Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society
Volume 13, No. 3, September 2004Ella Maria Haskell, daughter of Joseph M. and Sylvia A. (Pidge) Haskell, was born 26 Feb 1854 at Tiskilwa, Illinois, in a log cabin, where she spent her childhood. She later taught school in Creston, Iowa, where she met her future husband, Henry Kennedy Burket, a mortician.
By 1878 Ella and Henry had decided to marry, and Ella's brother, Henry A. Haskell, was living at 1424 North 18th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, with the position of foreman of the News Department of The Omaha Bee.
Since Ella's father and sister. Anna E. Haskell (b.17 Sept 1839), were also living in her brother's home, it seems perfectly natural that Ella Maria would choose to be married in Omaha. In fact in September 1878, she and Henry Burket were married in her brother's home. The newlyweds returned to Creston to live, but in February 1883 moved back to Omaha, where Henry continued his mortuary business.
On 17 Dec. 1922 Mr. Burket died in Omaha at age 72. His wife also died there, on 22 July 1929, at age 74. They have no known descendants. Sister Anna E. Haskell, a milliner and never married, died in Omaha on 16 Feb 1924, age 75.
22376. Jefferson Davis Haskell
Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society
Volume 16, No. 1, March 2007Jefferson Davis Haskell, b. 4 Nov1865, who followed in his father's footsteps and on 1 June 1883 enrolled as a private in the Texas Rangers Frontier Battalion, Company E, commanded by Lt. J. T. Gillespie. The Frontier Battalion had been formed in 1878 after the Rangers under Major John B. Jones thwarted a bank robbery and killed notorious robbers Sam Bass and Seaborn Barnes in a shoot-out at Round Rock, Williamson County, a few miles north of the state capitol at Austin. This violent triumph over celebrity outlaws --- achieved virtually on the outskirts of the state capital --- earned public acclaim that translated into solid political support and financial appropriations, though never generous, for the Frontier Battalion of Texas Rangers, which now included Jefferson Davis Haskell, our J. D. Haskell" previously noted.
He had been in San Antonio on 1 March and in Austin on 1 March and 1 June. On 31 August 1883, he as in Fort Davis and owed the Sovereign State of Texas $15 for "one Kennedy carbine". He was paid $10 for services to the State of Texas" on 30 November and by 1 December was at Fort Davis again, then in Murphysville on 1 March 1884. He was honorably discharged at Frontier Battalion Headquarters, Camp Burgess, on 4 January 1884, "upon his own application" (S. O. No. 16), and paid an additional $90. His discharge was signed by Capt. J. T. Gillespie, Commanding Officer, Company E, Frontier Battalion. His final accounting, dated 31 August 1884, shows him indebted to the State of Texas for $45.50 "on account of J. W. James $15.00, J. N. Anderson $22, Howard Wooten Coggin Company, $8.50". He was last sighted in Abilene on 2 September 1884 and died on 25 Apr 1890.
The Carnegie Herald
October 29, 1975Funeral services for Clyde N. Haskell, 88, who died Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Carnegie Nursing Home, were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, at Crews Funeral Home in Apache. Rev. Ray Wood, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery at Apache.
Haskell was born October 6, 1887 in Dallas. He came to the Caddo county area with his parents and had lived in the Saddle Mountain-Carnegie-Apache area since. He was married to Etha Manora Shackelford January 22, 1936 in Hobart. He was a farmer-stockman and retired in 1961.
Survivors include his wife of the home; three brothers, Vernoy Cox, Albuquerque, N.M.; Leonard Cox, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Glen Cox, Houston; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Hewes and Mrs. Genell Van Cleave, both of Carnegie.
22380. Marcellus Harmon Haskell
Marcellus Harmon Haskell worked in a security office.