Haskell, Thales Hastings, 1834-1909.

Thales Hastings Haskell was born in New Salem, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1834. When he was a young child his parents converted to Mormonism, traveled with the Mormons from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs in 1846, and continued on to Salt Lake City in 1847. In 1855 Haskell married Hannah Maria Woodbury, who was accidentally shot and killed by an Indian boy in 1857 (Haskell subsequently married Margaret J. Edwards). In 1854 he accompanied the Mormons' first Indian mission to southern Utah, and in 1859 traveled to northern Arizona on a mission to the Hopi Indians. He spent most of the rest of his life among the Indians first in Kanab, Utah, and later in Arizona and Manassa, Colorado, where he died on July 13, 1909.

From the description of Diary of Thales H. Haskell, 1859. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 662475384

Mormon pioneer, scout, explorer, and missionary to the Indians.

From the description of Thales Hastings Haskell diary, 1859-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78618838

From the description of Thales Hastings Haskell diary, 1859-1860. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122550914

From the guide to the Thales Hastings Haskell diary, 1859-1860, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)