Charles and Helen had no children.
Civil War widow pension file # 2489
mustered in as musician 5 June 1861, Co K. 3rd reg. Maine volunteers
wounded at Battle of Fair Oaks on June 1, 1862
died from wounds June 12, 1862
Charles B. Haskell married Miss Rosa Haskell June 18, 1856
Military Service: New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2 January 1917, Wellington,,Wellington,New Zealand. Full Name: Private Cyrus Haskell Matheson
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Cyrus Haskell
Surname: Matheson
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 31132
First Known Rank: Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment: Farmer
Next of Kin: A. Matheson (father), Leigh, Auckland, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit: 11th Reinforcements J Company
Embarkation Date: 2 January 1917
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 73
Vessel: Opawa
Destination: London, England
Nominal Roll Number: 49
Page on Nominal Roll: 16
Last Unit Served: Otago Infantry Regiment
Place of Death: Belgium
Date of Death: 18 October 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
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Enlisted October 19, 1861 as a private in the First Maine Cavalry. Promoted March 9, 1863 to Quarter Master Sargent and promoted September 3, 1864 to 1st Lt. Begining with Antietam he participated in every major battle fought by the Army of The Potomac up to and including Appomattox.
THE PITTSFIELD ADVERTISER started publication as a four page monthly in April, 1882 by Charles B. Haskell and Orin S. Haskell. It's banner read "DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY". L.O. Haskell took over editorship in 1896. Sold to J.R. Cianchette in 1945. Name changed from Pittsfield Advertiser to Valley Times in September, 1967. Sold to Cianbro Corp in 1972. Moved from Park Street location (right photo), which was the former stables at the Going Hathorn Estate, to the Hunnewell Ave. location (left photo), then moved again in 1980 when Hunnewell Ave building was due for demolition during urban renewal. Merged with Newport Times in 1986 and Sharon Mack becomes editor. Sold to Dexter's Eastern Gazette in 1987 and closed. (Last issue was March 18, 1987.) Microfilm archives exist at the Pittsfield Public Library (which also has a bound collection), Maine State Library, and the Folger Library at the University of Maine. See N. W. Allen Printing. Also see The Pittsfield Times.
Arizona Republic
February 3, 1980Services for Gertrude A. Humphrey, 91, will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Orangewood Baptist Estates, 7550 N. 16th St. where she died Jan. 28, 1980.
She came here 18 years ago from Reno, Nev., and was a member of Eastern Star. She is survived by a sister-in-law,
Reno Gazette-Journal
April 9, 1965Clifford D. Sawyer, 66, real estate broker of Menlo Park, Calif. died March 29 at the Palo Alto Stanford Hospital Center.
Swayer was born in Foxcroft, Maine and moved to Reno with his parents in 1910. He had lived in Menlo Park for a number of years. He was a member of Reno Lodge No. 13, F&AM and was a veteran of World War I.
Surving are his widowm Mrs. Mabel R. Sawyer of Menlo Park and his sister, Mrs. John W. Humphrey of Phoenix, Ariz.