Sonoma-Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....Haskell, William B. 1842 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 28, 2006, 9:02 pm Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Haskell, William B. A native of New York City, born October 10, 1842. In 1847 his parents moved to Boston, where the subject of this sketch received his primary education. He was then sent, in 1856, to Urbanna University, and there attended two years. Came to California, via Isthmus, arriving in San Francisco September, 1858, and immediately came to this county and settled in Petaluma. In 1861 he attended the Benicia Institute at Benicia, Solano county, from which he graduated in 1863, when he returned to Petaluma. His appetite for knowledge not yet satiated, he returned in 1864, entered the Benicia Law School, and was admitted to the Supreme Court in January, 1866, when he began practicing in Petaluma in the office of F. D. Colton. In 1867 he abandoned the profession and embarked in merchandising in this city, which business he followed until 1874, when we find him located at Winnemucca, Nevada, practicing his profession. In 1876 he returned to Petaluma, and was engaged as Cashier in the Petaluma Savings Bank, which position he held until January 1, 1878, since which time he has practiced law in Petaluma. Mr. Haskell married, September 5, 1867, Katie V., daughter of Alfred Kelley, of Petaluma, by which union there is one child living, a daughter, Evna. Additional Comments: Petaluma Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/haskell765bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb