Frank A. Haskell - Early Life

Early Life

Haskell was born at Tunbridge, Vermont to Aretas and Anna E. Folsom Haskell. He moved to Wisconsin to study law in the office of his brother Harrison. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1854, and returned to Madison, Wisconsin to practice law. During this period, Haskell became the drill master of a militia company.

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