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- Ruth A. Haskell was unmarried.
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Ruth A. Haskell, daughter of W. Turner Haskell was born September 9, 1832, on the paternal farm in Cumberland, where she attended the public schools for some time, was later a student at the Friends' school in Providence, and the Normal School of the same city, which was a private institution at that time. She attended Professor Russell's school of Merrimack, New Hampshire, and afterwards engaged in teaching, her first school being in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Later she taught in Cumberland and the public schools of Providence. After the close of the Civil War, she opened a private school, known as "The Miss Haskell School," which she conducted successfully for many years. She is now retired from the profession and resides in Providence, where she takes an active interest in social and religious work. She is an active member of the Rhode Island Woman's Club, and a member of the Congregational church, in which she has, taught in Sunday school for upwards of half a century. She is a woman of keen intelligence, and has contributed much to the uplifting influences of city life.
Reference
New England Families Genealogical and Memorial Volume 1
By William Richard Cutter
Lewis Historical Publishing Co., NY, 1915
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1832 - 1924 (91 years)
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