Alexander Cheves Haskell

1839 - 1910  (70 years)

• Name	Alexander Cheves Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	22 Sep 1839	Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Apr 1910	Columbia, Richland, South Carolina   [2]
  Burial	Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina   [5]
  Person ID	I38754	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Thomson Haskell,   b. 2 Mar 1802, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 27 Dec 1873, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sophia Lovell Cheves,   b. 1 Jul 1809, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 30 Jul 1881, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1830	Orange Grove, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F20220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Coles Singleton,   b. 6 Dec 1838, South Carolina d. 26 Jun 1862, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1861	Charlottesville, Virginia   [2, 8]
  Children	1. Rebecca Singleton Haskell,   b. 20 Jun 1862, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 23 Jan 1946, Charlottesville, Virginia (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F4846	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Van Yeveren Alexander,   b. 21 Jul 1848, Washington, Wilkes, Georgia d. 29 Oct 1902, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1870	Savannah, Chatham, Georgia   [2]
  Children	1. Alexander Cheves Haskell,   b. 15 Aug 1871, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 13 Jan 1964, Aiken, Aiken, South Carolina (Age 92 years)   2. Louisa Porter Haskell,   b. 25 Jul 1872, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 9 Jan 1947, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)   3. Mary Elizabeth Haskell,   b. 11 Dec 1873, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 9 Oct 1964, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia (Age 90 years)   4. Anthony Porter Haskell,   b. 27 Jan 1875, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 11 Oct 1941, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina (Age 66 years)   5. Marion Alexander Haskell,   b. 5 Jun 1876, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 13 Sep 1960, Lookout Mountain, Hamilton, Tennessee (Age 84 years)   6. Charles Thomson Haskell,   b. 25 Apr 1878, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 18 May 1951, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington (Age 73 years)   7. Frederika Christina Haskell,   b. 10 Dec 1880, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 7 May 1973, Winnetka, Cook, Illinois (Age 92 years)   8. Adam Leopold Haskell,   b. 1 Sep 1882, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 10 Mar 1956, Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina (Age 73 years)   9. Alice Van Yeveren Haskell,   b. 21 Jun 1884, South Carolina d. 24 Jul 1971 (Age 87 years)   10. Suzanne Courtonne Haskell,   b. 16 Feb 1886, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina d. 1 Jan 1919, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F3752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2020

  
  

• Documents

  Alexander Cheves Haskell Family of South Carolina

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Cheves Haskell Haskell was born in Abbeville County and raised in Columbia, where he graduated second in his class from South Carolina College right before the start of the American Civil War. He enthusiastically volunteered for service in the Confederate Army and was mustered in the First Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, serving as an Assistant Adjutant General for Maxcy Gregg. Enroute to Virginia in September 1861 for action in the Eastern Theater, Haskell married Rebecca Coles Singleton in Charlottesville. She died on October 26, 1862, after the birth of a daughter six days earlier. The First South Carolina Regiment initially saw significant action in 1862 at the Seven Days Battles and would play a major role in the Second Battle of Bull Run by repulsing six Union assaults. On May 27, 1864, Martin Gary promoted Haskell to Colonel and placed him in charge of the 7th SC Cavalry in the brigade formerly commanded by Wade Hampton III. Haskell was injured four times in the war, at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor and Darbytown Road. It was at Darbytown Road where he was most seriously injured after suffering a shot to the head and losing the function of his left eye, but he managed to recover in time to participate in the Appomattox Campaign. Haskell was appointed by General Lee to surrender the Confederate cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia at the Appomattox Court House on April 12, 1865. After the war, Haskell practiced law in South Carolina and was chosen in 1876 to be the chairman of the state Democratic party Executive Committee. His efforts were instrumental in the gubernatorial election by uniting the party for the straightout cause to redeem the state from Radical Republican rule during Reconstruction. Governor Wade Hampton rewarded him for his dedication and fervor by having Haskell placed on the state supreme court in 1877. In the 1880s, Haskell became the president of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad. Haskell and conservative Democrats were bitterly opposed to Ben Tillman's candidacy for governor in 1890. Tillman was an uncouth demagogue who expressed his opposition to everything favored by the conservatives and further irritating Haskell was that while both men lost the function of an eye, Haskell courageously continued to serve in the Confederate army while Tillman dodged service. Failing to beat Tillman at the state Democratic convention, Haskell led a straightout Democratic ticket in the general election and even appealed for votes from blacks and Republicans. Many in the state refused to vote for anyone other than the official Democratic candidate out of fear of giving Republicans another chance at state government and thus the Haskell ticket fared poorly. Until his death on April 13, 1910, Haskell was serving as the vice president of National Loan & Exchange Bank of Columbia. He was buried in Columbia at Elmswood Cemetery. Reference Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S11582] Compiled service records, Confederate, Alexander Cheves Haskell. [S43259] RootsWeb.com, West-Despard-Bleecker-Cheves-Anderson-Miller-Hartwich (Jennifer Miller). [S9158] Cemetery index, Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, (Find-a-Grave). [S42945] RootsWeb.com, Ogden (John Schneider). [S27243] Family records and notes courtesy of Preston Hampton Haskell III. [S27458] Haskell Journal, Issue 54, 2000, Rebecca "Decca" Singleton Haskell 1862-1946, (Journal of the Haskell Family Association, Betsy Gilmer Tremain.).