Orin Shepley Haskell

1836 - 1910  (74 years)

• Name	Orin Shepley Haskell  [1, 2]
  Birth	15 Jan 1836	Detroit, Somerset, Maine   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Oct 1910	Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine   [2, 3]
  Burial	Pittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I3	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	John Haskell,   b. 9 Aug 1810, New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine d. 8 Aug 1883, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Winifred Genn,   b. 1815, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 10 Jan 1846, Levant, Somerset, Maine (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	4 Jun 1835	Penobscot, Maine
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet Maria Shepley,   b. 7 Dec 1837, Belfast, Waldo, Maine d. 10 Sep 1867 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1858  [2]
  Children	1. Rosie Helen Haskell,   b. 2 Jan 1860, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. 17 Oct 1865 (Age 5 years)   2. Winnifred F. Haskell,   b. 5 Nov 1864, Palmyra, Somerset, Maine d. 1954 (Age 89 years)   3. Charles Blanchard Haskell,   b. 18 May 1866, Maine d. 28 Jul 1914, Maine (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy Louise Mitchell,   b. 19 Feb 1840, Turner, Androscoggin, Maine d. 11 Aug 1891, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1868	Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine   [4]
  Children	1. Louis Orin Haskell,   b. 9 Jan 1869, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine d. 27 Jul 1915, Maine (Age 46 years)   2. Cecilia Louise Haskell,   b. 10 Jan 1871, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine d. 26 Jun 1956, Kennebunk, York, Maine (Age 85 years)   3. Vinnie Florence Haskell,   b. 9 Jan 1874, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine d. 8 Apr 1925, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine (Age 51 years)   4. Lucy Helen Haskell,   b. 13 Aug 1880, Maine d. 1958 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Katherine B. Colcord,   b. Jul 1859, Maine d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Apr 1893	Portland, Cumberland, Maine   [5]
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• 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). [S10512] Cemetery index, Pittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine, (Find-a-Grave). [S52940] Marriage record, Maine, Orin S. Haskell and L. Louise Mitchell. [S52939] Marriage record, Maine, Orin S. Haskell and Katherine B. Colcord.