Charles Ray Haskell

1886 - 1961  (74 years)

• Name	Charles Ray Haskell  [1]
  Birth	29 Apr 1886	Youngstown, Niagara, New York   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Mar 1961	Lewiston, Niagara, New York   [4]
  Burial	Oakland Rural Cemetery, Porter Center, Niagara, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I34805	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Dr. Nelson Davis Haskell,   b. 20 Dec 1850, New York d. 23 Jan 1933, Buffalo, Erie, New York (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Elvira Elizabeth Davis,   b. Mar 1852, New York d. 11 Sep 1918, Youngstown, Niagara, New York (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F18200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Blanche Elizabeth Tower,   b. 20 Mar 1896, Youngstown, Niagara, New York d. 16 May 1987, Youngstown, Niagara, New York (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1917	Youngstown, Niagara, New York   [1, 5]
  Children	1. Leo Nelson Haskell,   b. 11 Aug 1918, Youngstown, Niagara, New York d. 4 Jan 2013, Leesburg, Lake, Florida (Age 94 years)   2. Mary Jane Haskell,   b. 10 Oct 1919, Youngstown, Niagara, New York d. 23 Dec 1978 (Age 59 years)   3. Betty Louise Haskell,   b. 30 Sep 1921, Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York d. 17 Apr 2000 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F18690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Haskell Brothers Company, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, manufacturers of trunks for traveling. _____ Charles Ray Haskell, who is a member ber of Haskell Bros. Company, a large and reliable business organization owning and operating a tire business at Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and a garage, farm implement and accessories store at Youngstown, is one of the enterprising and progressive young business men of Niagara county. Mr. Haskell was born at Youngstown, N. Y., April 29, 1886, and is a son of Dr. Nelson D. and Elvira E. (Davis) Haskell. Dr. Haskell was an early physician and pioneer newspaperman of Youngstown and for many years published a particularly bright, newsy sheet called the Youngstown News. The old printing plant, including as equipment a Washington hand press and an assortment of wood type, found storage shelter for many years in the old mill building, but recently found a purchaser and was removed to Lockport. Charles Ray Haskell enjoyed educational advantages. In 1914 he embarked in business as a member of the Haskell Bros. Company and has found his time well taken up ever since. At Buffalo the business is conducted under the name of the Republic Tire Sales Company, with quarters at No. 749 Main street. At Youngstown the company carries a full line of automobile accessories, have a fine garage with equipment and handle the Dodge, Nash and Case cars and Case tractors. The business is amply financed and carefully managed and prosperity has attended the whole undertaking. The company has built up a reputation for square dealing and strict business integrity and gives the public courteous as well as expert service in every branch of the business. Mr. Haskell was married Oct. 17, 1917, to Blanche E. Tower, a daughter of Byron E. and Nettie (Robinson) Tower, both natives of Niagara County. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell have two children: Leo Nelson and Mary Jane. The family belongs to the Presbyterian Church and are well known in social circles in several cities. Mrs. Haskell belongs to one of the oldest and most prominent families of Porter and Wilson townships, Niagara county. Politically a Republican, Mr. Haskell gives due attention to party affairs as becomes a good citizen without any political aspirations for himself. He belongs to the Masonic lodge at Ransomville and the Consistory at Buffalo, and is also a past grand in the order of Odd Fellows. Reference Niagara County New York, a concise record of her progress and people, 1821-1921 Edwart T. Williams Publidhers, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago Volume II Biographical, Page 646

  
  

• Sources

  [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S23802] Draft registration, Charles Ray Haskell. [S43361] Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Reliability: 0). Name:Charles Ray Haskell Birth Date:29 Apr 1886 Claim Date:8 Feb 1951 Type of Claim:Life Claim Notes:15 Oct 1976: Name listed as CHARLES RAY HASKELL [S10320] Cemetery index, Oakland Rural Cemetery, Porter Center, Niagara, New York, (Find-a-Grave). [S34787] Marriage record, New York, Charles Ray Haskell and Blanche Elizabeth Tower.