Ercel L. Hasley 1988 Ercel L. Hasley, 78, of Marietta Rt. 6 died Monday morning, Feb. 29, in Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born June 17, 1909, in Newport Township to Wesley and Maude Smith Hasley. He had lived in Newport Township before moving to Palmer Square, where he managed the Frank Christy farm. He moved to the Jennings Hill area 20 years ago. He had been employed at Remington Rand until 1947 and later was employed at Union Carbide Metals until his retirement. He was a member of Evergreen Bible Church. He married Mary Thomas, who preceded him in death. Three sons from this marriage, Lloyd, Larry and Loren Hasley, also are deceased. On Jan. 27, 1945, he married the former Pauline Roe Radcliffe, who survives with one son, Robert E. Sr. of Marietta; two daughters, Mrs. Henry (Nancy) Lauderman and Mrs. Robert (Susan) Bellville, both of Marietta; 21 grandchildren; five great- grandchildren; and two sisters, Gladys Robbins of Marietta and Opal Dixon of Colorado Springs, Cob. He also was preceded in death by four brothers, Dale, Vance, Coy and Dean; and two sisters, Nona Hasley and Twila Wenzel. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in McClure-Schafer Funeral Home with the Rev. Gale Lauderman officiating. Burial will be in Valley Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington County Heart Branch, P.O. Box 117, Marietta. Charles Haskell Taken from the History of Washington County by H Z Williams Pg 572-573             The drowning of Charles Haskell is perhaps the most remarkable and the saddest case of this kind on record. Charles Haskell was, at the time of his tragic death, a respected citizen and a prominent member of the Baptist church. He resided next to the river where he had his store. Saturday, July 23, 1831, he observed that some boats that he had secured to the Ohio shore were being blown by the wind towards the Virginia side. Without a second thought he plunged into the river, and his wife happening to come to the door for a moment, saw him swimming towards the boat. Having confidence in her husband's strength, she went into the house, but upon looking towards the river shortly afterwards she was horrified by the non-appearance of her husband, and the terrible thought was at once suggested that he had sank under the cruel water. This proved too true. It is supposed that he was seized with cramps while trying to get the boat, and thus met a watery grave. A long search in the vicinity failed to discover any trace of the drowned man, and it was not until the third day that the body was found in the river at a pint opposite Marietta. At the time of his death, Mr. Hasekel was clerk of the Baptist Church, and it is recorded that Charles Little was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of their beloved brother.