John Quincy Haskell was a farmer.
34475. Robert Harrison Haskell
Robert Harrison Haskell was unmarried.
Oskaloosa Weekly Herald
December 23, 1901Deaths
NORRIS - Died, at her home at Dows, of old age and a complication of asthma, at 10:25 p.m., Monday, December 23, 1901, Mrs. LAURA C. NORRIS, aged 73 years, 11 months, and 23 days. The remains were brought from the late residence in Wright County to this city and taken to the home of the brother of the deceased, W.W. HASKELL Wednesday morning, December 25, and thence to the White Oak church where the funeral was held and interment made in White Oak Cemetery.The deceased was the widow of J.F. NORRIS. She was accompanied to this city by her children, Charles, H.G., and Clay Norris, I.N. Howell and wife, J.M. Morrow and wife. the relatives have the sympathy of a large number of friends in this and Wright counties where the deceased has resided for a number of years.
Oskaloosa Weekly Herald
December 30, 1886In Memoriam
JOHN FLETCHER NORRIS was born July 11, 1821, in Franklin Co., IL. His parents moved while he was small to Vigo Co., IN, at which place he grew to manhood.He was married March 26, 1850, to Miss LAURA C. HASKELL. In 1851 they moved with one child to Mahaska Co., IA, where they have lived all the years since. In the spring of 1884, thinking that he could secure more land for the benefit of his children, he went to Washington Territory, where he contracted a severe cold, and his health failed so rapidly that his friends feared that he would never be able to return; but through the blessing of God and medical treatment he recovered so far that, under the advice of physicians that the climate there was not good for him, his friends came back with him to Iowa.
He died December 30, 1886, being 65 years, 5 months, and 19 days of age.
He made no profession of Christianity until he was 37 years old. At a protracted meeting in the winter of '57-'58 he was converted, and to all who knew him before and since, it need not be said that the change from sin to righteousness was manifestly great. His outward life was upright, while his inward consciousness of saving grace was clear. During his last illness he requested his friends and children to sing and pray for him a number of times, and when asked if it was well with his soul, said that it was; he also often prayed for himself. He was very patient during his affliction; was conscious to the very last, and even after his eye-sight failed conversed with his friends. The last hour of his life and until he ceased to breath he seemed to be without pain.
He leaves a wife and 8 children, 7 of whom stood around his bed weeping as he sweetly fell asleep in Jesus. One daughter, Mrs. A.P. Goode, is in Washington territory. Thus ends the life of this husband and father, brother in Christ and neighbor.