George L. Haskins

George L. Haskins, born at Harford, Cortland county, N. Y., March 26, 1811, is the son of George and Ruby (Edminster) Haskins, both natives of New York. George Haskins was the son of Anthony and Jerusha (Daigler) Haskins, both natives of Massachusetts. Anthony came to America in 1778, with two brothers, Clifford and Paul, and established an optician's store at Springfield, Mass., now conducted by Smith & Lesqeureaux. Anthony had a family of eight children, three of whom still live, namely: William, of Potter county, Pa.; George, of Milo, Ill.; Washington, of Potter county, Pa. George Haskins has been engaged in farming since his boyhood. He was married in New York in February, 1838. Of his nine children, four are living, as follows: George L., of Lombardville; William W., of Milo, a soldier of the late war; Mary J., wife of James F. Malette, of Boyd's Grove, Ill., and Norton B., residing at Adele, Iowa. George Haskins removed from New York, in 1865, to Milo, Ill. Here his wife died in 1879. Anthony Haskins' wife was born at Taunton, Mass., died in Pennsylvania at the age of ninety-six years. Ruby, wife of George Haskins, was the daughter of Henry and Mary E. (Barnes) Edminster, of French and English extraction. George L. Haskins, at the age of nineteen years, enlisted in the Thirty-fourth New York Infantry and served his full term, from Ball's Bluffs to the close of the war. After being mustered out he returned to Illinois, and locating at Milo engaged in farming. He was married in Cortland county, N. Y., September 19, 1864, to Miss E. J. Shapley, a native of New York, daughter of O. and Phelinda (Phelps) Shapley, both natives of Palmyra, N. Y., the children of soldiers of the Revolution. He removed to this county in 1869, and now resides at Lombardville. In politics he has ever been a Republican. He has held the office of constable for sixteen years, was also school director at Milo. Of Mr. Haskins' two children, one is living-— William F. He is a charter member of Dickerson Post, G. A. R., at Bradford.