Charles Ready Haskell was killed in the Goliad massacre. There is a town and a county, both named Haskell in Texas named after him.1
Haskell was a native of Tennessee.2
References
References
- Roell, Craig H. "HASKELL, CHARLES READY". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 152.