Horace Homer Haskell

1829 - 1912  (82 years)

• Name	Horace Homer Haskell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	30 Sep 1829	Jackson, Madison, Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Feb 1912	Columbus, Colorado, Texas   [1, 3, 6]
  Burial	Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado, Texas   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I6497	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	James G. Haskell,   b. 20 Jan 1796, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island d. 7 Nov 1873, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Susan Alexander,   b. 1804, Georgia d. 14 Dec 1841, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1824  [3]
  Family ID	F4691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elmina Williams Puryear,   b. 1 Oct 1836, Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia d. 17 Feb 1919, Columbus, Colorado, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1853	..., Graves, Kentucky   [1, 3, 8, 9]
  Children	1. Susan Virginia Haskell,   b. 21 Aug 1854, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky d. 17 Mar 1936, Columbus, Colorado, Texas (Age 81 years)   2. James Robert Haskell,   b. 25 Oct 1855, ..., Graves, Kentucky d. 25 Oct 1870, Columbus, Colorado, Texas (Age 15 years)   3. Thomas N. Haskell,   b. Feb 1857, ..., Graves, Kentucky d. 2 Oct 1863, Columbus, Colorado, Texas (Age 6 years)   4. Marcellus Harmon Haskell,   b. 21 Jun 1862, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 13 Feb 1935, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 72 years)   5. John Edward Haskell,   b. 8 Mar 1868, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 8 Dec 1955, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 87 years)   6. Carrie Olive Haskell,   b. 7 May 1870, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 11 Nov 1944, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 74 years)   7. William Turner Haskell,   b. 11 Apr 1875, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 30 Sep 1955, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 80 years)   8. Michael Dougherty Haskell,   b. 25 Mar 1876, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 23 Feb 1969, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 92 years)   9. Charles Gabriel Haskell,   b. 30 Jan 1880, Columbus, Colorado, Texas d. 11 May 1960, Alhambra, Los Angeles, California (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F4696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Confederate pension file Approved Luly 15, 1903 Enlisted June 1862 Discharched May 1865 21st Texas Volunteers, Infantry, Griffins regiment _____ Compiled Service Records: Confederate Enlisted June 20, Columbus Artificer, Company B, 1st Engineer Troops Parole of prisoner of war at Columbus, Texas, June 26, _____ Newsletter of the International Haskell Family Society Volume 16, No. 1, March 2007 Horace Homer Haskell, born 30 Sep 1829, was mustered into Confederate service in Co. D, Griffins Battalion of the Texas Infantry at Houston on 24 June 1862, but soon reassigned as artificer in the 4th Confederate Engineers. He was listed as absent on detached engineer duties by order of General Slaughter on 30 June 1863, and detached and reassigned by transfer to Co D, 20th Infantry Regiment by order of General Haws on 30 October 1863. He was captured in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, and paroled 26 June 1865. On 23 October 1854, Horace had married Elmira W. Puryear, b. 1836, Virginia. Following the end of the war, they settled in Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, where Horace had served part of his military service and was now a wheelwright and a postmaster until 1868.

  
  

• Sources

  [S52359] Ancestor chart of Elizabeth Hale Morfitt, (compiled by Elizabeth H. Morfitt for the Haskell Family Association). [S15323] 1900 census, Texas, Harris county. [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S11631] Confederate pension file, Homer H. Haskell, 1829 - 1912. [S11585] Compiled service records, Confederate, Horace Homer Haskell. [S10360] Cemetery index, Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, (Find-a-Grave). [S10361] Cemetery index, Odd Fellows Rest, Columbus, Colorado, Texas, (Find-a-Grave). [S66758] Ancestry.com, Marsh Family (Mary Scibetta). [S35018] Marriage record, Texas, Horace H. Haskell and Elmina Puryear.