Biographical Note
Edwin F. Gaskill was born on February 3, 1882 in Kansas. He was an assistant agriculturalist at Massachusetts Agricultural College. He was married to
Florence Jones, who was born on October 23, 1887 in Pennsylvania. Her family was originally from Amherst, Massachusetts. Her mother was
Lessie Estelle Brown (1864-1929) and her father was Elisha Adams Jones (1858-1936).
Lessie Brown's parents were Mary Jane "Jennie" Broad (1839-1907) and
Perez R. Brown (1840-1925) and her aunt was
Anna M. Broad (1855-1921). Anna Broad never married and lived with her brother, Warren R. Broad, on Amherst Road in Leverett, Massachusetts. Mary Jane's and Anna's parents were
Parsons Broad (1811-1866) and Miriam Fairbanks Reed (1815-1903).
Please note: Those persons whose names appear for the first time in
bold are represented in the collection.