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

Notes


22621. Cyrus Augustin Haskell

Cyrus A. Haskell was a bookkeeper.


Clarendon B. Hardy

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
Name: Clarendon B Hardy
Residence: Massachusetts
Occupation: Sailor
Age at Enlistment:18
Enlistment Date: 5 Jul 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Massachusetts
Was Wounded?: Yes
Survived the War?:Yes
Service Record:Enlisted in Company A, Massachusetts 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 05 Jul 1861.Mustered out on 08 Jul 1864.
Birth Date: abt 1843
Death Date: 1 Dec 1902
Death Place: Newburyport, Massachusetts
Sources:Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil WarFirst Regiment of Heavy Artillery, Massachusetts Volunteers


22634. Joseph Noyes Haskell

Per 1918 Passport Application

Joseph N. Haskell was appointed secretary of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. of the United States for service with the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France.


Craven Langstroth Betts

Obituary of Craven Langstroth Betts, Poet...

RITES FOR FAMOUS POET WILL BE HELD TOMORROW - Final tribute to Live Oak's nationally-famed poet, Craven Langstroth Betts, will be offered by his many friends at funeral services at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Wessendorf mortuary chapel. Cremation will be at the Santa Cruz crematory.

A long life of devotion to literary and cultural pursuits ended for Betts at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday when he succumbed at a local rest home after only a short illness. He was 88 years old.

Born at St. John, New Brunswick, April 23, 1853, Betts was the son of Captain Hiram Betts and Sarah Ann Purdy Betts and the descendant of old colonial New England stock and of United Empire Loyalists. So firm was he in the beliefs of England, the mother country, Betts retained his Canadian citizenship despite the fact he lived in the United States from the time he was 20 years old.

GIFT OF EXPRESSION - His formal education was meager. He had no literary background. His father was a seafaring man (captained a ship of the "Blackball Fleet" carrying mail), captain of a Liverpool packet which plied between Liverpool and New England. Betts' environment could not be described as cultural. But he had a gift of expression which carried him to the front ranks of Canadian and American poets. His was not an easy career. Arriving in New York at the age of 20 with no friends and little money, Betts worked at anything he could find and spent all his leisure time broadening his education and making a thorough and enthusiastic study of the lives and works of the world's foremost poets. When he secured employment as a representative of the West Publishing company of St. Paul, law book publisher, he became even more determined in his career as an author. For 40 years he was New York representative of the publishing firm, retiring on a pension at the age of 76.

GAINED FRIENDS - Betts, well-read, a deep thinker, imbued with a unique historical imagination and a keen joy of living, soon became a favorite in professional and cultural circles. If he had a gift greater than that of poetic expression, it was his gift for making friends. At the age of 50 he married Elizabeth Cushing Colby, an artist who had studied at Boston Normal Art School, taught art and painted extensively in oil and watercolors. Their home in Staten Island became the gathering place for artists, writers, lecturers, travelers, a cultural center presided over by the brilliant Betts and his gracious, lovely wife.

WORKS ATTRACT NOTICE - At the turn of the century Betts' works began to attract the attention of critics, most of whom were elaborate in their praise. Columns in the large metropolitan papers of the east were devoted to reviews of his writings. In 1905 the excellence with which he translated "Songs from Beranger" from French to English was noted. HIs ability to project himself into the spirit of the French poet's work was remarkable. His "Tales of a Garrison Town," in which he collaborated with Arthur W.H. Eaton, are a volume of clever and ingenious stories of the British regulars stationed at Halifax.

GEMS OF POETRY - "A Garland of Sonnets," published in the early 1900's, are lovely, natural gems in which technical perfection detracts none from their beauty. In 1915 his "Collected Poems" were published. "The Two Captains," another group of poems, was published in 1921. "The Perfume Holder" is perhaps his most famous poem. It is a beautiful story of Persian life containing great dramatic power in sound orthodox verse. It illustrates his great knowledge of Spencer and Shakespeare, and yet expresses the novelty he found within himself and was able to express fluently. The living force of the traditional poetic manner he employed is further illustrated in some of his later sonnets on the European war.

CANADIAN ANTHOLOGY - In the hands of publishers now is his exhaustive anthology of Canadian poetry. On his desk in his modest seaside cottage in Live Oak is his life's work, "The Promise," a poem in blank verse upon which he had been writing for almost 30 years and upon which he had not yet placed his stamp of approval although its perfection can not be doubted. Dion, the shepherd, in "The Promise," could be either the shepherd or the poet himself in his clever presentation of an epic poem in Greek theme dealing with the problems of the artist. His contributions to magazines and other publications were numerous. He was a great friend and confidant of Edwin Arlington Robinson, one of America's greatest poets. He helped many other poets of his day toward success in his own chosen field.

ADMIRED AMONG ARTISTS - His correspondence contains scores of intimate letters from great artists of two centuries, who were proud to have him as their friend. All had warm-hearted admiration for his keen mind, his great works, but from his wife he received greatest appreciation of his "lesser" poems - his little lyrics and his many lovely sonnets. He was stern in his denunciation of free verse, of modern poetry. He was elected a life member of the New York Authors club, was a member of the Poetry Society of New York, the Salmagundi Artists club of New York and of the Canadian Poetry Society. His portrait was hung in the national academy show. His collections of Canadian poetry, of the manuscripts of Robinson and his fine library are invaluable. The walls of his home are covered with famous paintings, presented to him by his artist friends, and described by him as "memories."

HERE 10 YEARS - Ten years ago he came to Twin Lakes, after making a tour of the nation during which he added to his already long list of friends among the cultural leaders of the country. Here again his home became the gathering place of persons with whom he felt an intellectual affinity. One of his two daughters, Elisabeth Betts Krone, died in Santa Cruz three years ago. His other daughter, Mary Betts Dekking, resides on Soquel highway. She and her small son, William Betts Dekking, and Mrs. Betts survive the poet, who is the last of his own generation.