Walter Hawley
Walter Martin Hawley, son of Martin Gilbert Hawley and Adelaide Amanda Richardson was
born in Lawton, Michigan, March 14, 1864 and died June 1st, 1929 in Garnett, Kansas.
At the age of four years he moved to Independence, Iowa with his parents where they resided nine years.
The family moved to Garnett, Kansas in 1877. He married Louie Stillwell November 29, 1883.
PHOTO left: Walter and Louie with the girls, Bertha and Myrtle
Article from the Garnett Review
1929 - Walter Hawley died Saturday moring at his home in Union Township at the age of sixty-five years.
Mr Hawley came to this county in 1877, when his parents, Martin Hawley and his wife, purchased a farm home on
the south line of Union Township. Walter Hawley and Louie Stillwell were married in 1883. The deceased is survived by
his wife, one son, two daughters and three brothers. Interment was in the Garnett Cemetery.
Louie Stillwell Hawley
Wife of Walter
Mary Lou Stillwell was born February 25, 1867 and died March 17, 1959. She was born in Randolph County, Indiana
and died in Garnett Kansas. After her first husband Walter died, she married Frank Lambert.
PHOTO right: Louie in her later years
WALTER MARTIN and Louie Stillwell had the following children:
- Bertha
- Myrtle
- LLOYD HOWARD married Emma Skeens
- Guy died in infancy
- Opal Hawley
MORE PHOTOS
Small note found in Louie's bible |
Family trip to California in 1947 (Louie has hat on) |
Louie on left - not sure who she is with |
Louie with Calvin Hawley in background |
With second husband Frank Lambert (she is buried next to him in the Garnett Cemetery) I wonder if this is the same house she and Walter lived in? |
PHOTOS and SITES
The home in Lawton, Michigan where Walter was born
Look under Michigan, Martin and Adelaide home
Homestead Photos in Garnett, Kansas
Louie Hawley's Gravesite
More about Garnett, Kansas
DOCUMENTS
Death Records
Walter Hawley Obituary
Walter Hawley Funeral Record
Louie Hawley's Funeral Record
Census
Census Records
Land Records
Plat Map of Garnett/Lincoln Kansas 1901
This maps shows how Walter, his brothers and father had land next to each other