John Preston, son of John Preston, was born in Salem 1821 and died in that city, August 21, 1891.
For many years he carried on a bakery, was perhaps one of the most widely known business men in the city, and doubtless he was best known to the people of the vicinity by reason of his long service of more than forty years in the capacity of overseer of the poor, in which he dispensed alms not alone from the public funds but from his own purse as well, and during the period of his ownership of the bakery thousands of needy persons were supplied from his store and no charge whatever was made of the matter.
For many years, it was his custom to provide a substantial repast for the unfortunate inmates of the city almshouse on both Thanksgiving and Christmas days, and he always took especial pleasure in being able to relieve distress among the sick and needy families of the city.
For many years, too, he was a member of the school committee and gave efficient service in advancing the educational work of the city schools, and when he finally retired from the board he was presented with a gold-headed cane by the teachers of the public schools as a token of their esteem for him. Mr Preston was an earnest member of the Tabernacle Church and a regular attendant at the usual weekly services.
Source : Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts
by William Richard Cutter
Published in 1908
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Mark Haskell
Residence: Marblehead, Massachusetts
Age at enlistment: 27
Enlistment Date: 15 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 8th Infantry Regiment on 30 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 01 Aug 1861 at Boston, MA.
Birth Date: abt 1834
Sources: Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War
GAR Dept of Massachusetts 1866-1947 (Sargent)
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 692817, cert # 534157
Newsletter of the Haskell Family Society
Volume 7, No. 2, June 1998John Henry Haskell, born 31 May 1837, Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA, son of Thomas Coombs and Miriam Pitman Haskell. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant into Company C, 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, also known as the Sutton Light Infantry, on 12 July 1860, mustered 30 April 1861. He married 1st on 14 November 1860 Hannah Rebecca Curtis, who died suddenly a few months later. He married secondly Martha Maria Curtis, sister of the above, who died 18 February 1864. He married thirdly on 8 June 1871 widow Sarah Ellen Freeto Knight. By each wife he had one daughter: Martha B. Haskell, born 15 December 1860, Lizzie Preston Haskell Symonds, born 8 November 1863, and Nellie Freeto Haskell Pramberg, born 24 March 1872. John resided Marblehead, where he died 7 June 1905, and his widow died there 27 July 1911.
Reuben Roberts Haskell was a silver manufacturer and jeweler.
Deed for burial plot: Nelson Porter Haskell