Hassell family members include Eva Hassell Hackney Bonner (d. 1975), who was born in Washington, N.C., but lived in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Herbert Covington Bonner (1891-1965), was secretary to Representative Lindsay C. Warren (D., N.C.) and was elected to fill Warren's seat in the United States Congress after Warren resigned in 1940.
Other family members were Eva Hackney Hargrave (1909-1941), Eva Bonner's daughter from a previous marriage, who married C. Hamilton Hargrave (1908-1984), general manager of the Carolina Panel Company in Lexington, N.C., and Eva Bonner's sister, Mary Clyde Hassell, who lived for a time in California, but later moved to Washington, D.C.
From the description of Hassell family papers, 1924-1964 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 39850864