Frederick Pearl Spofford was a trader (1860 Deer Isle Census).
Frank Holden was a yachtsman at age 55
Elmer P. Spofford was a lawyer.
The Schooner D.D. Haskell was named after Dorothy Dutton Haskell.
Sylvanus Green Haskell was a merchant in a variety store at age 44. He was part owner of the brig "Julia E. Haskell" with John Green Haskell. The ship was built in 1868 in Deer Isle.
He is reported in Deer Isle town records to have died of Bright's Disease, which in modern terms is called nephritis.
12879. Capt. George Courtney Haskell
George Courtney Haskell was a seaman and navigator. He was master of the schooner "D. D. Haskell", built in Belfast, Maine, 1881. He died on board the ship at Galveston, Texas, December 6, 1884. His remains were brought back to Deer Isle and he is buried in Mt Adams Cemetery.
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BiographyGeorge Courtney Haskell was born July 31 1838 in Deer Isle ME. He was the 4th child of Ignatius Haskell and Lydia (Babbidge) Haskell.
He was the Master of the Schooner D.D. Haskell, which was owned by his Brother-in-Law Sylvanus Green Haskell, who married Georges Sister Dorothy.
The D.D. Haskell was named after his sister Dorothy Dutton Haskell.
In November of 1884 the DD Haskell set sail from Baltimore MD heading to Galveston TX, he arrived 18 days later on the 25th. He wrote home on the 27th that they were unloading, all were in good health and they should sail in a few days for Mississippi, to load for the return trip to Baltimore. On Dec 2nd he wrote again saying all were well...he came down sick the next day and passed away on the 6th. His remains were prepared for the return voyage to Deer isle ME. His remains returned to Deer Isle on the 22nd and he was buried at Mount Adams Cemetery on Deer Isle ME. He was predeceased by two of his children "Infant Haskell" who died at birth, and George Arthur Augustus who passed in 1877. He was survived by his wife Sarah and their 4 remaining children.
Deer Isle Messenger
March 29, 1918The remains of Mrs. Sarah E. (Pressey) Haskell, widow of Capt. Geo. Courtney, arrived from Allston, Mass., Monday for interment in the family lot at Mt. Adams. They were accompanied by her two sons, Frank and Ernest C., with whom Mrs. Haskell has made her home since the family moved to Mass. She leaves, besides her two sons, one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Briggs, of Dorchester, two sisters, Mrs. L. Haskell and Mrs. E. Hale Torrey, both living in Mass., and two brothers, James F., of Los Angeles, Cal., and Geo. L. Pressey, also residing in Mass. She was one of a large family reared on the old Pressey homestead at the Pressey Village, children of Sylvanus and Harriet Pressey.
Johnson Harmon Lufkin was a blacksmith.
Arthur B. Powers at age 28 was a yachtsman (1900 Federal Census for Deer Isle). In the 1920 Deer Isle Census he is listed as a yacht captain.
12894. Asa Joshua Haskell Turner
Asa Joshua Haskell Turner was a dry goods trader.