Phillip H. Haskell was a cordwainer. In the 1880 census, of Gloucester, MA, he is listed as a stone mason.
10718. Maj. Leonidas K. Haskell
Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society
Volume 13, No. 2, June 2004
The House Leonidas Built
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Leonidas was a cordwainer. He is also listed as a broker and as a trader. The birth and death dates given here are those on the grave marker in the Sumner Street Cemetery, West Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Leonidas Haskell
Enlistment Date: 20 Sep 1861
State Served: U.S. Volunteers
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Promoted to Full Captain on 20 Sep 1861.
Commissioned an officer in the U.S. Volunteers Aide-de-Camp Infantry Regiment on 20 Sep 1861.
Promoted to Full Major on 16 Jun 1862.
Mustered out on 04 Jun 1864.
Death Date: 15 Jan 1873
Sources: Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 174787, cert # 163707
Widow application # 208740, cert 163155
Captain of U.S. Volunteers
Leonidas Haskell married Sarah Elizabeth Haskell July 26, 1846
Children per sworn statement of Sarah E. Haskell
Broderick born in San Francisco, July 10, 1860
Leonidas born in San Francisco, December 26, 1861
Frank born in New York City, December 29, 1863
Ortega born in New York City, September 2, 1865
Henry born in New York City, October 5, 1866
Allie F. born in Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, April 15, 1868
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San Francisco Chronicle
June 1, 1936
Leonidas K. Haskell, sir; major, United States Army, arrived in California 1849 and three years later constructed a cootage which in the following 84 years, was destined to house 36 of the army high commands.Fort Mason Reservation, site of the Generals quarters, was established November 6, 1850, on the location of the old Spanish "Battery San Jose", erected in 1797.
Ortega Haskell was unmarried.
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: Leander Haskell
Residence:
Enlistment Date: 26 Sep 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Vermont
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Vermont 6th Infantry Regiment on 15 Oct 1861.Mustered out on 12 Jan 1863.