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Haskell, Daniel – Haslett, John

Haskell, Daniel

clergyman, author, was born in 1784, in Preston, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Burlington, Vt., who was subsequently a writer in Brooklyn. He was the author of Gazetteer of the United States; and Chronological View of the World. He died Aug. 9, 1848, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Haskell, Daniel Noyes

journalist, was born Jan. 1, 1818, in Newburyport, Mass. He wrote constantly for the press, and in 1853 became editor of the Boston Transcript, which post he held until his death. He died Nov. 13, 1874, in Boston, Mass.

Haskell, Dudley C

merchant, congressman, was born March 23, 1842, in Springfield, Vt. He moved to Kansas and served as a representative in the state legislature in 1872, 1875, and 1876; and the last term as speaker. He was elected a representative from Kansas to the forty-fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and forty-eighth congresses. He died Dec. 16, 1883, in Washington. a

Haskell, Elmer E

lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 2, 1861, in Chatham, N. H.

He is a successful lawyer of Palatka, Fla., and in 1897 he was appointed by the governor of Florida to be judge of the criminal court of record for Putnam county, Fla.

Haskell, James Richards

inventor, was born Sept. 17, 1825, in Geneva, N. Y. In 1854 he began a series of experiments with steel breech-loading rifled cannon and breech-loading small arms, manufacturing twenty-five of the former, which were purchased by the Mexican government, and were the first of the description that were made in the United States.

Haskell, Thomas Nelson

clergyman, educator, author, poet, was born in Chautauqua county, N. Y. He is the author of The Boys in Blue; Konkaput; the King of the Utes, a fascinating poem of remarkable merit. He is the state librarian of Colorado, and fills the position of chaplain of the senate.

Haskell, Ulysses G

lawyer, genealogist, was born Oct. 3, 1863, in Chatham, N. H. He has served as examiner United States pension bureau, and president of the Beverly common council. He is the author of a Genealogy on the Haskell Family.

Haskell, William T

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was colonel of a regiment of Tennessee volunteers in the war with Mexico, and distinguished himself at Medelin and at Cerro Gordo. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1847 to 1849; and presidential elector in 1852. He died March 20, 1859, in Hopkinsville, Tenn.

Haskin, John B

lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 7, 1821, in Fordham, N. Y. He held several important city offices from 1846 to 1856; and was then elected a representative in the thirty-fifth congress from New York, and re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress.

Haskin, Joseph A

soldier, was born in 1817, in New York. He served in the civil war and was promoted to be major in 1862, and brevet colonel and brevet brigadier-general in 1865. He was retired from active service in 1872. He died Aug. 3, 1874, in Oswego, N. Y.

Haslett, John

soldier, physician, state legislator, was born in Ireland. He was repeatedly in the state assembly of Delaware. He served during the revolutionary war, and was in the actions of Long Island and White Plains. He died Jan. 3, 1777, in Princeton, N. J.

Haslett, John

physician, surgeon, was born in December, 1799, in Charleston, S. C. He entered the United States navy as a surgeon in 1822, and continued in service, reaching the rank of fleet-surgeon, until 1841, when he resigned. On the establishment of the Brooklyn city hospital Dr. Haslett became its vicepresident, and practically its head; and in 1853 its president. He died Sept. 28, 1878, in Brooklyn, N. Y.