Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-03
OBITUARY,
4. ". uAwlry.

FREDERICK WILLIAM HAwLEY, an
old and highly respectable citizen of
Oltumwa. died at the old family
homestead and residence OF his moth
or. in this city, at s 80 \. NJ. yester-
day, the 3lst ultimo.
He was the son Of the late James
Hawley, Senior, and of Juliotto .Haw-
ley, who survives him, and was born
in Wayne county, New York. Decem-
her 18th. 1888. and consequently. was
nearly fortv-two years Of age al thc
time of his death. lie came to Or
tumwa with his parents in 1913, where
he has resided for the most part Of
the time since. In 1851 he went 10
California, overland, in company
wi h G. i. Blake, Ogg, Mcintyre,
all other Wapello county men, and
re NAMED there mining, and in other
pursuits with varying and fluctuat-
ing fortunes for some three years.
when he returned by water. He was
only seventeen years of age when he
left Ottumwa for the Pacific. but even
Ut that age he manifested the pluck
md decision Of character, which dis
inguished him throughout life. On
ais return, the vessel in which he was
4 passenger, to-wit: the Yankee
Blade, was wrecked of San Diego.
by running upon q coral reef and at
one time ii seemed to be Inevitable
that the whole ship load of over two
thousand souls, would go to the bot
tom. Gen +. N. Drake, of Center
vile. was Mr.. Hawley's fellow pas
senger. Fortunately for them, how
ever, a boat came to their rescue, and
every passenger was saved. He made
some money iii California, and di-
rectly after his return, became men,
Der Of his fathers house, under the
firm name Of James Hawley & Son.
He remained in this concern as a
member, under that name, until
James Hawlev, Jr., was taken in,
when it became James 1awley L
Sons. Subsequently the father re-
tired, when the style was changed TO
f. w. & j. Hawley. Jr., which con-
tinued as one Of the leading CONNER
cial houses in southeastern Iowa until
1879, when ii was dissolved on ac-
count of the falling health of the de-
ceased.
Fred contracted desperately bad
cold in riding from here TO Bloom.
field in the early part of the winter
of 1860 with Joe Chambers, in an
open buggy, TO take the cars from
there TO ST. Louis. that being then the
terminal point of the North Missouri
Railroad. He possessed an iron con-
stitution, however. and paid but lit
tie attention 10 this matter until al n
later period OF that winter. when il
developed into hemorrhage Of the
lungs, and this ultimately drified him
into hopeless consumption and death.
Perhaps no man ever fought that
unrelcnting disease with more heroic
pluck than did the subject OF this
sketch. He spent portion of The
winter Of 1S69-TO in Aiken, South
Carolina, and since then has been in
southern California every winter, and
would have been there this, had he
been able to go. He has struggled
manfully and against hope, apparent
ly, for years, and has lived at least
for four years past, in spite Of the
predictions Of his physicians here and
elsewhere, but the unequal struggle
ss.ess -.... i1sss -s-4~s
ind quiet death at his beloved home,
surrounded by his mother, brother,
sister, kindred, and friends, in the
midst Of all that could possibly tend
to mitigate the supposed horrors Of
lea,h.
Our dead friend had filled many
places Of honor and trust. and al
ways well. He was 4 Lieutenant in
Captain Cloutman's Ottumwa City
Guards when the war broke out, and
went with that lamentcd officer into
the service as Second Lieutenant in
the first company which enlisted from
here. lie served in OK" Company.
I'd Iowa Infantry. during the first
year OF the war, in Northern Missou-
ri, and on the Hannibal and ST. 10.
Il. r., but was compelled to resign to-
wards the close of 1851 on account of
failing health. He has frequently
been member Of our City Council,
and held the important position OF
Director OF the First National Bank
OF this city, almost from the day of
its organization to his death. Fred
Hawley was clear headed business
man, and \ strong and manful friend.
AiaS Ns@tIs AitiAVussh Al ieI5 iltIit CA"
pectcd, will I'll many hearts with sad
ness, and create general sympathy for
his afflicted family circle. His re-
mains were followed to their last
resting place in our beautiful Gene
terry. this afternoon, by large pro-
ccssion of sympathizing friends.
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