When James Ephraim Hawley was born on 2 February 1840, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, William John Hawley, was 36 and his mother, Elsa Ellis Smith, was 35. He married Susan Amanda McArthur on 13 January 1861, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 8 January 1863, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1841: Henderson, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
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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