee, on which he has worked for over thirty years; Mrs. Henry K. Burket, wife of Henry K. Burket, undertaker, and Miss Annie E. Haskell.
Mr. Haskell was born at Cumberland, Rhode Island, July 16, 1815. At the age of 35 he followed the star of empire westward as far as Bureau county, Illinois. He went by rail from Cumberland to Buffalo, thence by boat to Chicago, then through the canal to La Salle, Ill., and to Bureau county by wagon, settling on a farm just when the Indians were moving before the march of civilization into Iowa. In the early '70s Mr. Haskell again looked westward and brought his family to Omaha, where they have resided continuously since.
Anna E. Haskell was unmarried.
The following notes from Ancestry.com: The Wright Family Project. Compiled by Thomas Wright.
Was educated in the district schools of his native town, working on the homestead farm as soon as he was old enough, during vacation periods. At the age of eighteen years he began an apprenticeship to the trade of machinist in the shops of Ebenezer and Joseph Metcalf, of Cumberland. In 1840 he went to Woonsocket, where he continued at the same trade, and a year later to Fall River, where he continued as a journeyman until 1845. He then went to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where he formed a partnership with Nathaniel S. Collyer in conducting a machine shop. In 1850 he became a member of the firm of Pinkham, Haskell & Company, manufacturers of bolts and screws, and seven years later became the sole owner of the plant. From 1861 to 1868 Robert Sherman had an interest in the business, by purchase from Mr. Haskell, which the latter repurchased. The business was incorporated in 1881, with Mr. Haskell as president, under the title of the William H. Haskell Company, and in 1898 the concern absorbed the Pawtucket Nut Company, whose business was removed to the Haskell plant, on Main street. At this time the style of the corporation was changed to William H. Haskell Manufacturing Company. Mr. Haskell continued as president until his death, which occurred at his home in Pawtucket, April 19, 1900. His body was deposited in Oak Grove Cemetery, at that place. For many years he was president of the board of trustees of the Park Place Universalist Church. At one time he was vice-president of the Pacific National Bank, and at the time of his death he was a director of the Pawtucket branch of the Industrial Trust Company.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____History of Providence county, Vol I & II
Ed. by Richard M. Bayles; W.W. Preston &, New York. 1891
p. 117-118:
WILLIAM HENRY HASKELL, president of the William H. Haskell Company, was born in the town of Cumberland September 1st, 1821. His grandparents, Samuel and Mary Haskell, were among the pioneer settlers of this town, locating near Diamond Hill Plains. He died at the age of 95 years, in September, 1849. She died in September, 1849, at the age of 91 years. Turner Haskell, their son and father of William H., lived and died in this town. Turner Haskell was a very prominent man; served many years as a member of the town council, was a member of the general assembly for a number of years, and when he died was regarded as a very rich man. His wife was Patience Smith Haskell. She died in 1883, aged 89 years. He died in 1863, at the age of 73. They raised a family of eight children, five of whom were girls.William H. Haskell received his education at a country district school, which he attended when a youth about three months each year. During the other nine months of the year he worked on the farm. When eighteen years of age, being moved by the inclinations of an inventive mind, he decided upon becoming a machinist. During the first two years he closely applied himself to learning his trade in the shop of Ebenezer and Joseph Metcalf, who then operated a machine shop at Arnold's Mills in the town of Cumberland. In 1840 he went to Woonsocket and in 1841 to Fall River. In 1845 he came to Pawtucket and began business on his own account. He entered first into partnership with Nathaniel S. Collyer, to do repair work, and remained in that capacity in a little shop on Mill Street for four years, at first employing eight or ten hands, but subsequently this number was increased to 20, then to 30. In 1850 he purchased an interest in the business carried on by Colonel Stephen Jenks, and removed there and remained till 1861. In 1860 he purchased grounds for the mammoth structures erected subsequently on his own lands, moved into his first building January 1st, 1861, and began business in his own name with twenty hands. The first building was 100 by 40 feet, two stories high, and was supposed to be commodious enough for all future demands, but business increased, and in 1873 it was enlarged to 350 by 50 feet, while the force has been increased to 125 and to 150 hands, as occasion requires. At the present time he does a business of $200,000 a year.
Politically, Mr. Haskell is a republican, though he never allowed himself to become entangled with official restraints to any great extent. On matters of public moment he has cast his lot where public spirit demanded. He was town councilman three or four terms in the old town of North Providence, and after the division of this town he served three years as councilman in Pawtucket. He was also one of the commissioners appointed to build the water works, in which capacity he served two years. In 1888 he was elected to the state senate and served one term in that body.
Mr. Haskell married twice. His first wife was Hannah, daughter of Columbia and Lydia (Shaw) Tingley. This marriage occurred about 1845. She died in November, 1868. Two children were the issue of this marriage, a son, now dead, and a daughter, Eunice Ednah, now the wife of Thomas Moies. His second marriage took place in December, 1869, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Hiram and Sylvia Carter, of Pawtucket. One daughter, Elizabeth D., was born of this union.
Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900
Name: Horatio N Haskell
Age: 22
Estimated birth year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Brownsville, Texas
Enlistment Date: September 10,1852
Discharged: March 13, 1853
Rank: 3rd Sergeant
Record Type: Ranger Rolls - Statehood
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Haskell Journal, Issue 24, Fall 1989
Some Descendants of James and Joshua Haskell of Tennessee and Kentucky
By William Earl HaskellHoratio Nelson Haskell like his cousin Charles R. Haskell became involved in Texas quite early. He served in the Mexican War and fought at Cerro Gordo through the occupation of Mexico City. He was discharged at Vera Cruz in 1847. With his brother Horace he received a grant of 160 acres of land in Graves County, KY, however he apparently did not hang on to the land for long.
Over the next decade he lived in various parts of South Texas. On 19 September 1852 he enlisted at Brownsville in Capt. G.K. Lewis' Company of Texas Mounted Volunteers (Texas Rangers). He served as a 3rd Sergeant for six months and was discharged 13 March 1853. He was a member of an expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Salt Lake City and back (1855-1858) and another expedition (1858-1859) under General Johnson to survey Indian Territory boundary lines.
At the time of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census he was living with his brother Horace in Columbus, TX and was listed as a carpenter. During the Civil War he supported the Confederacy and after the war he settled as a farmer in eastern Dallas, TX where he was living at 118 Haskell Avenue in 1900. Haskell Avenue is a street that now stretches several miles through South-east Dallas and passes to the North of the Cotton Bowl/State Fair Grounds.
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The 1904 City Directory for Dallas, Texas shows Horatio N. Haskell living at 114 N. Haskell av.
Eliza Coleman was previously married. Her maiden name is not known.
Calvin Haskell died in infancy.
Confederate pension file
Approved Luly 15, 1903
Enlisted June 1862
Discharched May 1865
21st Texas Volunteers, Infantry, Griffins regiment
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Compiled Service Records: Confederate
Enlisted June 20, Columbus
Artificer, Company B, 1st Engineer Troops
Parole of prisoner of war at Columbus, Texas, June 26,
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Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society
Volume 16, No. 1, March 2007Horace Homer Haskell, born 30 Sep 1829, was mustered into Confederate service in Co. D, Griffins Battalion of the Texas Infantry at Houston on 24 June 1862, but soon reassigned as artificer in the 4th Confederate Engineers. He was listed as absent on detached engineer duties by order of General Slaughter on 30 June 1863, and detached and reassigned by transfer to Co D, 20th Infantry Regiment by order of General Haws on 30 October 1863. He was captured in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, and paroled 26 June 1865.
On 23 October 1854, Horace had married Elmira W. Puryear, b. 1836, Virginia. Following the end of the war, they settled in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, where Horace had served part of his military service and was now a wheelwright and a postmaster until 1868.
Texas Confederate Pensions
Widows' Application for PensionName: Horace Homer Haskell
Application Date: 13 Apr 1912
Application Place:Colorado, Texas
Spouse:Mrs E W Haskell
Marriage Date: 23 Oct 1853
Marriage Place: Graves, Kentucky
Death Date: 6 Jul 1912
Death Place: Colorado, Texas
Pension File Number: 20918
Application Type: WidowElmina Williams Puryear Haskell testimony
She was 75 years old, born in Halifax county, Virginia.
Married Ocrober 23, 1853 in Graves county, Kentucky
H. H. Haskell seved from 1862 to close of the war.
R. V. Cooks Co., Griffins battalionHer daughter Mrs. S. V. Wesson reported that Elmina died on February 17, 1919
William Turner Haskell was unmarried.
10020. Rev. Charles Albert Haskell
Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society
Volume 16, No. 1, March 2007Charles Albert Haskell, b. 1 January 1839, Graves County, Kentucky, was mustered into Co. D, 2 (Confederate) Kentucky Mounted Infantry at Camp Boone, Tennessee, 1 July 1861, having travelled 150 miles to enlist. He was appointed 1st Sergeant on 10 Jan 1863 and promoted to Brevet 2nd Lieutenant on 15 Jan 1864, captured on 16 Feb 1862 and exchanged at Vicksburg, 20 Sep 1862, via the steamer Jno H. Done [sic] by order of Major General William T. Sherman. He surrendered with his unit at Washington, Georgia, 6 May 1865, and subscribed to the Oath of Allegiance, 17 May 1865, for release and return home. He was awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor, conferred by General Order 131/3 dated 3 October 1863 for gallantry at the Battle of Murfreesboro, 31 December - 3January 1863. (Confederate losses: 1,294 killed; 7,945 wounded; Union losses: 1,677 killed; 7,543 wounded.)
After the war, Charles became a Methodist minister of some note in Mayfield, Kentucky. In 1880 he was living at Panther Creek, by 1900 at Brinkley, Kentucky. Kate Travis Haskell applied for her Confederate Widow's Pension on 9 January 1913, then residing in Hickman County, Kentucky.