Winfield S Hasty
Rank: Pvt Co: A Age: 18 Residence: Limerick Birthplace: Limerick Occupation: farmer
Married/Single: S Height: 5' 8 Eyes: Bl Hair: Br Complexion: F
Hasty Plot, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco
WINFIELD SCOTT HASTY was born in Limerick, Maine on 12 Dec 1844 [ME Death Rec], the son of Oliver S and Mercy Jane (Strout) Hasty. He died in Portland, Maine on 2 May 1919, aged 74yrs, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco.
He was married, prior to the 1870 census, to SARAH AUGUSTA DURGIN. The daughter of Obadiah and Lydia H (Gowen) Durgin, she was born in Saco, ME ca 1850 (**see note below). She died in Portland, ME on 24 Feb 1906, aged 56 yrs, 11 mos, 3 das, from nephritis, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco [ME Death Rec].
Winfield, if his birth date is correct on death record, was a few months shy of 18 years old when he enlisted. He was a farmer at that time. He then moved to Saco, Maine (after 1866), where he worked first as a teamster and ice man. By 1880, he had a grocery store on Main St (W S Hasty & Co), but left that to become the Saco city marshal, and shortly following, a deputy for the US Marshal department in Portland. He and his family moved up to Portland in 1900, where he remained until his death. In his latter years, he served as a court messenger.
Winfield was a member and an officer of the I.O.O.F., and was a charter member of the Fred Gurney GAR Post in Saco, where he served for a time as an officer. He also attended the 27th Maine Regimental Association reunions, and was a secretary/treasurer [1910 reunion report].
Winfield and Augusta (Sarah used her middle name) had one known child, a daughter (without the 1900 census data, not certain if they had more than 1 child, though only one seen throughout censuses):
He was married, prior to the 1870 census, to SARAH AUGUSTA DURGIN. The daughter of Obadiah and Lydia H (Gowen) Durgin, she was born in Saco, ME ca 1850 (**see note below). She died in Portland, ME on 24 Feb 1906, aged 56 yrs, 11 mos, 3 das, from nephritis, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco [ME Death Rec].
Winfield, if his birth date is correct on death record, was a few months shy of 18 years old when he enlisted. He was a farmer at that time. He then moved to Saco, Maine (after 1866), where he worked first as a teamster and ice man. By 1880, he had a grocery store on Main St (W S Hasty & Co), but left that to become the Saco city marshal, and shortly following, a deputy for the US Marshal department in Portland. He and his family moved up to Portland in 1900, where he remained until his death. In his latter years, he served as a court messenger.
Winfield was a member and an officer of the I.O.O.F., and was a charter member of the Fred Gurney GAR Post in Saco, where he served for a time as an officer. He also attended the 27th Maine Regimental Association reunions, and was a secretary/treasurer [1910 reunion report].
Winfield and Augusta (Sarah used her middle name) had one known child, a daughter (without the 1900 census data, not certain if they had more than 1 child, though only one seen throughout censuses):
i. FLORA L HASTY, born 30 Nov 1872 in Saco, Maine [obit]; died 6 Oct 1947 [Portland Press Herald, 10/8/1947] and buried in Forest City Cemetery, South Portland. She married first, on 22 Dec 1900 in Portland [ME Marr], to THOMAS J LANG of Saco. They divorced, and she secondly married, on 18 June 1909 in Portland [ME Marr], to JOHN W BEMAN. The son of William E and Hannah F (Batson) Beman, he was born ca 1861. He died in Portland on 8 Jan 1948 [Portland Press Herald, 1/9/1948]. He was a barber and they lived in Portland. Of note: in Flora's obit, it mentions a "sister", Emma Bradford of New Boston, NH. This was actually her sister-in-law.
Flora had a daughter by her 1st husband (John Beman also had children by his 1st wife):
1. Winfield M Lang (aka Winfield M Beman, Winfield Scott Beman), b. 22 Jan 1902 in Portland, ME [MA Mason Member Card]; d. 8 June 1966 in Cumberland [ME Death Index]. Marr. to Jean Stewart, b. Charlottetown, PEI on 11 Dec 1899 [SSDI], d. 1 Mar 1968 in Augusta, ME [Springfield Union, 3/4/1968]. They lived in Springfield, MA, where they both worked for the Springfield Union newspaper. He retired from there in 1960 as editor, moving back to Maine with his wife to Cumberland Center, ME. They didn't have any children.
Flora had a daughter by her 1st husband (John Beman also had children by his 1st wife):
1. Winfield M Lang (aka Winfield M Beman, Winfield Scott Beman), b. 22 Jan 1902 in Portland, ME [MA Mason Member Card]; d. 8 June 1966 in Cumberland [ME Death Index]. Marr. to Jean Stewart, b. Charlottetown, PEI on 11 Dec 1899 [SSDI], d. 1 Mar 1968 in Augusta, ME [Springfield Union, 3/4/1968]. They lived in Springfield, MA, where they both worked for the Springfield Union newspaper. He retired from there in 1960 as editor, moving back to Maine with his wife to Cumberland Center, ME. They didn't have any children.
Additional Source Data:
1850 Limerick, York, ME census: hh 80/83; age 3, with Oliver and Jane L Hasty
1860 Limerick, ME census (pg 55): hh 417/437; age 15, with O.S. and Jane Hasty
1870 Saco, ME census (pg 81): hh 635/710; age 25, a teamster
1870 Saco St Dir: an iceman, bds 30 Water
1880 Saco, ME census (pg 4): hh 43/52; liv 15 Temple St., a retail grocer
1886 Saco Street Directory (pg 271): worked as policeman, h. 56 Elm
1890 Veteran Schedule: Saco, no disability
1899 Portland, ME St Dir: deputy US marshal, h at Saco
1900 - can not find - [checked Saco and Portland]
1900 Portland St Dir: h. 18 Walnut [checked this street in census, was not there]
1910 Portland Wrd-2 (pg 5B): liv 160 Cumberland St
** For Augusta (Durgin) Hasty, her age at death puts birth at 21 Mar 1849, but as she is not with her parents in the 1850 census, this date could be wrong.
1850 Limerick, York, ME census: hh 80/83; age 3, with Oliver and Jane L Hasty
1860 Limerick, ME census (pg 55): hh 417/437; age 15, with O.S. and Jane Hasty
1870 Saco, ME census (pg 81): hh 635/710; age 25, a teamster
1870 Saco St Dir: an iceman, bds 30 Water
1880 Saco, ME census (pg 4): hh 43/52; liv 15 Temple St., a retail grocer
1886 Saco Street Directory (pg 271): worked as policeman, h. 56 Elm
1890 Veteran Schedule: Saco, no disability
1899 Portland, ME St Dir: deputy US marshal, h at Saco
1900 - can not find - [checked Saco and Portland]
1900 Portland St Dir: h. 18 Walnut [checked this street in census, was not there]
1910 Portland Wrd-2 (pg 5B): liv 160 Cumberland St
** For Augusta (Durgin) Hasty, her age at death puts birth at 21 Mar 1849, but as she is not with her parents in the 1850 census, this date could be wrong.