21289. Dr. William Abraham Haskell
Dr. William Abraham Haskell received his early education in Hillsborough Academy, prepared for college at Franklin Military School, in Boston, and then became a student in Harvard College, from which he was graduated in 1866, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then continued his professional studies in the medical department of the same institution, completing his course and receiving his doctor's degree in 1869. He began general practlce in Edwardsville, Illinois, that same year, partnership with Dr. Joseph Pogue, but the following year, 1870, removed to Alton, Illinois, to associate himself with his father as junior partner in the medical firm of Williams & Haskell. Young, earnest, and well prepared for his work, he was a welcome addition to the already well-known firm. As time passed be gave much attention to surgery and for many years was known as one of the most skillful surgeons of his section of the country.
After the death of the older members, he continued alone until 1902, when ill health made it necessary that he should retire. Always a leader in promoting the welfare of his city and county, he also, gave faithful and efficient service as a member of the Illinois State Board of Health from 1877 to 1892, serving as president of the board during the last five years of that period. For many years he was a prominent Republican leader, representing his party at various State and National conventions. Dr. Haskell was also deeply interested in archeology and in history. For many years be kept a yacht on the Mississippi, the name of which "Outoga." was taken from the "Piasa Birds" great paintings on the river bluffs near Alton, which were noted by the earliest explorers and which during the course of years had been destroyed. These crude early "paintings" have in recent years been reconstructed, following the original as to location and contour as closely as was possible through study of the descriptions and drawings left by the early settlers.
Reference
Haskell, Hayner and Allied Families
By Florence E. Haskell, 1926
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Haskell Playhouse is a children's playhouse located in Haskell Park in Alton, Illinois. Dr. W. A. Haskell, a physician and one of the wealthiest residents of Alton, commissioned the playhouse as a present for his daughter Lucy's fifth birthday in 1885. Architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger designed the playhouse in the Queen Anne style. The house's design features a raised front porch with a projecting entrance, diagonal stickwork on the porch and first floor, and fishscale shingles on the second-story gable ends. An ornamental iron fence with a small spire tops the house's hipped roof. Lucy Haskell died of diphtheria four years after her playhouse was built, and by 1916 her mother Florence was the only surviving Haskell still living in Alton. Florence demolished the family's home that year but kept the playhouse as a memorial to her daughter; she donated the land to the city to serve as a memorial park.
The playhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1974.
21295. Joseph Augustus Haskell
Joseph Augustus Haskell was a clerk.
Thurlow A. Haskell
Was born in Lowell Mass. in 1832, he later came to Gold Hill Nevada in t
he early 1860's worling as a carpinter for the local mines and town. He died Feb. 17th 1891 of heart failure at age 59 and was laid to rest in the Gold Hill Cemetery.
Patent 206174 - William Haskell - Improvement in pencil sharpening devices
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U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Name: William Haskell
Birth Year: abt 1841
Keyed Birth Location: N.H.
Birth State: New Hampshire
Admitted Year: 1911
Age at Admission: 70
State: California
County: Los Angeles
City: Sawtelle
Branch: Pacific Branch
Enlisted September 15, 1861, Indianaplos, Indiana, 32nd Indiana Infantry.
Discharged Janary 13, 1862, Louisville, Kentucky
1911: personal history, age 70, 5' 5", blue eyes, gray hair, Protestant, bookkeeper., wife Christine E. Haskell
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Marcus Haskell
Residence: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Occupation: Pressman
Enlistment Date: 7 Aug 1862
Side Served: Union
State Served: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1843
Death Date: 29 Oct 1925
Death Place: Centerville, Massachusetts
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 7 August 1862 at the age of 19.
Enlisted in Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 18 Aug 1862.
Mustered Out Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment Massachusetts on 9 Jul 1865.
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Marcus M Haskell
Residence: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Occupation: Pressman
Age at enlistment: 19
Enlistment Date: 8 Jul 1862
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Massachusetts 35th Infantry Regiment on 18 Aug 1862.
Mustered out on 09 Jul 1865.
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1843
Death Date: 29 Oct 1925
Death Place: Centerville, MA
_____Congessional Medal of Honor
This is to certify that Marcus M. Haskell was enrolled on the seventh day of August 1862 to serve three years, and was discharged on the ninth day of June 1865, by reason of muster out of company, while holding the grade of Sergeant, in Compancy C, Thirty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteeer Infantry, that a medal of honor was awarded to him on the twelfth day of November 1896, for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Antietam, MD, September 17, 1862, where although wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, when about to retreat from a position which his command had abandoned, he discovered a badly wounded comrade, whom he rescued at the risk of his life and succeeded in conveying to a place of safety.
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Invalid application # 117766, cert # 79462
Enlisted August 6, 1962
Discharged June 9, 1865
Wounded at Antietem, September 17, 1862
Gunshot wound left hand North Anna River, Virginia, May 24, 1864
Wound to top of head at Weldon Railroad, Virginia, August 21, 1864 (resulted in loss of left eye)
Wound to back of the neck at Polplar Grove Church, Virginia, September 30, 1864
Gunshot wounded left leg, Fort Sedgwick, Virginia, April 2, 1865
Married Rosetta Jane Small, October 5, 1865.
Children
George Marcus Haskell, born May 1, 1866
Charles Ahel Haskell born Januay 17, 1870, died December 8, 1875
Arthur Lincoln Haskell born March 1, 1872, died November 26, 1875