Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Haskill, Sidney May 29, 1829 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

SIDNEY HASKILL, painter, resident on sec. 35, Aetna Tp., was born May 29, '29, 
in Yates Co., N.Y., and is 

the son of Josiah and Chloe (Gage) Haskill.  At the age of 15 he was 
apprenticed to Nathan Simson, a 

painter of that vicinity, and as he acquired the details of the trade with 
readiness and became a skilled 

workman in much less than the time required by the terms of his indenture, he 
was released and managed his 

own business engagements for three years.  He then spent two years on the 
lakes; since 1860 he has been 

busy with his trade.  During the time he was in the Empire State he worked on 
the N.Y.C.R.R.; going thence 

to Kansas, he worked on the Union Pacific R.R., s a bridge builder.  He 
returned to Michigan, stopped at 

Port Huron, and a few months later went to Grand rapids, where he arrived in 
the spring of 1863.  He 

followed his trade 14 years in that city and then settled in Aetna Tp., on a 
farm near Morley.  Since his 

location in the township he has worked with Higbee & Co.

He was married in 1850, to Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Anna Dutton, at 
Port Hope, Pr. of Ontario.  

Children:  Albert, born Nov. 25, 1857; Rosanna W., August, 1859; Frank, Nov. 
5, 1866.  Mr. and Mrs. 

Haskill are adherents of the M.E. Church.  Mr. H. is a Republican.

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1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., MI.

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