Carlos F. Haskell - Historic Rock Island

Carlos Freeman Haskell

Carlos F. Haskell: Junior partner in the firm of Baxter, French & Haskell. He built the Mammoth store and move into it in December 1852.
Mrs. Freeman Haskell: Mother of Carlos F. Haskell.
William Jondro: Started as a clerk in the Mammoth Store for C. F. Haskell

Built in 1809, by Hon. Timothy Hinman. It was first occupied by Nehemiah Colby, of Derby. The property has passed through various hands and is now owned by the heirs of the Hon. P. Baxter. The store has been successively occupied by Baxter & Chamberlin, Baxter & Edmonds, Judd, Bates & Holmes, Judd, Bates & Wood, Baxter, French and Haskell, P. & J. W. Baxter, and Porter & Wiley. (p. 33)

Son of Freeman Haskell, was five years old at the time of the death of his father. His mother, a woman of energy, had trained him in business habits; and at an early age, we find him engaged in trade, first as clerk, and afterwards as principal. He was cut down in the midst of his years, but not before he had laid down the foundation of a large fortune. He built the “Mammoth Store”, was succeeded in the business by C. H. Kathan. (p. 33-34)
He was for many years engaged in an extensive mercantile business at Rock Island, P.Q., He died July 2, 1865. [Husband of Martha M. Stewart, daugther of the Horace Stewart, succesful trader of Beebe Plain] (p. 215)