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Spouse: Ella REYNOLDS. John R. HASKELL and Ella REYNOLDS were married WFT Est. 1893-1926.50 Children were: Living, Living.
Living was born in 1995. Parents: Living and Living.
Living was born in 1994. Parents: Living and Living.
Living was born in 1973 in Muncie, Ind. Parents: Living and Living.
Spouse: Living. A living couple were married in 1993 in New Castle, Indiana. Children were: Living, Living.
Living was born in 1974. Parents: Living and Living.
Living was born in 1979. Parents: Living and Living.
Living was born in 1950 in Bedford, Ind.
Spouse: Living. A living couple were married in 1970 in New Castle, Indiana. Children were: Living, Living, Living.
Curtis G. HASSLER98 was born on Aug 16, 1920 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on May 21, 1999 in Monterey, PuTennesseeam, Tennessee. He was buried on May 23, 1999 in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Newton Larkin HASSLER and Jimmie Lee GUNNELS.
David Larkin
HASSLER98,1119,1120 was
born on Sep 5, 1829 in Near Crab Orchard, Bledsoe Co., TN.1119 He died on Dec 29, 1892 in Pickett Co., TN.1119 He was buried in Sims Cem.,
Pickett, Tennessee.
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During the Civil War, the Hassler families were divided in their feelings
in regard to the issues of the North and South. David Larkin Hassler's
feelings were toward the South. He was 31 years old when the war began.
Because of his strong family ties, he stayed out of the fight for over a
year, but on Sep 20, 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at
Kingston, TN. He was assigned to Company D, 16th (Neals) Battalion, TN
Calvary. He soon rose to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, and on June 20,
1863, Lt. Hassler was promoted to the rank of Captain and elected Company
Commander of his unit. Captain Hassler served throughout the war and
returned to his home and family in the Crab Orchard area of TN. The
bitter feelings that had developed during the war were so strong that he
was forced to move with his family to Oakhill in Overton Co., TN, where a
Confederate Veteran was more welcome. It is not nown what caused the
exodus of the children of David Hassler to Pickett Co., but over a period
of years, all eight children lived in and around Love Lady Community. In
1889, after his wife's death, he moved to Pickett County to be near his
children. In 1881, he married the second time to Lee Ann Amonett Barns.
He died Dec. 29, 1892 at his home near Old Berea Church in Pickett
County. His body was returned to Oakhill in Overton County, where he was
buried beside his first wife. David Larkin Hassler was the forefather of
all Pickett County Hasslers.
Spouse: Lee Ann Amonett BARNS.
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY. Children were: Rufus Eugene HASSLER, Laura Tennessee HASSLER, Egbert Floyd HASSLER, Reuben Wright HASSLER, Minnie Grey HASSLER, Scott Leroy HASSLER, Taylor Truit HASSLER, Lannie Bedford HASSLER.
Donald HASSLER98 was born on Oct 30, 1915 in Tennessee. He died on Nov 30, 1915. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS.
Donovan HASSLER98 was born on Oct 30, 1915 in Tennessee. He died on Jan 4, 1973. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS.
Spouse: Living.
Earley HASSLER1121,1122,1123 was born in 1881.1122 He died in 1965.1122 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Rufus Eugene HASSLER and Margaret F. GIBBONS.
Spouse: Martha THOMPSON. Earley HASSLER and Martha THOMPSON were married.
Earley HASSLER1124,1125,1126 was born in 1906.1125 He died in 1906.1125 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Earley R. HASSLER was born on Aug 19, 1923. He died on May 1, 2004 in Sparta, White County, Tennessee. Parents: Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS.
Spouse: Living.
Egbert Floyd HASSLER1127,1128 was born on Jan 17, 1863 in Crab Orchard, Cumberland Co, TN.1127 He died on Oct 24, 1966 in Buried in Sims Cemetery, Pickett Co., TN.1127 [4genhassler.FTW]
Egbert Floyd Hassler was born "over a den of rattlesnakes". Neighbors helped his parents smoke out and kill over 200 rattlers which were under the little log house in which Egbert was born. Egbert, along with his mother, listened to the cannon fire of the Civil War battle on Lookout Mountain. He taught nine schools in Overton, Fentress, Cumberland and Pickett Counties and taught Cordell Hull. He was postmaster at Armathwaite, TN. He was present at the historical hanging of the Braswell brothers in Cookeville in the late 1879. Egbert farmed, dug for ginseng and other herbs, traded some in for fur pelts, studied Indian life and lore and collected Indian artifacts most of his life. He walked, explored and dug with archaeologist and college professors. He drank the most potent coffee in Pickett County and smoked the strongest pipe, but he never inhaled. He enjoyed eating wild pawpaws, mulberries, cherry pie, angel food cake, oysters, and cornbread made yellow with too much baking soda. He had a nickname for everyone and everything. He collected postage stamps, coins and played the violin. His grandchildren enjoyed hearing him tell "Hant tales" as they sat around the fireplace during the winter time. Egbert spent most of his life in Pickett County. He was 98 years old before he too a dose of prescribed medicine, and at age 103, he had all of his natural teeth. He spent the last five years of his life in Masters Rest Home in Algood, smoked a cigar on his 100th birthday, and died on Oct 23, 1966 at the ripe old age of 103. He lived to be one of the oldest residents of Pickett County. Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS. Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS were married in 1890.1127 Children were: Mauda HASSLER, Lester HASSLER, Everette HASSLER, Sarah HASSLER, Ernest HASSLER, Osborn HASSLER, Margaret HASSLER, Minnie A. HASSLER, Laura HASSLER, Earley HASSLER, Shirley HASSLER, Living, Living, Living, Living.
