Ship Captain on Fall River Line, passenger/freight between New York & Fall River, Massachusetts.
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Lived quite a while in Germany as US Representative for United Shoe Co.
Lived or worked in Frankfurt am Mein, Germany.
After his return from Germany, was shunned and thought of as German sympathizer.
Head of an American-owned factory in Frankfurt, Germany that he built there in 1898 for USMC (United Shoe Machine Company). He was interred in Germany during WWI and did not return to this country until 1939 with his wife.
The Island Remembers
by Beulah Hitchcock
1979In 1888, one year before Washington became a state, Ed Haskell and his wife Mary left Deer Island, Maine, with four children, and came to Harstine, settling on the west side of the Island, near Sunset Acres. Their four children were Raymond (Henry Haskell's father), Walter, Ralph and Daisy (Mrs. Hans Bergeson later).
Ed Haskell did a lot of farming, grew a lot of vegetables, had a good-sized orchard of different fruits and raised chickens. The Shelton-Mason County Journal of 1894 told about Ed Haskell keeping a record of his produce and sales each year from two acres of rather poor, sandy ground. The amount of produce sold in dollars in 1893 was as follows:
Green onions $ .85 Corn $62.00
Rhubarb 25.00 Peas 18.93
Gooseberries 4.20 Cherries 39.40
Strawberries 18.95 Plums 4.40
Blackberries 4.45 Prunes 5.05
Cabbage 26.00 Currants .50
Potatoes 50.00 Hay 20.00In 1895 Mary Haskell sent the Journal a small box of native shrimps and prawns, which were caught with a trawl in the bay nearby. They sold one hundred sixty dollars worth that season, the first bringing sixteen cents a pound. There were nine different varieties and they were a delicacy. Mary Haskell also made very neat baskets from native scallop shells for twenty-five cents.
Ed Haskell once said, "There are a lot of fruit trees and shrubbery put out in the fall. Why shouldn't we; there is no better place in Washington, being surrounded by water, which keeps the frost away; and there are no rabbits on the Island."
In 1899, on a Thursday afternoon, a horse belonging to the Lotts (a neighbor) strayed over on Haskell's land, and Walter Lott, then a young man of twenty-eight years, and his mother went after it. As they passed a steep bridge twenty feet high, they were hailed by Haskell, who was standing over them with a heavy rock in his hand. As Lott looked up, Haskell hurled it at him striking Lott a heavy blow on the arm. Lott carried a rifle and he told Haskell that if he threw another rock he would shoot him. Haskell then seized another rock and started to throw it. As he did so, Lott fired two shots and killed him in self-defense. Lott immediately went to Shelton and gave himself up. Lott was married and bore a good name.
Mary Haskell put her children in a rowboat and rowed to Shelton to notify the authorities that Lott had shot her husband. Lott was tried and found not guilty. Three years later Mary Haskell married H. O. Hulin of Harstine and lived the rest of her life on the Island.
Ralph and Eva Haskell had no children.
Home Advisor, Vienna MO
April 23, 1911JOHN F. ROWAN DIED SUDDENLY - One of Meta's prominent citizens died quite suddenly last Sunday morning. Early that day he had arisen to walk around in the yard but reclined on the couch again to wait for breakfast--he never rose again but soon expired, no doubt his heart having failed to respond to the necessary action. Deceased was 63 years old, leaves wife and six children in bereavement.
John F. Rowan formerly lived in this place where he conducted a blacksmith shop and later a store in connection with the Post-office. When Meta was organized he conceived the plan to follow his son Nate who had founded the Meta Herald and was successfully identifying himself with the town's upbuilding. There the two have been practically uninterruptedly connected in the publishing, lumber yard and manufacturing business. John F. Rowan was of a practical turn by endowment and close application. His reputation was honorable and his demise will be generally regretted. We extend sympathy.
22726. Parker Clarence Haskell
Parker Clarence Haskell was a blacksmith. He died because of cerebral hemorrhage.
Marriage Notes for Parker Clarence Haskell and Mert Mell
MARRIAGE: Vichy Springs is a mineral-waters resort near the town of Vichy, Maries county, Missouri.