Eugene Nathaniel Hawley 1872 - 1940

Eugene Nathaniel Hawley, son of Martin and Adelaide Hawley was born in Buffalo Grove, Iowa, January 4, 1872. At the age of four years he moved with his parents and brothers to Garnett, Kansas, where he resided until he died March 6, 1940 at age 68. He married May August Perry March 7, 1898. They had four children, two daughters and two sons. Both sons died at an early age. Francis, one of the sons, died tragically in a drowning accident on the day he was to graduate from high school.
SOURCE: Obituary

May Augusta Perry

Wife of Eugene Nathaniel

The Children

Eugene and May Augusta had four children. One died in infancy, and the other three surviving children were Faye, Esther and Francis. When Francis was 18 and to graduate from the local high school, he drowned in Cedar Creek (the day he was to graduate). NOTE: Both Faye and Esther lived to old age, and I was able to meet with Esther on a trip to Garnett, Kansas. She told me how her parents never recovered from the loss of Francis
Account of Francis' death from Garnett Newspaper
More detailed account of Francis' death from Garnett Newspaper
Fragmented pages - read left to right

Photos below: (l) Francis' gravesite and (r) Francis played and instrument as a freshman in high school.