George Edward Haskell

1821 - 1892  (70 years)

• Name	George Edward Haskell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	17 Oct 1821	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 1892	Middleburg, Clay, Florida   [5]
  Burial	Middleburg Methodist Church Cemetery, Middleburg, Clay, Florida   [6]
  Person ID	I41280	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Levi Boynton Haskell,   b. 4 Nov 1794, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 20 Sep 1863, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eliza Hayden,   b. 8 Feb 1799, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts d. 16 Dec 1864, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Intentions	4 Nov 1820	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts   [7]
  Marriage	29 Nov 1820	Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts   [3, 7]
  Family ID	F13962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Wetherbee,   b. 8 Feb 1821, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 1901, Palatka, Putnam, Florida (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1846	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2, 8]
  Children	1. Eugena Osmond Haskell,   b. 8 Sep 1846, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 8 Sep 1846, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   2. Emma Josephine Haskell,   b. Abt Nov 1847, Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 23 Sep 1863, Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 15 years)   3. Ferdinand Lester Haskell,   b. 17 Mar 1854, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 19 Apr 1902, Palatka, Putnam, Florida (Age 48 years)   4. Ella J. Haskell,   b. 17 Jun 1863, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts d. 29 Nov 1924, Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F4650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Notes provided by Frederick W. Haskell George Edward Haskell was paymaster of the Watertown Arsenal durin the Civil War and after that the paying teller at a bank in Boston. Frederick and Catherine resided in Newton, moved to Harvard where they bought a farm on Blair Hill. They kept summer booarders and rented boats on the lake. They moved to Middleburg, Florida, arriving there December 1, 1883 and bought a farm of 100 acres situated between the north and south forks of Black Creek. While in Middleburg, Mr. Haskell lost the biggest part of his fortune by a bank failure at Jacksonville.

  
  

• 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). [S43416] The Boynton Family A genealogy of The Descendants of William and John Boynton, (compiled by John Farnham Boynton and Caroline Harriman Boynton, 189y), HFA BkFam0010. [S75929] Bateman Project - Family Introduction Papers. [S60993] Ancestry.com, Gatley-Haskell Family Tree. [S61031] Cemetery index, Middleburg Methodist Church Cemetery, Middleburg, Clay, Florida, (Find-a-Grave). [S43697] Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. [S43667] Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the year 1850.