George Haskell was a hay dealer.
Charles A. Foye worked in a cotton mill.
41947. Dr. Alfred William Haskell
Maine, Military Index, 1917-1920
Name: Alfred W. Haskell
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1876
Birth Place: Portland, Maine , USA
Serial Number: Capt
Residence Place: Portland
Comments: Aptd: Capt June 13/17 fr ORC. Org: Med Corps TC; BH No. 76; BH No. 27. Overseas: Sept. 1/18 to July 5/19. Hon disch for conv of Govt: July 7, 1919.
History of Whatcom County
Volume 2
Pioneer Historical Publishing Company
Chicago � Seattle
1926
Page 919, 917Edwin N. Haskell
For more than twenty years prior to his death in the spring of 1913 Edwin N. Haskell had been prominently identified with the commercial and industrial life of the city of Bellingham and had done good work here. It is but proper therefore that in this history of the region in whose development he had taken so much interest there should appear some slight tribute to his memory, together with some reference to his life and services. Mr. Haskell was born in the city of Sauk Center in Stearns county, Minnesota, August 21, 1867, a son of Fred A. and Mary Haskell, natives of Maine and pioneers of that section of Minnesota, and the former of whom was a merchant in Sauk Center. Reared at that place, he acquired his education in the Sauk Center schools and early learned the plumber's trade, becoming a skilled craftsman. After working for some time as a journeyman plumber in Minnesota and Colorado, he came to Washington in 1890, being then twenty-three years of age, and settled in what now is the city of Bellingham, opening a plumbing shop. In 1896 he admitted H. L. Munro to partnership in that business, and this mutually agreeable arrangement was continued until terminated by death. Meanwhile, in 1895, Mr. Haskell also had engaged in the cannery business, establishing a plant at Fort Bellingham and doing business as the Bellingham Bay Canning Company, but he retained his interest in this concern only a few years, his chief interest being in his plumbing and sheet metal business, to which in time was added a general line of hardware, and he became one of the successful business men of the town. Mr. Haskell died April 21, 1913, and his partner, Mr. Munro, died in the following year. Mrs. Haskell sold her widows interest in the hardware and tinning department of the business but retained the plumbing establishment, which has since been continued and is now being operated by her son. Frank M. Haskell, a successful and energetic young business man of the city. The late Edwin N. Haskell was a member of the Knights of the Maccabees and of the Golden Eagles.
In 1893, in this county, Edwin N. Haskell was united in marriage to Miss Mahala A. Shell, who continues to make her home in Bellingham, residing at No. 2015 B Street. This has been her home for many years, and she has converted it into a modern apartment house which she manages. She has two children -- the son, Frank Morton Haskell, mentioned above as proprietor of the plumbing and sheet metal establishment in Bellingham ; and a daughter, Lois Elizabeth, who married Edward H. Gibson, now residing in Seattle, and has a son, Edward, Jr. Frank M. Haskell was graduated from the Bellingham high school and has since his boyhood been interested ill the plumbing and sheet metal line, being a competent craftsman and a successful contractor. He married Miss Lucinda Lockwood and has two sons, Edwin S. and Francis Murray. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained to the fifteenth degree, and he and his wife are members of the local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Mahala Haskell was born in Indiana, a daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth Shell, both of whom also were born in Indiana, members of pioneer families in the Hoosier state. The former was a veteran of the Civil war, having rendered service during the four years of the war as a member of one of the more than one hundred and fifty regiments of Hoosier soldiers who fought for the union during that struggle. In the early '80s William H. Shell closed out his interests in Indiana and with his family moved to Kansas, where he remained until 1889, when he came to Washington, that being the year in which it was admitted to statehood. He took up a homestead near Lake Whatcom and was making a good farm out of the place when death interrupted his labors. His widow is now making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Dawson. Of the nine children born to William H. and Elizabeth Shell four are still living, but of these only Mrs. Haskell and Mrs. Dawson reside in this county. Mr. Shell was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is his widow, and their children were reared in the faith of that communion. Mrs. Haskell is a member of the Ladies of the G. A. R., the Pythian Sisters and the Royal Neighbors and in the activities of these several organizations takes an active and helpful interest.
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Bellingham Herald
April 22, 1913Following a severe operation performed nine days ago in an effort to save his life, E. N. Haskell, one of Bellinghams best known business men, died at 11 oclock last night at St. Lukes hospital. Mr. Haskell was a member of Munro & Haskell Hardware company and for several weeks had suffered from appendicitis in an advanced stage.
At the time of his death all members of the family including his one brother were present. One sister, Mrs. Saint, of Missouri, was unable to reach Bellingham after his serious illness became known. Besides a widow, one son and one daughter are left.
Mr. Haskell was well and popularly known among business associates and was prominent in the general movement to build up Bellingham and the community. His death came as a shock to many friends although it was known to close friends for two or three days that his condition was serious.