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- National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Hascall, William Hosmer Shailer, missionary was born at Pittsford Vt., Dec 30 1850, son of William Carey and Finette (Storm) Hascall. He was descended from Roger Hascall, who came to America early in the seventeenth century. From Roger and his wife Elizabeth Hardy the line continued through their son John and his wife Patina (sic) Soule; their son John and his wife Mary Squire; their son Joseph and his wife Catherine Green; their son Joseph and his wife Alice Fitch; and their son Daniel Hascall, founder of Hamilton Theological Seminary, now part of Colgate University, and grandfather of William H. S. Hascall. He was educated in grade and high schools and learned the printing trade.
In 1872 he was appointed printer to the mission founded by Adoniram Judson in Rangoon, Burma, where he learned the Burmese alphabet and then set the type for a new edition of the "Catechism" by Mrs. Judson. Eye strain caused by the difficulty of proofreading Asiatic characters compelled him to discontinue the work in 1875. He was then appointed a missionary eveangelist and joined the Haswells, missionaries at Maulmein, whose deaths left Mr. Hascall in charge of the Burma, Talain, and Karen work in that district as well as in Tavoy and Mergui. He became superintendent of the boys' school at Maulmein and opened a boarding department. In 1877 he was ordained a minister of the Baptist church.
His wife's illness through jungle fever obliged him in 1880 to return to America, and while at home he studied at the Newton Thoelogical Institute and for eighteen months was pastor of the Baptist church at Farmington Me. In 1883 Mr. Hascall returned to Burma and was stationed at Henzada until 1888, when he was transferred to Sagaing, only recently taken over by the British, where he erected the mission buildings and organized the church and school. Famil sickness again causing him to return to America in 1889, he became assistant pastor at Fall River, Mass., remaining until 1896, was then pastor of the Central Avenue Church at Dover, N.H., for three years, and then had charge of a new church in Harlem, which was then a New York City mission and which he organized as the Harlem Baptist Church.
In 1903 he returned to Burma, first serving as missionary at Thonze, and in 1907 went to Bassein, where he reorganized and enlarged the station, increased the native preaching force and made many conversions. Once more he returned home, attending en route the World's Missionary Conference in Edinburgh as a delegate, but was again in Burma in 1912, and for five years ministered in the delta of the Irrawady, in tent meetings, in visits to important cities and towns, and in the hills preparing tracts and translating hymns. In 1917 he finally returned to America. He was the author of several tracts, including one on "Cause and Effect," a subject of intense interest to Budhists, a geography for use in schools, a Concordance of the Bible which Judson translated into Burmese, and a Bible Cyclopedia which was published shortly before his last illness. He was a member of the Sons of the Revolution. Mr. Hascall was married at Maulmein, Burma, June 12, 1877, to Emma Augusta Chace of Providence, R.I., then a teacher in the Rangoon Baptist College, who was his constant companion in his many years of Christian service, and he had four children, William Chace, Charles Shailer, Theodore Conrad, and Stephen Hardin Clark Hascall. He died at Baldwin, N.Y., Mar. 24, 1927.
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Obituary New York Times
Rev. W. H. Hascall, Ex-Missionary Dies
Spent more than 25 years in Burma - preached in America during three intervals
Authur of Encyclopedia
Completed recently a book of biblical terms in the Burmese language
The Rev. William H. S. Hascall, who was a Baptist missionary in Burma, India, for more than twenty-five years, died on Thursday at his home in Baldwin, L.I., after a brief illness, at the age of 76. He leaves three sons - Major William C. Hascall of New Orleans, Charles S. Hascall of Baldwin and Dr. Theodore C. Hascall of Riverside, RI
The last charge held by Mr. Hascall was that of the Harlem Baptist church on East 123d Street. this city. For the last two years he had been preparing an encyclopedia of biblical terms in the Burmese language. He had completed this work, except for certain editorial revision, and part of it is now being printed in Rangoon, Burma.
Mr. Hascall's long missionary service in India was not continuous. It was divided into four periods. In the three intervals he held pastorates in Farmington Me.; Fall River, Mass.; and Dover NH
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New York Passenger Lists
Ship Chicago from Liverpool, arrived New York 20 May 1889
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