Ellie HASSLER1129,1130,1131 was born about 1880.1130 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change] She died Deceased.1130
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Rufus Eugene HASSLER and Margaret F. GIBBONS.
Spouse: Bee SWALLOWS. Bee SWALLOWS and Ellie HASSLER were married.
Ernest HASSLER1132,1133,1134 was born in 1900.1133 He died in 1900.1133 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Ethel HASSLER904,905,906 was born in 1895.905 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change] She died Deceased.905
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Reuben Wright HASSLER and Zeruah A. (Ruie) TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Carvin CROSS. Carvin CROSS and Ethel HASSLER were married.
Everette HASSLER1081,1082,1083 was born in 1896.1082 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change] He died Deceased.1082 He was also known as Everett HASSLER.
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project.
Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Ora P. GUNNELS. Everette HASSLER and Ora P. GUNNELS were married.
Living. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Living.
Living.
Spouse: Living.
Gid Lowe HASSLER98 was born on Jan 14, 1905 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Jun 2, 1960. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Living. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Living.
Jay W. HASSLER98 was born on May 13, 1923 in Tennessee. He died on Feb 2, 1941. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Willie D. HASSLER and Dollie B. VOILES.
John David
HASSLER was born on Sep 15, 1919. He died on May 22, 2003 in
Byrdstown, Pickett Co. Tennessee. Did at his home of heart complications.
[NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: News Art] Masonry mentors share their
trade
November 9, 1998
By Morgan Simmons, News-Sentinel staff writer
JAMESTOWN, Tenn. -- During the Great
Depression, David Hassler and Oscar Odum were
among a small army of Tennessee farm boys sent
by the Civilian Conservation Corp to build Pickett
State Park.
Home was 1471 Company, one of two CCC camps
located inside the park's 11,700 acres on the
Cumberland Plateau.
Military discipline was the order of the day.
Corp members were held to strict standards of
courtesy.
They wore uniforms, and they kept their barracks
clean.
During their stint in the CCC -- Odum served from
1938 to 1939, Hassler from 1939 to 1940 -- both
men became stone masons, building the walls and
rustic cabins at Pickett out of native sandstone, the
same rock that forms the park's numerous caves,
natural bridges and Indian rock houses.
Last week, the Tennessee Division of Parks and
Recreation rounded up some of the surviving CCC
workers and brought them back to Pickett State
Park to help teach two teams of AmeriCorp workers
-- the modern-day equivalent of the CCC -- the art of
stone masonry.
During the morning session Odum, 81, and Hassler,
79, took the group on a tour inside Cabin 2, which
is the first of five cabins built by CCC workers at
Pickett State Park.
"We'd be carrying rock one day, and the next day
dragging telephone lines through the woods or
blazing a trail," Hassler told the packed room.
"And if you didn't behave, you got kitchen duty."
"I went to masonry school here in the park," Odum
said.
"After the first day, they had me building a fireplace
in the lodge.
"You learned by doing."
Over the next six weeks, the two AmeriCorp teams
--whose members range in age from 18 to 24 -- will
tackle a host of maintenance projects at both
Pickett and Fall Creek Falls state parks.
At Pickett, their work will include repairing trails and
building boardwalks and fences to protect an
endangered plant species found in the park.
One of their main goals will be to restore some of
the CCC features as faithfully as they can, which
means replacing several stone walls and patios in
the park, and building furniture in the CCC style to
go inside the park's rustic cabins.
But as much as practical advice on cutting and
laying stone -- "The size of the hammer isn't
important, it's how you swing it," Odum would tell
the group -- the two men shared their memories of
60 years ago, when the CCC taught them a trade
and helped feed their families.
