Edward Bell Haskell

1865 - 1935  (69 years)

• Name	Edward Bell Haskell  [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Nov 1865	Philippopolis, Bulgaria   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1935	Claremont, Los Angeles, California   [3, 5]
  Burial	Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Los Angeles, California   [6]
  Person ID	I122	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry Charles Haskell,   b. 28 Dec 1835, Anson, Somerset, Maine d. 29 Mar 1914, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret H. Bell,   b. 19 Jul 1841, Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudson, Dutchess, New York d. 12 Feb 1925, Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	13 Aug 1862	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Huntington Miller,   b. 20 Sep 1867, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa d. 4 May 1903, Salonika, Bulgaria (now Greece) (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	25 Aug 1891	Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, Iowa   [3, 4, 7]
  Children	1. James Miller Haskell,   b. 31 Mar 1893, Salonika, Bulgaria (now Greece) d. 15 Apr 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 65 years)   2. Margaret Bell Haskell,   b. 17 Jan 1897, Salonika, Bulgaria (now Greece) d. 10 Feb 1982, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)   3. Douglas Putnam Haskell,   b. 27 Jun 1899, Monastir, Serbia d. 11 Aug 1979, Lake Placid, Essex, New York (Age 80 years)   4. Martha Miller Haskell,   b. 5 Apr 1903, Salonika, Bulgaria (now Greece) d. 7 Dec 2000, Goleta, Santa Barbara, California (Age 97 years)
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Emilie Frohlich,   b. 14 Aug 1881, Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland d. 3 Jul 1967, Claremont, Los Angeles, California (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1904	Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland   [3, 4]
  Children	1. Edward Frohlich Haskell,   b. 24 Aug 1906, Philippopolis, Bulgaria d. 5 May 1990, Tennants Harbor, Knox, Maine (Age 83 years)   2. Oliver Henry Haskell,   b. 9 Oct 1908, Salonika, Bulgaria (now Greece) d. 4 Jun 1997, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (Age 88 years)   3. Harold Norman Haskell,   b. 9 Aug 1910, Monastir, Serbia d. 15 Jan 1929, Claremont, Los Angeles, California (Age 18 years)   4. Henry Samuel Haskell,   b. 20 Sep 1912, Ennenda, Glarus, Switzerland d. 31 Jan 1994, Tennants Harbor, Knox, Maine (Age 81 years)   5. Eldora Haskell,   b. 6 Feb 1915, Philippopolis, Bulgaria d. 22 Aug 2007, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 92 years)   6. Gordon King Haskell,   b. 15 Aug 1917, Philippopolis, Bulgaria d. 4 Oct 2002, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Edward Bell Haskell was a missionary in Bulgaria and Salonika, European Turkey (now Greece), for the American Mission. Edward returned to New York June 6, 1927 on the ship Levianthan from Cherburg France. _____ Find-a-Grave notes Son of Henry Charles and Margaret Bell Haskell. Born in Philippopolis, Ottoman Empire. Married first Martha H. Miller and second to ELisabeth Frohlich. B.A., Marietta College. "Football; glee club; class pres. and poet; ed., Olio (he college newspaper); 1st fresh. and soph. decs.; 1st jr. rhet. prize; half of 1st Am. hist. prize; 1st sr. Eng. lit.; 2d clas. orat; Phi Beta Kappa; B.A.; M.A. 1891 graduated Oberlin B.D. Oberlin Theological Seminary. Missionary in Bulgaria and Turkey. Co-founded American Farm School in Salonika, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. In 1912 received Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from Mariette College. zin 1927 he was decorated by the King of Bulgaria for 35 years of service to Bulgaria. Half of his ashes were buried in Claremont, California, and half in Pordim, Bulgaria.

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S22751] Descendants of William Haskell 1770-1780, New Gloucester, ME, (personal family records compiled by Joseph R. Meade, Elyria, OH, via email 10 Dec 2005). [S62684] Guy Haskell, Ancestry.com, Haskell Family Tree, guyhaskell. [S14479] Death index, California, Edward Haskell. [S57747] Cemetery index, Oak Park Cemetery, Claremont, Los Angeles, California, (Find-a-Grave). [S54193] Marriage record, Iowa (Reliability: 3). Name: Edward B. Haskell Gender: Male Race: American Age: 26 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birth Place: Philipopiles Bulgaria Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1891 Marriage Place: Black Hawk, Iowa, USA Father: Henry C. Haskell Mother: Margaret H. Bell Spouse: Martha H. Miller