Coburn Haskell (1868 - 1922)

Born 31 Dec 1868 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Died 14 Apr 1922 at age 53 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Coburn Haskell is Notable.

Inventor of the modern golf ball. It revolutionized the game. From Wikipedia:

The next breakthrough in golf ball development came in 1898. Coburn Haskell of Cleveland, Ohio had driven to nearby Akron, Ohio for a golf date with Bertram Work, the superintendent of the B.F. Goodrich Company. While he waited in the plant for Work, Haskell picked up some rubber thread and wound it into a ball. When he bounced the ball, it flew almost to the ceiling. Work suggested Haskell put a cover on the creation, and that was the birth of the 20th century wound golf ball that would soon replace the guttie bramble ball. The new design became known as the rubber Haskell golf ball. For decades, the wound rubber ball consisted of a liquid-filled or solid round core that was wound with a layer of rubber thread into a larger round inner core and then covered with a thin outer shell made of balata sap. The balata is a tree native to Central and South America and the Caribbean. The tree is tapped and the soft, viscous fluid released is a rubber-like material similar to gutta-percha, which was found to make an ideal cover for a golf ball.

Sources

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8R8-JQ5 : 8 December 2014), Mary Coburn in entry for Coburn Haskell, 14 Dec 1922; citing Bratenahl, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference fn 62609; FHL microfilm 1,992,072.

• Find A Grave Memorial 68732367

• "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXZJ-5XF : 1 March 2016), Haskell, 31 Dec 1868, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #5635, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,071.

• U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
• US Census 1910, 1920