"Every month $22 from our paycheck was
automatically sent back home, and we got to keep
$8," Hassler said.
"Our families looked forward to that money."
"During the Depression years all the people up here
were poor, but you didn't know it 'cause everybody
else was, too," Odum said.
The CCC accepted young men between the ages of
17 and 23 who had not held a job for at least three
months.
Odum and Hassler said if it hadn't been for the
CCC, they would have had to hop trains in search of
work like so many of their friends.
Both men said that about 90 percent of the CCC
workers who worked at Pickett are now dead,
having either been killed during World War II, or
succumbing to old age.
They said the sandstone used in the cabin walls
was field rock collected around the park.
The flat pieces of flagstone used in the floors came
from quarries -- one on Rock Creek, one near the
Wolf River east of Pickett.
As far as building the park's stone structures, the
CCC boys had plenty of time.
"A stone mason today, if he doesn't get 200 feet
done by the end of the day, he hasn't produced,"
Hassler said.
"We could work at our own pace and learn as we
went along."
Following the morning session, the AmeriCorp team
met outside the park's old office for a tutorial on how
to cut stone using hammer and chisel.
In addition to the CCC stone masons, the group
was instructed by Craig and John Wheeler, cousins
from Jamestown who lay stone for a living.
In the mid-1970s the Wheelers built stone walls and
a bathhouse at Pickett.
They know -- and learned from -- some of the
surviving CCC stone masons that live in the
Jamestown area.
The Wheelers said they grew up admiring the CCC
stone masons' handiwork -- not only at Pickett, but
also at state parks like Cumberland Mountain and
Montgomery Bell.
When asked if the original cabins and walls
constructed by the CCC have stood the test of time,
Craig Wheeler said, "That stone will be here 'til the
end of time."
Morgan Simmons may be reached at 423-521-1842 or
simmonsm@knews.com. Parents: Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS.
Spouse: Living. John David HASSLER and Robbie Claris WELLS were married in Pickett County, Tennessee.
Lannie Bedford HASSLER98,1135,1136 was born on Aug 27, 1877 in Overton County, Tennessee. He was born on Aug 27, 1877 in Overton County, Tennessee.1135 He died on Oct 12, 1960. He died on Oct 12, 1960 in Buried in Sims Cemetery, Pickett Co., TN.1135 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Nickname] Was burried in Simms Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. He was also known as Landon Bedford HASSLER.
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Landon Bedford "Lannie" Hassler, known also to his friends and family as
"Spike", was born Aug. 27, 1877, at Oakhill Community in Overton Co.,
TN. Lannie was 12 years old when his mother died, and was 15 when his
father died. For some time, he lived in the Love Lady Community with his
brothers and sisters, seeking what education was offered by the public
schools of Pickett County. At times, he would go live with his mother's
people and take advantage of the public schools of Cumberland County. As
a young man, he worked at different jobs around the area, including the
building of the Tennessee Central Railroad. At one time, he left
Tennessee and went to Texas, where he worked as a cowboy and ranch hand
in Comanche County, TX. Later, he worked for Swift Packing Company in
Ft. Worth. When he returned to TN, he attended more schools and normals,
earning himself a teacher's certificate. In August of 1913, he was
married to Laura Autie Gunnels, born June 24, 1885 in Huntersville, KY.
She was the daughter of John Austin Gunnels and Nancy Elizabeth Stailey.
The fall of 1885, Lannie taught his first school at Love Lady where he
lived at that time. He was to teach 35 consecutive years after this in
Pickett County. He served for several years as County Judge of Pickett
County and was for 12 years, Clerk of the Chancery Court. He died Oct
12, 1960 Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Laura GUNNELS. Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS were married in May 1913. Children were: Lola HASSLER, Donald HASSLER, Donovan HASSLER, John David HASSLER, Earley R. HASSLER, Shirley HASSLER.
Living.
Spouse: Living.
Laura HASSLER1137,1138,1139 was born in 1905.1138 She died in 1905.1138 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Laura Cassie HASSLER98 was born on Dec 25, 1898 in Pickett County, Tennessee. She died on Jun 13, 1923. She was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Spouse: Living. Stanley ROBERTS and Laura Cassie HASSLER were married on Apr 22, 1916. Children were: Leroy ROBERTS, Onida ROBERTS, Stanley Ray ROBERTS, Robert H. ROBERTS.
Laura Tennessee HASSLER1076,1140 was born on Mar 7, 1859.1076 She died on Nov 5, 1930 in Buried in Sims Cemetery, Pickett Co., TN.1076 She was also known as Laura T. HASSLER. Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Living. Joseph Lafayette (Fate) GUNNELS and Laura Tennessee HASSLER were married on Oct 31, 1880 in Overton County, Tennessee. Children were: Vernon GUNNELS, Living, Willie Dee GUNNELS, Living, Virgie GUNNELS, Ora P. GUNNELS, Living.
