Obituary
Mrs. Charles H. Haskell was found dead Tuesday morning, about 5 o-clock, by her husband. It is supposed that she arose before daylight, lit a lamp, and started for another room, but fell as soon as she started, striking her head and face upon the lighted lamp, that was in her hand, which was found all brpken to pieces. She was very badly burned about the face and head and must have been suffocated from the oil taking fire. Where she lay the woolen carpet was considerably burned and the floor was charred. That morning she intended to start for the beach and arose earlier than usual to prepare for her journey.
She was 58 years of age, and was a woman of more than ordinary intelligence. It is a severe blow to her husband and son, and her large circle of friends and relatives.
She was the daughter of Rowles W. Willard.
Charles H. Haskell was a farmer. Still River, Worcester, Massachusetts, is a small town located 2 miles west of Harvard, MA. The Haskell farm may have been located within the town limits of Still River while the vital records of birth, death, and marriage were recorded in Harvard, MA.
Boston Daily Globe
May 23, 1907Oldest Woman in Arlington Passes Away Suddenly of Pneumonia at the Age of 91
Arlington, May 22 - Mrs. Martha K. Drury, the oldest woman in this town, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver, 821 Massachusetts ave, from pneumonia.
Mrs. Drury on May 10 celebrated the 91st anniversary of her birth and was then in perfect health and received many friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Drury was born in Templeton, Mass., May 10, 1816. She was the daughter of Calvin Haskell, the inventor of lead pipe. She was one of nine children.
Since the death of her husband in 1860 she has made her home with her daughter Mrs. Seaver, and for 20 years the family lived in Charlestown, and 13 years ago they moved to Arlington where Mr. Seaver was the proprietor of the Arlington News company.
She is survived by two sons and two daughters, William H. Drury, a lawyer in Boston; Hiram Drury, paymaster in the US Navy, now stationed at Newport, RI; Mrs. Alexander H. Seaver and Mrs. Latham, the latter making her home with her sister.