From stalwart Yankee roots, Herbert and Hattie Stetson went west with the country
Sep 18, 2021
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westward expansion
The Stetson family’s manifest destiny
Haskell branch: George Henry Haskell in the War of 1812 • In Chautauqua and Ashtabula • Haskell family members settled in Iowa • The plot thickens—Hattie Stetson was related to Ruth Haskell Brooks • Haskell family letters in the collected papers of Thomas Nelson Haskell
Stetson branch: Two school teachers married in Earlville, Iowa in 1879 • Herbert and Hattie looked after elderly Earlville resident, then inherited her property • Herbert worked at E.L. Bonner Mercantile in Deer Lodge, Montana • Isetta studied art education at Thomas Normal School in Detroit • Herbert Stetson's death reported
