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- Biographical Review : This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Oxford and Franklin Counties, Maine
1897
Page 197
PETER N. HASKELL, a member of an old Maine family and one of the largest real estate owners in Oxford County, is extensively engaged in lumbering in the town of Waterford. He was born in Otisfield, Me., December 1, 1822, the son of Captain Joseph and Jerusha (Moores) Haskell. His father was a native of Gorham, Me., his mother of Otisfield.
… Peter N. Haskell's early educational advantages were limited to the common schools. He remained at home until twenty years of age, starting then for himself in the lumber business near Bangor, Me. Three years later he returned to the home farm; and about 1846 he went to South Waterford, where he lived on a farm some nine years. He then removed to another farm in Waterford, which was his home for twenty years; and while attending to its cultivation he was also engaged in jobbing, such as doing stone work and moving buildings, being an expert in the latter business. His next removal was to his present home in East Waterford village. Here he purchased in 1870 the saw-mill then known as the old Upton Mill, which under his management is the centre of a large business. His property comprises some eight hundred acres of land, some of which is under cultivation; but on account of his advancing age he is not now actively engaged in farming.
Mr. Haskell was married August 5, 1846, to Mary Green, who was born in South Paris, Me., March 15, 1826, the daughter of Nathaniel W. and Polly (Willis) Green. Mr. Green belonged in Leicester, Mass., Mrs. Green in Paris, Me. He was a currier, tanner, and shoemaker; and he and his brother, Josiah Green, made the first sale boot in the State of Massachusetts, now so widely noted for its shoe trade. Mr. Green was for a number of years in the boot business. He and his wife died in Norway, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell have twelve children: the eldest child, George A., died in the army; the next two children died in infancy; the third, Rose, is the wife of Sewell F. Millett, of Lisbon, Me. ; the fifth, Susan, lived but one year; and the sixth, Frank, died in 1880. Joseph B., born September 23, 1858, resides with his father, and is engaged in business. He is an experienced mill man, having had charge of mills in Newry and Rumford, Me. Clementine D. is the wife of H. O. Rolfe, of Rumford, this county; Mary Etta is the wife of George Towne, of Oxford, Me.; Georgia is the wife of E. H. Haggart, of South Paris, this county. The eleventh child died in infancy. The twelfth, Andrew Johnson, resides in East Waterford village, where he is Postmaster, manages a general store, and is engaged in the cider business. He married Miss Delia Flint.
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