Orson Sylvester Haskell

1844 - 1921  (76 years)

• Name	Orson Sylvester Haskell  [1]
  Birth	7 Dec 1844	Brasher Falls, Saint Lawrence, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1921	Liberty, Liberty, Texas   [3]
  Burial	East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt, Texas   [4]
  Person ID	I28246	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Sylvester Smith Haskell,   b. 5 Dec 1822, North Stockholm, Saint Lawrence, New York d. 28 Feb 1901, Ord, Valley, Nebraska (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Harriet Eveline Soper,   b. 8 Apr 1823, Bombay, Franklin, New York d. 9 May 1890, Ord, Valley, Nebraska (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1843	Brasher Falls, Saint Lawrence, New York   [5]
  Family ID	F15906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Louise Goss,   b. 13 Jul 1857, Chazy, Clinton, New York d. 29 Dec 1917, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1872	Paw Paw, Dekalb, Illinois   [1]
  Children	1. Sylvester Merritt Haskell,   b. 9 Oct 1873, St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska d. 7 Apr 1874, Paw Paw, Dekalb, Illinois (Age 0 years)   2. Eltie Evelyn Haskell,   b. 5 Aug 1875, Paw Paw, Dekalb, Illinois d. 24 Sep 1905, Plant City, Hillsborough, Florida (Age 30 years)   3. Lena Lenora Haskell,   b. 9 Nov 1877, Evanston, Cook, Illinois d. 24 Apr 1935, Austin, Travis, Texas (Age 57 years)   4. Chester Goss Haskell,   b. 13 Sep 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. 14 Mar 1950, Patton, San Bernardino, California (Age 67 years)   5. Viva Viola Haskell,   b. 1 Dec 1884, Ord, Valley, Nebraska d. 19 Jan 1949, Fillmore, Millard, Utah (Age 64 years)   6. Bernice Beth Haskell,   b. 16 Feb 1888, Ord, Valley, Nebraska d. 30 Nov 1969, Brownsville, Cameron, Texas (Age 81 years)   7. Irma Imogene Haskell,   b. 1 Jan 1891, Ord, Valley, Nebraska d. 24 Jan 1968, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (Age 77 years)   8. Joyce Juanita Haskell,   b. 27 May 1893, Ord, Valley, Nebraska d. 31 Jul 1982, Evanston, Cook, Illinois (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F16034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Patent 230010 - Orson S. Haskell - Map _____ In May, 1874, the first steps were taken towards building the town. Then O. S. Haskell of Valley county, O. C. Haskell of Chicago, and A. M. Robbins of Dixon, Illinois, who had purchased the land from the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, made a first plat of the proposed town. For some time it was known among the settlers as "Chin City," a name which it took from A. T. Stacy, or"Chin" Stacy, so named for a certain facial peculiarity, and who lived in the only house anywhere near the townsite, in what is now the Woodbury Addition to Ord. But this is how it took its real name: During, the summer of 1874. as we will remember, General E. O. C. Ord, who was then in command of the Department Of the Platte, came into the valley to locate Fort Hartsuff; and in honor of this old,war-scarred veteran it was decided to name the town Ord. _____ Homestead records, Nebraska Application # 4582, certificate # 632 Appication dated September 29, 1873 Application approved April 21, 1875 Location: Section 4, township 19N, range 14W Further description: S 1/2 SE 1/4 and SE 1/4 NE1/4 Family took up residence November 1, 1873 Enrolled in Company D, 53rd Illinois Infantry Volunteers, November 18, 1861, discharged July 22, 1865

  
  

• Sources

  [S27027] Family group sheet, Orson Sylvester Haskell and Emma Louise Goss, (provided to the Haskell Family Association by William E. Haskell). [S11693] Correspondence from Peggy Streiff Haskell. [S13546] Death certificate, Texas, O. S. Haskel. [S53882] Cemetery index, East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt, Texas, (Find-a-Grave). [S27059] Family group sheet, Sylvester Smith Haskell and Harriet Eveline Soper, (provided to the Haskell Family Association by William E. Haskell, Brian M. Haskell, William M. Haskell and Patricia Ann Rockwell).