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• Birth	8 Feb 1798	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	1849	On Trip-Ca To Ut
  Person ID	I16349	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2002 00:00:00
  Father	Benjamin HASCAL, b. 4 Apr 1747, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah FOSTER, b. 20 Jun 1756, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F7673	Group Sheet
  Family	Urzula HASTINGS, c. Nov 1799, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Married	3 Mar 1822	New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Notes	_UIDC93D7214E8D0904AB6074895A2121F7F0A62
  Children	1. Irene Azula HASKELL, b. 1 Nov 1825, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts > 2. Thales Hastings HASKELL, b. 21 Feb 1834, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F7672	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Ancestral File Number: 3CVF-HW !TIB: Salt Lake Temple, Baptized 28 Feb. 1877, Endowed 2 Mar 1877. C !4GEN SHEET: FHL Film#510,778, Baptized 22 Mar 1932, Endowed 13 May 1932, Died abt 1849 via California to Utah, disappeared enroute from California to Utah believed killed by robbers. !MARRIAGE: Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (BYU CS 43 .G46xPS 132) page 80, HASKELL, Ashebel Green, and Azula Hastings, Mar. 3, 1822. C.R.(church records) !CENSUS: 1830 Census Franklin County, MA, NEW SALEM AshbelHaskell (Males) 0 (<5) 0 (5-10) 0 (10-15) 0 (15-20) 1 (20-30) 0 (30-40) 0 (40-50) 0 (50-60) 0 (60-70) (Females) 1 (<5) 0 (5-10) 0 (10-15) 0 (15-20) 0 (20-30) 1 (30-40) 0 (40-50) 1 (50-60) 0 (60-70) !CENSUS: 1840 Census Franklin County, MA, NEW SALEM Green Hascall (Males) 0 (<5) 1 (5-10) 0 (10-15) 0 (15-20)0 (20-30) 0 (30-40) 1 (40-50) 0 (50-60) 0 (60-70) (Females) 0 (<5) 0 (5-10) 0(10-15) 1 (15-20) 0 (20-30) 0 (30-40) 0 (40-50) 1 (50-60) 0 (60-70) !HISTORY: ASHBEL GREEN HASKELL, "Ashbel, His Wife and Children", Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p.526-537 [Ashbel is Catherine's uncle, but this account includes much about her conversion and her testimony of the Church and the prophet Joseph Smith as quoted from a letter she wrote Irene. The wife of her cousin Thales isher husband's sister Hannah Maria Woodbury.] Vivacious, attractive Zulia Hastings, whose clothes brought out the beauty of her rich auburn hair and lovely complexion, had completely won the heart of tall, dark and handsome Ashbel GreenHaskell. They were married by their minister on Sunday, March 3, 1822. Ashbel,then twenty-four, had prepared carefully and well for this event for he had been thrown early in life on his own resources. He and Zulia went to live at NorthNew Salem where he had a farm and before long he also acquired valuable timberland. He became part owner of a sawmill, one of several in that part of Massachusetts. He liked not only farming, but machinery as well, and became a skilledmillwright. Zulia's cooking, housekeeping and artistic ability made their homeattractive. Ashbel was proud of his beautiful wife and the pretty clothes shemade, and he added to them what only the fortunate few had, such as lovely, long silk veils and imported silk stockings. How she loved this kindly, considerate husband who provided so well. After a wait of over three years tiny Irene received a glad welcome into their home. Eight more years passed before another child came. This time it was the longed-for son whom they named Thales Haskell. No more children came to gladden the big, new house which was now their home. School became a very important factor to the parents, and the children were allowed to attend the academy at New Salem Center a little to the south. Irene tookall the courses she could until she was considered very well educated for her time. A very special school friend of Irene's was Emmie Woodward from nearby Petersham. The panic of 1837 came, but the Haskells weathered through it without serious loss. To help her husband during these trying times, Zulia opened an eating place in their home for the many mill hands. Sorrow came to them in 1838 when Ashbel's beloved mother passed away at the advanced age of 83 years. Zuliawas born in the comfortable home of Consider and Phebe Hastings on May 12, 1799. She was named Ursulia but was called Zulia for short. She had one brother, Thales, and several years later a sister was born who was named Samantha Ophelia.When Zulia was eleven, in 1810, tragedy struck the household. Her father wastaken from them when only forty years old. When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized missionaries were sent into various parts of thecountry proselyting the new religion, commonly known as Mormonism. In this newworld where there was religious freedom, many different sects had sprung up and all were contending for larger membership. Ashb