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AMKRIOAN BIOGRAPHr.

hiwyor, jurist, wuh born liatfmm. N.II. Ht- is a and in 1897 of tlif criminal rourt of rec-

became engaged in the manufacture of fur* nit lire and in mining. Haskell,LlewellyD Solomon, merchant, was

ord for IMifnain coiiiity, Fla. Haskell, Harriet Newell.ciliicator. was born SIh» .Jan. 14, lH."{r>. in Waidoboro. Maine. ntt«-n(l(>d the C'astlcton clasHiral srliool, Vt.;

18."»7 he began to lay out Llewellyn park: and alHiut 185!) retired from buMineits to give his whole time to its improvement. He died May 31, 1872, in Santa Barbara. Cal. Haskell, Thomas Hawes, soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born .May 18, 1842. in New (Jlou-

Elmer

Haskell,

Nov. 1, 1S1, ill noted lawviT of hrraiiie

ju.'».

prineipal of the high s<'hool of her n«-

wiiH

tive city:

X

and

for six

vearM wan principal of the Castleton classical seminary. In iSCiT she was called to the principalship ticello

(iodfri'V.

«if

the

Mon-

Neminary of 111., which Ik

the oldest eijuipped school in the west for tin* hi;rlier edu«-ation j.'irl>. She died Mav «». liH>7. in (ittdfrev.

i»f

III.

Haskell, Harry Leland, soldier, wan born Sfpt. 24. IH40. ill Maine. Me served throiifxhout the civil war: lH-<-ame captain in 1S»>.'5: anil became second lieutenant in th«« regular army in lSt»7. In l!M»4 he was retiieil with the rank of brigadier-general in the I'liitetl States army, lie died (Kt. 2»». lims. in San Diegii. Cal.

James Richards,

Haskell,

inventor,

wan

bnni on Sept.

17. lSi."». in tJeiieva. N.V. In iM'gan a series «if experiments with «teel breech-loailiiig rilled cannon and breech-

s:ti

v

loading small anus, niaiiufactiiriiig twentylive o( tin* former, wliii-li were purchased by the Mexican governnn-nt. and were the first of the description that were niaading the regiment throngli the Miei'i'>>«i(in of barbedwire fences that surmunded the bloekliouses until he wa» shot. For his braverv lM»rn

this engagement he dier-g8,

in

>hio.

Llewellyn Frost, siddier. inatiu

Haskell, factiiier.

was

was

Oct. 8. 1H42. in Belleenlisted In the fourteenth rose to the rank of captain: and at the close of the war was brevi'tted brigudier-geiieral of volunteers. He then became assoeiated with his father. Llewellyn S. Ha>kell. in the ilevtdopnient of Llewellyn park, of Orange. N..T.: and in 1877 remove*! to .San Francisco. Cal.. where he ville.

N..I.

New York

Immii

Uv

regiment:

born dan.

4.

181.'),

in tiloucester,

Maine.

In

.Maine. He served in the civil war. In 1.SH41IMMI he was an associate justice of the supreme judicial court of .Maine. He died in I'.HIO in .Maine. Haskell, Ttomas Nelson, clergyman, educator, author, poet, was born in Chautauipia c<uinty. N.Y. He is the state librarian of Colorado, and tills the position of chapHe is the author of The 1-iin of the Hcnate. Itoys in lilue; Konkaput: the King of the I'tes, a fascinating poem of remarkable c«'ster.

merit. Haskell, Ulysses G., lawyer, genealogist, was born lu'r, ill

Charlestow

II.

Mass.

He was educated

in

the public schools of Chelsea and Newton, .Mass.: at. Heirs KngliHli and classical school of West Newt<ui, .Mass.; studied two years in l^eipsic: and in 1884 graduatetl from Harvartl college. In 1884-80 he was editor ami half-owner of the Minneapolis Tribune; in lS8.'»-liMM» was part owner of the Minneapolis .loiirnal; and since 1894 has been general manager of the .Minneapolis Times, of which publication he is also presi<lent. For one term lie was a member of the stalf of (Jovernor .MctJill of Minnesota: and for two terms was on the stalF of (Jovermir Merriam. Haskell, William T., soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Tennesnee. He was cohtnel of a regiment of TennewHee voluntiMTH in the war with Mexico; and distinguished himself at Me<leliii and at Cerro •

iordo.

In

1S47-49 he

was

from Tenneswe to the and presidential «'lector Marcli 20.

is.'iil.

Haskin, John lM»rii

.iig.

7.

in

18,"»2.

congress He died

Hopkiiisville. T«'nn.

in

B.,

a representative

thirti«-tli

lawyer, congressman, was in Fordham. N.V. He

1H21.

ludd several important city otlices in 1846.'•li; an<l in 18.')7-tU he was a representative from New York to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth congresses. Haskin. Joseph Abel, s<ddier. was born in 1S17. in New York. He servetl in the civil war: and was promoted to major in 1862: and brevet i-olonel and brevet brigadier-general in 18r»."i. He was retired from active service in 1872. He die«l .Aug. 3. 1874. in

Oswego. N.V.