Charles C Hascall

Charles Chandler Hascall was a prominent American newspaper publisher and politician born on November 7, 1796, in Peru, Massachusetts. After his father's death, he and his brother were adopted by their uncle Jeremiah, leading to his name being recorded as Charles Chandler. He served in the War of 1812 and later moved to Michigan Territory in 1819, where he established a hotel in Auburn by 1825. Hascall held various public offices, including justice of the peace in Pontiac Township from 1827 to 1829 and township clerk in 1829 and 1830. Despite complaints in 1828, Territorial Governor Lewis Cass did not remove him. He represented Oakland County on the Territorial Council from 1832 to 1835 and was elected as a Democrat to the Michigan Senate for its inaugural term from 1835 to 1837. In 1836, Hascall moved to Genesee County and was appointed receiver of public monies, resigning his senate seat on July 26, 1836. He was removed in 1842 but reappointed by President Polk in March 1845. Militarily, he served as a major general in the state militia, commanded the Oakland Cavalry during the Black Hawk War, and led a division during the Toledo War, though it saw no combat. Hascall was involved in infrastructure development, contracting for railroad construction in Genesee County from 1838 to 1839. He was a commissioner for several railroad and road projects, including the Pontiac and Genesee Railroad (1846), Port Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad (1847), and two plank road companies in 1848. He began ...