Benjamin Franklin Hascall

1835 - 1861  (26 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Hascall  [1]
  Birth	1835	Pennsylvania   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Oct 1861	Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia   [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Burial	U. S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia   [1, 6]
  Person ID	I71094	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Dr. James Hascall,   b. 10 May 1800, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut d. 1847 (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Eliza Shepard,   b. Jul 1799, Butternuts, Otsego, New York d. 1869, Cuba, Allegany, New York (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1820	Hamburg, Erie, New York   [1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F33048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Civil War Pension File Mother application # 8771, cert # 138310 Benjamin Franklin Hascall's mother applied for her benefits for service during the Civil War. On 17 June 1863, Philo Carter, deposed that Benjamin's father had abondoned the family some 15 years earlier, and that Benjamin had assumed responsibility for the family consisting of two younger children and his mother Eliza, and that Benjamin joined the service of The United States and died during that service. Asa Byrum deposed with the same story, but added that Benjamin F. Hascall also worked on the Erie Canal in Cuba. His file includes the following: 1. Statement that family record shows marriage of parents 20 November 1820, by Baptist Minister, Thomas Baker, Hamburg, NY. 2. After abandonment of mother [Eliza] by father, Benjamin was sole support of mother. 3. Eliza made declaration for Benjamin's pension 17 December 1862 and applied on his service 24 December 1862. 4. Deposition of Mary J. Byrum of Cuba, N.Y., sister of Benjamin F., 24 June 1867. 5. Deposition of Asa Byrum, brother-in-law of Benjamin F. 1 Mar 1865. 6. Deposition of Jonathan Hascall, brother of James, 27 May 1863. 7. Deposition of Dolly Hascall, widow of Dr. Hascall's brother (Rodney) 27 May 1863. 8. Deposition of Zulia Layton, sister of Eliza Hascall, 17 Dec 1862. 9. Deposition of Mary J. Noble, half sister of Eliza Hascall, November 1862. Depositions are to show that Eliza had no way to support herself after her son's death. She had been a tailoress, but was in poor health and no longer able to work. THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE VOLUME 53 JANUARY 1970 NUMBER 1 DESCENT OF THE RAFTSMEN'S GUARD A Roll Call MARK REINSBERG BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HASCALL (Sgt.) Died, probably of typhoid, at Georgetown, D. C., Oct. 29, 1861. Hascall, 28, was a lumberman and raftsman from Cuba, N. Y. His birthplace was Amity, Erie Co., N. Y. When he was 16 his father, a Cuba physician, deserted his family. Young Hascall had helped support the family with his earnings as a laborer, at one time working on the Genesee Valley Canal. According to an affidavit, "He wanted to go west but could not go and leave his dependent mother."

  
  

• Sources

  [S22741] Descendants of Squire Hascall and Elizabeth Chandler/Russell, (compiled by Richard K. Hascall for the Haskell Family Association). [S27805] LDS - Ancestral File, (Family History Center Files, Church of Latter Day Saints), Submission : AF97-112261 (Reliability: 0). [S54962] 1860 census, New York, Allegany county, Cuba page 782 family 416 (Reliability: 0). [S11859] Correspondence with Mary Hoffman. [S11441] Civil War pension file, Benjamin Franklin Hascall, dependent mother, Eliza Shepard, (Application for pension file 8991). [S46619] Cemetery index, U. S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, (Find-a-Grave). [S68451] Ancestry.com, My Many Roots and Branches database (Doris Wheeler). [S22742] Descendants of Squire Hascall, Family Tree Maker User Home Page of Richard K. Hascall. [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S42719] RootsWeb.com, Hascall Family (Richard K. Hascall).