Hon. Asaph Whittlesey died at Bayfield, Dec. 15th, 1879, about fifty-six years of age. He was a native of Tallmadge, Ohio, and settled in Ashland County, Wis., in 1854, and was the first postmaster and justice of the peace of Ashland; and in 1860, represented his district in the assembly; walking to Madison on snow-shoes, and camping out at nights in the unsettled portion of his route. He was also county judge of Ashland County. In 1861, he was appointed receiver of the land office at Bayfield, which he resigned in 1868 to accept the position of Indian agent, which position he held only a year.
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Asaph Whittlesey was the first white man to build a home and settle in what is now Ashland. When he felled the first tree, he said, This will be the site of a great city. Whittlesey later served in the Wisconsin Legislature. At the time, the nearest train station was in Chippewa Falls and the only way to get there was to walk the 150 miles. A photograph of Whittlesey, in his winter garb and snowshoes, has become a locally well-known historical depiction.History of Ashland, City of Ashland WI
U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records
Name: Natham Haskell
Residence: Hampton, California
Class: 1
Congressional District: Northern
Age on 1 July 1863: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Race: White
Marital Status: Unmarried (Single)
Place of Birth: Massachusetts
Oakland Tribune
April 19, 1898Mrs. Eliza Haskell, widow of the late Nathaniel Haskell, died yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness. She was only 50 years of age, but had passed a busy and usefull life. She was born in Morgan county, Tennessee, and came to California in the spring of 1859. At this time the family located at Marysville.
Mrs. Haskell leaves three children, Edwin T. and Frances Haskell and Mrs. Wm. Nold and a sister, Mrs. Wm. P. Haswell.
The remains will be interred in Mountain View Cemetery.