Noah Davis Haskell was a sexton.
Benjamin Haskell died young.
Samuel Spring Haskell was a bag merchant.
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An autobiography by Samuel Spring was published in the Haskell Journal, Issue 45, Winter/Spring, 1997
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Brooklyn Eagle
October 12, 1898Anniversary Coincides With Mr. Haskell's Ninetieth Birthday
A very remarkable family celebration was that which occurred yesterday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spring Haskell and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Clark, 31 Lefferts Place, this borough. It was the seventieth anniversary of their marriage and coincidentally Mr. Haskell's ninetieth birthday.
Mr. Haskell has made his permanent home in Brooklyn for sixty-three years and lives now at 642 Herkimer Street. He has been an active member of Old Plymouth Church during that entire period, and remembers distinctly the occasion on which Henry Ward Beecher preached his sermon in the edifice which he afterwards made famous. Both Mr. and Mrs. Haskell retain all their other faculties in practically unimpaired condition, Mr. Haskell still being a regular attendant at Plymouth Church and a frequent speaker in the church meetings. Only last Friday night he attended the regular meeting in the church and when called upon by Dr. Abbott spoke clearly and forcibly on the subject which had been chosen for discussion.
Mr. Haskell was born in Newburyport, Mass. in 1808, his ancestors being among the first settlers of Massachusetts, where the name of Haskell is very well known today. He came to New York when a young man and was at first a bookkeeper in the employ of various publishing houses. Later he became associated in this and in a more active literary capacity with the "Emancipator", the organ 0f the Abolitionists, with which cause Mr. Haskell was in heartiest sympathy. After this he established himself in the bagging business, his warehouse being located near South Ferry. He was in this business until about thirty years ago and conducted it with such success that at the time of his retirement from active commercial life, he had amassed enough money to enable him to live in comfort during the remainder of his days. When he first came to Brooklyn he bought the house on Herkimer street, but for about twenty years he lived during the summer months at Hempstead, L.I.
The marriage of Mr. Haskell occurred October 11, 1828, his wife's maiden name being Eliza Brown. She is a native of New York City. Mr. Haskell at that time lived on Cherry street, but the ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's uncle, a sea captain named Prentice, who lived on Oliver street, which at that time was a desirable residence location. The marriage was celebrated on a Saturday night, because Captain Prentice's vessel had suddenly been put under orders to sail the following day. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Spring.
The observance of the two remarkable anniversaries at Mrs. Clark's home yesterday afternoon was an informal, but by its nature a cozy, interesting affair. When the relatives and few invited guests, about seventy in all, were assembled and all had greeted and congratulated the aged couple, who received in the front parlor of the house. Mr. Haskell read a selection from the Bible, choosing an appropriate Psalm and commenting upon the applicability to the occasion of several of the verses. The Rev. Dr. Abbott had been invited to be present and to speak, but was unable, to come, and was represented by his assistant, the Rev. Horace Porter. The Rev. Dr. Ager, the Swedenborgian minister, in which religion Mr. Haskell is much interested, and the Rev. Edwin L. Pease of the Universalist Church of our Father were also present.
There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haskell six children, five sons and one daughter. Of these four have died - Samuel H., when a child, Alfred when about four years old, and two other sons, Samuel S. Jr., and Robert B. who died about a year ago. The two remaining children, Mrs. Clark, at whose home the celebration was held and Benjamin Haskell of Bloomfield, N.J., were present. The other grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs , Haskell who were present were: Mrs. Clark's two sons, Myron H. and Willard S.; Benjamin Haskell's four sons, Frank W., Leonard and Ledyard, who are twins, and Morris; the four sons and the daughter of Robert, named Benjamin, Robert, Paul, Reuben and Hattie; the three children of Samuel (S. Jr) Willard, Alfred arid Irene; the two children of Myron, Edgar and Ernest, and the two children of Leonard, Dorothy and Marion. Among the other guests present were: Mr. and Hrs. Chauncey Parsons, Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Moore, Miss Moore, Miss Julia Hills, Mr. and Mrs. Willets, Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Sampson, Mrs. P. Alexander Hepburn, Mrs.W.T. Bingham, Mrs. Spence N. Cone and Miss Cone of Mamaroneck, Mrs. Robert Humphries, Miss H. Noyce, Mrs. John C. Ager, Mrs. Lewis E. Pease, Mrs. W. H. Wray, Mrs. T. G. Mathews, Miss Mathews, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Shepard.
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New York Times
December 16, 1903Samuel Spring Haskell died last night at his home, 31 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, in his ninety-fifth year. He retired from business thirty years ago. During the Civil War he supplied the Government with great quantities of sacks used for grain. He was born in Newburypot, Mass.
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Brooklyn Standard Union
December 16, 1903Samuel Spring Haskell, who has been living with his grandson, Willard S. Clark, at 31 Lefferts Place, died yesterday at the age of 95 years. Mr. Haskell was born in Newburyport, Mass., on Oct 11, 1808. He has spent most of his life in New York, having prospered, in his early age, in the manufacture of grain bags. He preferred the quiet of life with his family to the glory of achievements among men. Retiring from business in 1860 he spent the last years of his life in religious study and research. He was a firm adherent to the doctrines of the celebrated theologian Swedenborg, was a member of Plymouth Church, and enjoyed and enjoyed an intimate friendship with Henry Ward Beecher.
.The deceased, about a year ago celebrated his seventy-fourth wedding anniversary, shortly after, his wife died. He leaves a son, Benjamin Haskell, of Bloomfield, N.J., in business at 275 Water Street, Manhattan; fourteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Unknown newspaperThe funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Haskell, wife of Samuel Spring Haskell of 642 Herkimer Street, was held yesterday afternoon and the internment took place today at Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Haskell was in her ninetieth year, having been born in New York City in , so that she and her husband were one of the oldest, if not the oldest, married couple in Brooklyn. On October 11 last, they celebrated the seventy fifth anniversary of their wedding. Mrs. Haskell united with Plymouth Church fifty-four years ago and up to last year was a frequent attendant at service. Mrs. Haskell is survived by her husband, who is 94 years of afe; by a sister, Mrs. Ellen Bamber, of Brooklyn; a son, Benjamin Haskell of Bloomfield, N.J.; a daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Clark, of Brooklyn; a large number of grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Mormon Battalion Volunteers
Private, Company B, mustered in Council Bluffs 16 July 1846 for period of one year
St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press
January 21, 1880Haskell -- In St. Paul, on January 19, Mrs. Jane Haskell, aged 57 years.