Brief Life History of Asa Smith
When Asa Smith Hawley was born on 30 June 1835, in London Township, Middlesex, Upper Canada, British North America, his father, William John Hawley, was 31 and his mother, Elsa Ellis Smith, was 31. He married Mary Gazey Beers on 15 November 1854, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Elsinore, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1852. He died on 24 January 1917, in Central Valley, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Central Valley Cemetery, Central Valley, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Asa Hawly, "United States Census, 1870"
- Asa Hawley Birth: June 1835 - Canada Residence: 1900 - Elsinore town, Sevier, Utah, USA Wife: Mary Hawley Son: Earl Hawley
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Exploration of Southern Utah Led by Parley P. Pratt: Asa Smith Hawley was among the Company of Explorers
Exploration of Southern Utah Led by Parley P. Pratt Asa S. Hawley was among the Company of Explorers The route to California traveled by the Mormon scouts, explorers, and traders from 1847 to 1849 …
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