Daniel C. Haskell

Abt 1808 - 1887  (78 years)

• Name	Daniel C. Haskell  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 12 Mar 1808	China, Kennebec, Maine   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jan 1887	Rockland, Knox, Maine   [1, 3]
  Burial	Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, Knox, Maine   [4]
  Person ID	I12129	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	William Haskell,   b. 6 May 1761, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 15 Sep 1827, China, Kennebec, Maine (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Small,   b. Jul 1774, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 29 Dec 1841, China, Kennebec, Maine (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1794  [5]
  Family ID	F7745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Sleeper,   b. 27 Mar 1810   d. Yes, date unknown
  Alt. Marriage	24 Aug 1831	Maine   [2]
  Intentions	24 Aug 1831	Thomaston, Knox, Maine   [6]
  Marriage	Aft 24 Aug 1831	Maine
  Children	1. Samuel Sleeper Haskell,   b. 5 Apr 1833, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 20 Feb 1906, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 72 years)   2. Daniel O. Haskell,   b. 8 Sep 1834, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 27 Jul 1897, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F8130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Randall Perry,   b. 13 Apr 1809, South Thomaston, Knox, Maine d. 10 Mar 1892, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1836  [1, 2]
  Children	1. William Oris Haskell,   b. 8 Feb 1837, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 27 Jul 1917, Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey (Age 80 years)   2. Charles H. Haskell,   b. 15 Jul 1838, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 12 Dec 1912, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 74 years)   3. Albert Emerson Haskell,   b. 14 Jan 1840, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 17 May 1894, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 54 years)   4. Harriet A. Haskell,   b. 27 May 1842   d. 30 Dec 1842 (Age 0 years)   5. Amariah K. Haskell,   b. 1843, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 29 Jan 1896, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F8131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Daniel C. Haskell was a lime burner, one who heats or burns limestone, oyster shells, or chalk (in England), etc., to make lime. Lime burning in local kilns has disappeared from almost everywhere. Lime was heated in a special kiln to change its chemical composition so that it could be used as a combining agent in mortar and plaster. The kilns were tended by lime burners who usually lived nearby. The lime burner would thrust a bundle of burning twigs into the 'eye' or fire grate which was usually covered with a heavy iron door. The door would be shut fast and sealed to ensure slow burning. One ton of limestone would produce 1200 pounds of high quality lime after eight hours burning. The job was extremely dangerous because of abundant carbon monoxide gas given off in the burning process. ____ Rockland (Maine) Gazette Jan. 18, 1887 Daniel C. Haskell, one of our city's old and respected business men, died quite suddenly at his home on Ocean street, Saturday evening. Mr. Haskell was born in China, Me. about 1808. When he first came to this vicinity he lived at Owl's Head working for Daniel Emery at $8 a month. He afterwards worked in Rockland, then East Thomaston, for Deacon Henry Ingraham, hauling rock with oxen. At the close of his day's work he walked to his home at Owl's Head. He afterwards moved to Rockland and engaged in the manufacture of lime in old-fashioned kilns at the John Spear place. He and Francis Cobb built the first two patent kilns where the Five Kilns now are the two most easterly ones - there being but one other patent kiln in the place at the time. Increasing years necessitated a release from business cares, so that he had been out of business for some time before his death. Mr. Haskell's first wife was Hannah Sleeper of South Thomaston, who died Aug. 24, 1831 [sic marriage date] . In 1836 he married Jane R. Perry, who survives him. His children by his first wife were Samuel T. and Daniel O., by his second, William O., Charles H., Albert E. and Amariah K. Mr. Haskell was one of those industrious, hard-working men who gave Rockland so enviable a business reputation.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S42719] RootsWeb.com, Hascall Family (Richard K. Hascall). [S38305] Obituary, Rockland (Maine) Gazette. Daniel C. Haskell, (January 18, 1887). [S63522] Cemetery index, Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, Knox, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S73138] Ancestry.com, The Allied Bragg Families of New England database (Christine Carr Reese). [S42839] RootsWeb.com, Lost Souls of Kennebec Co., (Mel Fletcher).