Commerative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut
Published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1899Page 1116
Charles N. Haskell, M.D.
The medical fraternity in this section is composed of an excepionally gifted class of men, and this well-known physician of Bridgeport may well take pride in the high standing whicj he has won in the profession. His prepatory course, including a study of the principles of both the Homeopathic and Allopathic schools, together with extended observation in hospital wards has given him a practical knowled ge obtainable in no other way.
Doctor Haskell was born May 11, 1862. at Woodstck, Vt., ...
His grandfather, Nahum Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Mass., whence, after a sojourn in Dartmouth, he removed to Woodstock, Vt., where he became editor of a newspaper.
Our subject, who was the only child of his parents, was educated in Vermont, attending the public schools, and also receiving instruction from private teachers. His mind was most receptive, and, learning readily, he easily stood at the head of his class in school. His energy and ambition, when a mere child, caused his parents no little anxiety. He studied shorthand and telegraphy, mastering the latter art in the surprisingly short period of one month, and was at one time the youngest operator in the United States. His favorite recreation, when but ten years of age, was playing checkers with another youthful operator in a distant city, by telegraph. A few years later, after leaving school, he became one of the most skillful operators in the country, being employed in that capacity and holding many positions of responsibility in the large offices of the country, from Maine to California. In 1884 he won a prize for fast sending, in a tournament held in Chicago. He early developed a liking for the stage, and was an active member of several amateur dramatic organizations in different cities where he resided. In the season of 1879-80 he played with the first "Pinafore" company that toured New England. Having depended entirely upon his own resources from his tenth birthday (from choice rather than from necessity), it was no hardship for him to earn and save enough to enable him to carry out the ambition which he had cherished from childhood-to study medicine. He first enlisted in homeopathy, and entered the office of Dr. F. M. Bennett, a prominent homeopathist of Springfield, Mass. For nearly two years be was employed as chief operator in the Western Union telegraph office, and, after working hard all day, would study the elements of his chosen profession far into the night. After 'this course of preparation he finally entered the New York Homeopathic Medical College. It was not long, however, before he abandoned the theory of homeopathy for the more substantial practice of allopathy. After three years of study he was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1890, being awarded second prize for high standing in his class, while, in the intervals of other work, he took courses of instruction in hospitals in Boston, in connection with the Harvard Medical School and the different hospitals In New York. He also served a year as assistant instructor in pathology in the Post-Graduate Medical School in New York.
In 1891 Doctor Haskell located in Bridgeport, where he soon built up a lucrative practice. Not long after his arrival he was appointed to the post of city physician and attending surgeon of the Emergency Hospital, but two years later he resigned both positions in order to devote his entire time to his practice. The Doctor belongs to the City, County and State Medical Associations, and, socially, is a member of the I. O. O. F. Politically, he is independent, and he has had neither the ambition nor the time to enter the struggle for official honors.
Dallas News
June 19, 1913Mrs. Daisy M. Frachtling, wife of J. C. Frachtling, died at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the family residence, 1729 West Twelfth Street, Oak Cliff. She had resided in Dallas since August 1912, when she came to this city hoping for benefit to her health.
She is survived by her husband and by her mother, Mrs. Electra Haskell, formerly of St. Louis, who lived with the daughter and son.
Forest Dadman served in the Civil War.
19846. Albert Augustus Haskell
Albert Augustus Haskell was an apothecary.
Andrew Lorenzo Haskell was a farmer.