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HASELTINE. HASKELL. 289 Colonel Harwood was a prominent candidate for lieutenant-governor in the Republican convention of 1882. He is of old English stock, being a descendant of Nathaniel Harwood of colonial days.

HASELT1NE,, son of Isaiah W. and Jane S. (Hall) Haseltine, was born in Windham, Rockingham county, N. H., May 15, 1846.

His education was limited to the common schools. As a boy he worked on a farm, going to Lawrence in 1865, where he was employed in the grocery business. He has remained in the same line up to date. He is a member of the firm of Dean & Haseltine, groceries and provisions.

Mr. Haseltine was married in Lawrence, June 15, 1876, to Georgiana, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Joplin) Dean. Of this union were two children: Frank Arthur and Helen Dean Haseltine.

Mr. Haseltine has held office in the following orders: Tuscan Lodge, F. & A. M.; Wanalancet Tribe, I. O. R. M., and Bay State Council, United Friends. In 1885 he was a member of the Lawrence common council, and in 1889 was a member of the House of Representatives, serving on the committee on public service.

HASKELL,, son of Nathan and Anna (Lackey) Haskell, was born in Newbury, Essex county, August 22, 1806. His father was a descendant of William Haskell, born in England, 1643, who came to America and settled in Gloucester, where he died in August, 1693.

Mr. Haskell had the advantages of private and public school education in Newburyport. From school he at once entered his father's furniture establishment as clerk, salesman and book-keeper, and at the age of twenty conducted a branch store in Dover, N. H. Later, he became assistant in the Newburyport Chair Factory, remaining until 1831, when he came to Boston and began business with Moses Mellen in one of the largest furniture ware-houses then existing. He connected himself later with Joseph J. Russell in the same business.

In 1 841 he became associated with Albert H. Brown, a large dealer, and satisfactorily settled a complicated partnership account between Mr. Brown and his former partners, which necessitated his visiting New Orleans and other places where they had opened stores. In 1843 he resumed his former position with Mr. Mellen, remaining until 1850, when he began business for himself at Nos. 8 and 10 Union Street, as manufacturer and dealer in feathers, mattresses, curled horse-hair and bedding supplies. He subsequently removed to Nos. 100 and 102 Hanover Street, where the same business is conducted under the firm name of A. L. Haskell & Son, the latter, Mr. William A. Haskell, having been admitted to partnership in 1862. This concern was distinguished for its enterprise in furnishing the government, during the civil war, with tents (Mr. Haskell's invention), also the navy and hospitals with their bedding, the amount of contracts being very large during the war of the rebellion.

Mr. Haskell was married in Newburyport, July 23, 1829, to Sarah Ann, daughter of Capt. Benjamin Newman. Mrs. Haskell died in Chelsea, February 29, 1884, universally mourned for her eminent virtues. Of this union were the following named children: Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. George H. Wyman, Boston), deceased January 25, 1857; Annie, deceased February 27, 1837; and William A. Haskell, born in Chelsea, October 6, 1841.

Mr. Haskell distinctly recalls the principal events of the war of 1812. His father supplied sails for the sloop-of-war "Wasp." He was the intimate friend of William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp of the "Liberator."

Removing to Chelsea, in 1837, he took an active part in municipal affairs and public benevolent work. He was one of the projectors of the Winnisimmet Benevolent Society, founded in 1843, and was at one time its president, remaining one of its directors to date. He was connected with the Chelsea Savings Bank, and one of its vice-presidents for several years. After Chelsea became a city, he held various public positions, was a member of the common council in 1858, '59 and '61, and alderman in 1866, ''67 and '68, and was elected to the Legislature in 1869 and '70. In Boston he was inspector of elections from ward 3 in 1836, '37.

Liberal in his religious sentiment, he became connected with the Unitarian society of Chelsea in 1848, of which he is an active member. He has always manifested a deep interest in the public schools, and is ever found in the front rank of those reformers who are combating the evil of intemperance.

At a ripe old age, his vigor displays the effect of a well-spent life.

HASKELL,, son of William H. and Mary (Smith) Haskell, was born in Gloucester, Essex county, October 5, 1845.