Brief Life History of Mary Sophia
When Mary Sophia Hawley was born on 28 September 1844, in Ada, Idaho, United States, her father, Cyrus Benjamin Hawley, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Eliza Smith, was 31. She married Richard Wesley Phillips on 19 January 1862, in Yamhill, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dayton, Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1860 and Oregon, United States in 1870. She died on 4 April 1875, at the age of 30, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Bethel, Polk, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Mary Holly in household of Silas B Holly, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Hawley, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Marry Hawley, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries - 1848: Yamhill, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory, United States; 1848: Yamhill, Oregon Territory, United States; 1859: Yamhill, Oregon, United States
1854
Earliest Known Grave: Rebecca Jane “Becky” McConnell Doak BIRTH 19 Sep 1821 Pike County, Missouri, USA DEATH Mar 1854 (aged 32) Polk County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Bethel Cemetery Bethel, Polk County, Oregon, USA PLOT Unmarked MEMORIAL ID 152948252 She died on their Donation Land Claim, in March 1854. Family lore states that she was buried there in an now unmarked grave.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place called Hawley in Sheffield (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse haugr ‘hill, burial mound’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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