Erastus E. Haskell

1844 - 1863  (19 years)

• Name	Erastus E. Haskell  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 May 1844	Lyme, Grafton, New Hampshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Aug 1863	Washington, District of Columbia   [1]
  Burial	Breesport Baptist Church, Breeesport, Chemung, New York   [3]
  Person ID	I9281	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Baldwin Haskell,   b. 18 May 1810, Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont d. 20 May 1876, Pine Valley, Chemung, New York (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Rosalinda Derby,   b. 19 Jun 1812, Charlestown, Cheshire, New Hampshire d. 1 Oct 1894, Corning, Steuben, New York (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1832	Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire   [4]
  Alt. Marriage	3 Aug 1834	Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire   [1, 5]
  Family ID	F6437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Walt Whitman, who was working as a volunteer nurse in Washington's military hospitals, wrote a letter of condolence to Erastus's family a few days after his death. This letter is published in "Walt Whitman's Civil War", by Walter Lowenfels, publ. by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1960. The following note is copied from Gina Marie (Diehl) Comfort database on Ancestry.com: A carpenter from Elmira NY, Erastus played the fife for the 141st New York Infantry band. Not long after he was mustered into the Volunteers on September 11th 1862 he took ill and spent several months in field and general hospitals before his admission to Armory Square on July 11,1863 with typhoid fever. He died Aug 2,1863 unmarried. The 21-year old left behind his parents and deaf sister Abigail all of whom were financially dependent on him after a stroke had left the father unable to work. _____ Find-a-Grave Son of Samuel Burnett Haskell & Rosalind Derby Christened in 1845 at the Congregational Church, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH Brother of Josephine, Helen, Samuel, Peres, Caroline, Abigail (who was deaf), Cassius, & Myron Haskell. Fifer Co. K. 141st Inf. Rgt. Band N Y Vols. Former occupation - farmer Enlisted Sept. 11, 1862 @ Chemung Co., NY Assigned to Camp Casey, Washington D. C. Became too ill for duty after Dec. 20, 1862 Hospitalized @ the Armory Square Hospital Ward E. on July 11, 1863. Died August 2, 1863 with the poet, Walt Whitman by his side. The diagnosis was typhoid. _____ Civil War Pension File Mothers application # 250002, cert # 188729 Enrolled August 20, 1862 at Elmira, New York, Company K, 141st NY Infantry. Mustered in September 11, 1862 Died at Armory Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, of typhoid fever Erastus father, Samuel B. Haskell suffered a stroke about 1855 or 1856 and was partially paralyzed on one side. That the family depended on Erastus for support. Samuel died May 20, 1876. In 1879, Rosalinda requested pension support, since her son Myron could no longer support her, and she had a deaf daughter she cared for.

  
  

• Sources

  [S54390] Ancestry.com, 2404633 Gina Marie (Diehl) Comfort database (Gina Comfort). [S11445] Civil War pension file, Erastus E. Haskell, dependent mother Rosalinda Derby Haskell. [S8850] Cemetery index, Breesport Baptist Church, Breeesport, Chemung, New York, (Find-a-Grave). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S10633] Cemetery index, Ridge Cemetery, Veteran, Chemung, New York, (Find-a-Grave).