The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Levant Emery HackIey
Celebrated the Golden AnniVer-
sary of Their Marriage.
TREDWAY FAMILY HOLD REUNION
Twenty-fo four of the Survivors of a Famous
American Family Gather Round the
Banquet Table at the Southern.

homestead at the little village of Gen
esee, Waukesha county, Wisconsin,
occurred the marriage of Miss Eliza
beth Tredway and Levant Emery
Hackley, and today a the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Hack1ey in this city three
generations of the Hack1ey family
gathered to celebrate the golden ami
versary of this wedding and to recall
some of the history connected with the
Hackley family which is one of the
best known in the Northwest.
In connection with the celebration
of the wedding anniversary and of
equal interest is the reunion of the
w. w. Tredway family. This is one
of the oldest and best known of the
colonial families in America, and
while the members of the family had
lived on American soil for more than
three centuries no reunion of the mem
bers had ever been held until they
gathered round the banquet table at
the Southern Hotel here this afternoon.
In honor of the celebration of the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Hack
beautifully decorated and the old coat
of arms of the Hack1ey family occupied
a prominent place among the decora-
tons. In another portion of the home
the coat of arms of the Tredway FAM
way family had been set up and about
it the members of the family, some of
whom had never met before, passed
their greetings.
During the morning hours Mr.. and
Mrs. Hackley held a reception, at
which many Of their friends called to
extend congratulations There was no
repetition of the marriage ceremony
performed half a century ago on &C
count of the fact that the Rev. Charles
Camp, one of the pioneer ministers of
Wisconsin who had performed the cere-
mony, was now far away and he
could not be brought to Kenosha for
the reunion.
Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
and wife for fifty years, both are still
hale and hearty. Mr.. Hack1ey is in
his seventy-ffth year, while Mrs.
Hack1ey is three years younger.
During these fifty years Mr.. and
Mrs. Hack1ey have been residents of
several cities. After their wedding
they remained for three years in Gen
esee after which they removed to
Lewiston, N. Y, where they resided
until 1865, when they returned to
GAINESVILLE, Wis, where Mr.. Hack1ey
went into business. They removed to
Winona, Mimi, in 1879, and remained
there until 1886, when they removed to
Chicago, where they resided until 1895,
at which time they came to Kenosha
to spend the declining years of their
life. Mr.. Hack1ey is one of the best
known and oldest active druggists in
Wisconsin, and he occupies a high
place among the business men Of
Southern Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hack1ey have four child
rem and all of them were present a the
celebration today. The members of
the Hackley family present at the re-
union were Alderman Manning 7.
Hackley, wife and two sons, of Chica-
go, William L. Haclley, wife, son and
daughter, of Kenosha, Edward Hack
ley, of Chicago, and Miss Ella Hack
ley, of Kenosha.
At three O'Clock this afternoon the
members of the two families gathered
at the Southern hotel where a banquet
was served, three generations Of each
family being represented. The tables
were arranged with the co1ors of the
two families forming the decorations
and during the afternoon toasts were
responded to by different members of
the family.
Mr.. H. E. Tredway, of Dubuque,
Iowa, read an interesting history of
the Tredway family showing that the
family had come to America from Lon
don, England. in 1888, and had settled
in Watertown, Mass. The family
took leading part in the early trou
b1es of colonial times and number of
the members took an important part
in the wars with King Phillip and
other colonial wars. One of the sons
reached high place in the colonial
army. When the war of the revo1u |
ton broke out there were nine of the |
boys fitted for service on the field and |
FIVE of them followed the campaigns of |
in the many battles which |
esta blished the independence of the
united colonies. ALI of the boys |
gained distinction as members of the
American army during the revolution.
In later years the survivors of the
family removed to the West and as
sisted in the battles of the pioneers in
opening the new country to civi1iza-
ton.
The survivors of the noted family
met today for the first time and of the
forty remaining members of the family
.wenty-four were present around the
banquet table.
Among the members of the Tredway
family present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Tredway, of ST. Louis, Mo-,
md their daughters; Mrs. Arthur
e r H. NJ. 1