Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)

Notes


19528. Horace R. Haskell

Horace Haskell served in Company D., 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteers in the Civil War.  He was taken prisoner by Confederate forces in the Battle of Bull Run and poorly treated.  After prisoner exchange he never regained his health and died at the age of 46 on Little Deer Isle. His cemetery stone is reported to read his age as "44 years" and the date of death as 1876.  His cause of death was "disease of the kidneys".
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Civil War Pension File
Invalid application # 2443, cert # 275585
Widows application # 272765, cert # 208793
Minor application # 323370, cert # 214505
Enlisted in Company D, 4th Maine Infantry
Children of Horace
Sarah E. Haskell, born July 19, 1861
Frank L., Haskll, born April 19, 1869
Lillian M. Haskell, born August 28, 1874
Charlotte remarried John B. Gray May 18, 1880
Charlotte married Merrill Haskell October 2, 1853


19531. Susan Haskell


Death date is approximated from a letter from William H. Sargent in response to a query on the pension for the dependents of Isaiah V. Eaton. In this letter dated August 29, 1868, Mr. Sargent indicated that Susanah Eaton had remarried, but her husband was widowed with his own family and refused to support his new family. Susanah and her children lived in a separate house with no support. He states that Susanah died the previous winter, and that he was now acting as gaurdian.


Isaiah Valentine Eaton

Isaiah Valentine Eaton was a fisherman. He served in Co. D, 4th Regiment, Maine Volunteers and was killed 18 August 1863 in the Battle of Gettysburg.  He is buried in Gettysburg Memorial Park (information provided by Cindy Beane, August 2008).
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Civil War Pension File
Widows pension file cert # 118959

Isaiah V. Eaton was a private in Company D, 4th Maine Infantry. Enrolled June 15, 1861.

Wounded at Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. He died at Fort Letterman of amputation on August 18, 1863. He was buried at Gettysburg.

Married Susannah Haskell March 6, 1851 at Deer Isle, Maine.

Susannah remarried William Blaster, October 8, 1865.

Dependent children.
Lydia A. Eaton born August 1, 1851
Solomon Eaton born February 12, 1854
Lovina D. Eaton born January 17, 1856
Susan M. Eaton born January 12, 1858
Sarah E. Eaton born May 2, 1860


19533. Cordelia H. Haskell

Cordelia and her friend, Hannah Snowman, with baby Herbert Black were rowing from Little Deer Isle to Pumpkin Island.  The baby started to cry, Hannah was holding him, so Cordelia stood to take him and change places with Hannah.  The boat capsized and Cordelia and the baby were drowned.  Hannah kept afloat by hanging on to an oar.


Elmer Pearl Spofford

Elmer P. Spofford was a lawyer.


19537. Sylvanus Green 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.


Dorothy Dutton Haskell

The Schooner D.D. Haskell was named after Dorothy Dutton Haskell.


Captain Edward Adams Spear

He was a boot treer, was fenceviewer, constable, and Captain in the Civil War, Co. D 39th Reg. M.V. says his gravestone. Later became Cemetery Superintendent in Quincy. Was a boot maker in 1850 census. (From RootsWeb.com, Genealogies of Families of Braintree, Quincy, Weymouth, Randolph, Holbrook, Mass.  Contributed by Frank Dyer.)


Captain Charles W. Estes

Charles W. Estes was a mariner.


38487. Parker A. Haskell

Parker A. Haskell was a clerk.


38488. Edgar Whitten Haskell

Edgar W. Haskell was a merchant at the time of his marriage to Harriet Libby. He is listed in the 1920 Deer Isle Census as a barber at age 44 who owned his own shop.  Edgar and Harriet had no children.


Capt, Edward A. Richardson

Edward A. Richardson was a seaman (1880 Deer Isle census). In the 1900 and 1910 censuses he is listed as a master mariner.