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At the hospital, in San Francisco, Cal., while under treatment for cancer by Dr. Toland, Thomas Haskell, of Burns, Harney co., Oregon, aged 61 years.
The subject of the above notice was born in Oxford county, Maine, Feb. 26, 1828. Came to California in 1852. Married Mrs. Sarah McClintock in 1863; in 1882 came to Oregon; took up a homestead one mile from Burns, which was to make final proof on Dec. 6, Last June he went to Portland for treatment for a fungus growth on the lower lip; returned home, and went to San Francisco for the same purpose last September; Oct. 17th acknowledged receipt of $500 from his wife to pay Dr. Toland for removal of cancer. Oct. 20th was found insensible in his room from gas; removed to the hospital Oct. 23rd. No news from him till Nov. 1st, as an operation having been made to give him relief.
Mr. Haskell was an honest, respectable citizen; a Democrat; a straight forward man in his dealings, and his loss a regret to the whole community.
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Mrs. Sarah A. Haskell died at her home in this city on Tuesday evening. Had she lived until next November she would have been 90 years old. �Grandma� Haskell had lived in this place for many years and was one of the highly respected pioneer women who came to this section in early days and helped to make Hartney county what it is. She was one of those determined women of character that always made a success of what she undertook and that was necessary for the Pioneer Life.
Her maiden name was Broaded [sic] and she was born in Milan, Ohio, on November 21, 1823, her father was a native of Canada, her mother was the granddaughter of Rev. Wm. Gurley, a Methodist minister who was ordained under John Wesley in Ireland and left that country during the Irish rebellion in which the Catholics and Orangemen were in conflict. He was sentenced to death at one time but was spared because of his skill in work as a silversmith and much of his work was for the church all of which was done with gloves, thus not touching the work with hands that had been consecrated. He lived to be 91 years old.
Deceased was married to John McClintock in 1839 when she was 16 years old. Mr. McClintock went to sea immediately after the marriage and remained away for four years, during which time she served an apprenticeship and took up the trade of tailoring. The moved to Iowa in 1852 and to them were born four children. All of whom are dead except Mrs. Ione Whiting of this place. In 1860 she lost her husband and the following year she started to California taking her son Frank and daughter Ione. The latter she left in Ohio to attend school and continued her journey with Frank, going by way of Nicaragua and riding on mules.
In 1863 she married Thos. Haskell, a naïve of Maine and to that union was born one child that died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell came to Harney Valley in 1882 arriving here June 22, from Long Valley, California. Mr. Haskell had froze his feet the previous winter and she had to act as surgeon as well as nurse, removing his toes and otherwise caring for him. Mr. Haskell went to San Francisco in 1889 to receive treatment for cancer where he died.
She leaves 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren in this vicinity, 5 in California and some in Colorado.
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Sewall A Waterhouse was an Union soldier serving the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He and his family had moved to Ramsey, Minnesota where he was a farmer and teacher. He was killed at the First Battle Of Bull Run. There is memorial marker in his hometown, Poland, Maine. It is believed he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia with 2,111 other unknown Civil War soldiers.
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Harriet Ellen Haskell married Sewall Waterhouse of Poland, Androscoggin, Maine on May 2, 1858. Sewall Waterhouse was killed at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 during the Civil War. Harriet will remarry on October 17, 1877, Erastus Snow in Lewiston, Maine, but will move shortly, thereafter, to Grinnell, Iowa. Her one daughter, Addie S Waterhouse, will remain in Maine where she will die on April 28, 1884 at the age of 24. Addie was buried next to her father's cemetery monument, though the exact place of Sewall's place of burial is not known. It is believed his resting place is at Arlington National Cemetery along with hundreds of other unknown soldiers of the Civil War.
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Harriet Ellen Haskell married Sewall Waterhouse of Poland, Androscoggin, Maine on May 2, 1858. Sewall Waterhouse was killed at the Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 during the Civil War. Harriet will remarry on October 17, 1877, Erastus Snow in Lewiston, Maine, but will move shortly, thereafter, to Grinnell, Iowa. Her one daughter, Addie S Waterhouse, will remain in Maine where she will die on April 28, 1884 at the age of 24. Addie was buried next to her father's cemetery monument, though the exact place of Sewall's place of burial is not known. It is believed his resting place is at Arlington National Cemetery along with hundreds of other unknown soldiers of the Civil War.
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Sewall A Waterhouse was an Union soldier serving the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He and his family had moved to Ramsey, Minnesota where he was a farmer and teacher. He was killed at the First Battle Of Bull Run. There is memorial marker in his hometown, Poland, Maine. It is believed he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia with 2,111 other unknown Civil War soldiers.
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Erastu s Snow was born on a farm near Winchester, N. H., September 19,1819; He died at his home in Grinnell, Iowa, March 2, 1902. Early in life he developed marked business ability. For eight years, including the financial crisis of 1857, he had charge of a bank in Winchester, N. H., attending to every department of business himself. In 1859 he removed west, remaining for two years in Davenport, Iowa. In 1861 he purchased 80 acres of land near the town of Grinnell, and has since resided there. He has had charge of many important matters relating to the town and county. He was a member and chairman of the Board of Supervisors; first president of the national bank; president of the savings bank, and at one time in charge of the finances of the school district. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of the 13th General Assembly. He was prominently identified with the Granger movement, and oonducted successfully a Granger store for years. When the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company was organized he was made president.