Lenora HASSLER98 was born on Nov 6, 1900 in Pickett County, Tennessee. She died on May 5, 1999 in Byrdstown, Pickett Co. Tennessee. She was buried on May 7, 1999 in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Leo Alexander HASSLER98 was born on Jan 5, 1907 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Apr 3, 1986. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Spouse: Clara M. HUDDLESTON.
Lester HASSLER1141,1142,1143 was born in 1893.1142 He died in 1966.1142 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Lola MOUNT. Lester HASSLER and Lola MOUNT were married.
Living. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Living.
Lloyd Lawrence HASSLER98 was born on Jun 11, 1910 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Jan 20, 1987. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee.
Spouse: Elizabeth Avis DILLON. Lloyd Lawrence HASSLER and Elizabeth Avis DILLON were married on Oct 21, 1932.
Lola HASSLER98 was born on Nov 10, 1914 in Tennessee. She died on Dec 8, 1914. She was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Lannie Bedford HASSLER and Laura GUNNELS.
Lula Mae HASSLER98 was born on Jan 11, 1904 in Pickett County, Tennessee. She died on Oct 21, 1996 in Livingston, Overton, Tennessee. She was buried on Oct 23, 1996 in Smyrna Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Reuben Wright HASSLER and Zeruah A. (Ruie) TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Carlos SELLS. Carlos SELLS and Lula Mae HASSLER were married on Dec 5, 1921. Children were: Ruie Evelyn SELLS, Travis Vernon (Sod) SELLS.
Margaret HASSLER1144,1145,1146 was born in 1901.1145 She died in 1901.1145 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Mauda HASSLER1147,1148,1149 was born in 1891.1148 She died in 1965.1148 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Herbert E. SMITH. Herbert E. SMITH and Mauda HASSLER were married.
Maudie Bell HASSLER1150,1151,1152 was born in 1882.1151 She died in 1919.1151 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Rufus Eugene HASSLER and Margaret F. GIBBONS.
Spouse: Aaron LANE. Aaron LANE and Maudie Bell HASSLER were married.
Living.
Spouse: Living. Children were: Living, Living, Living.
Minnie A. HASSLER1116,1117,1118 was born in 1902.1117 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change] She died Deceased.1117
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Allen HARWELL. Allen HARWELL and Minnie A. HASSLER were married.
Minnie Grey HASSLER1074,1075 was born on Feb 2, 1869 in Tennessee.1074 She died on Apr 29, 1943 in Ol Nelson Cemetery, Overton Co., TN.1074 Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Isaac Roscoe"Tinker" GUNNELS. Children were: Audra GUNNELS, Walter GUNNELS, Milton GUNNELS.
Newton Larkin HASSLER98 was born on Jan 18, 1897 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Apr 21, 1988. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Spouse: Jimmie Lee GUNNELS. Newton Larkin HASSLER and Jimmie Lee GUNNELS were married on Oct 3, 1919. Children were: Curtis G. HASSLER.
Living. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Spouse: Living.
Oren Lee HASSLER98 was born on Jun 19, 1897 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Feb 15, 1985. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Reuben Wright HASSLER and Zeruah A. (Ruie) TOMPKINS.
Spouse: Leva Lena VOILES.
Oren Wilburn HASSLER98 was born on Jan 29, 1903 in Pickett County, Tennessee. He died on Feb 10, 1904. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: Scott Leroy HASSLER and Minnie Mae AMONETTE.
Osborn HASSLER1153,1154,1155 was born in 1901.1154 He died in 1901.1154 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE: Record Change]
This is a work in progress, not all family connections have been verified. I am grateful to the contributions made by others to the advancement of this project. Parents: Egbert Floyd HASSLER and Ferbia Lawrence TOMPKINS.
Reuben Wright HASSLER98,1156,1157 was born on Feb 17, 1866 in Tennessee. He died on Sep 13, 1951 in Pickett Co., TN. He was buried in Sims Cem., Pickett, Tennessee. Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Zeruah A. (Ruie) TOMPKINS. Children were: Willie D. HASSLER, Oren Lee HASSLER, Sarah E. HASSLER, Lula Mae HASSLER, Ethel HASSLER, Living.
Rufus Eugene HASSLER1158,1159 was born in Feb 1857.1158 He died on Nov 12, 1940.1158 Parents: David Larkin HASSLER and Sarah Elizabeth HAMBY.
Spouse: Margaret F. GIBBONS. Children were: Ellie HASSLER, Earley HASSLER, Maudie Bell HASSLER.
