Rebecca Adams[1]
1814 - 1896 (81 years)-
Name Rebecca Adams Gender Female Birth 14 Oct 1814 Ohio, USA Died 3 Jul 1896 Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, USA Buried Success Cemetery, Olive Township, Meigs County, Ohio, USA Notes birth & death dates confirmed w/ cemetery headstone records
Married: by Martin Adams 12 MAR 1835 in Jefferson Co., Ohio (Rootsweb)
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Birth: Oct. 14, 1814, USA
Death: Jul. 3, 1896 Meigs County Ohio, USA
Probably the daughter of John and Elizabeth Johnson Adams, although there is some evidence her father was a Jacob Adams.
May 12, 1835 she married William Milnor Hawley; children, Benjamin, John, Sophia, Elizabeth, James, Samuel, Rebecca, Martha, William, David.
Obituary: The Democrat, Pomeroy, Ohio, Wednesday July 15, 1896, p2. Mrs. Rebecca (Adams)Hawley, was born Oct. 18th, 1814, departed this life July 3d, 1896, aged 81 years, 8 months, and 15 days. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom are living. The oldest being 61 and the youngest 38 years of age. She was a member of the Church of Christ for many years. She has gone to meet her husband who proceded [sic] six months to that better land beyond where partings are no more. Funeral services July 4th at the Christian Church conducted by Elder J. W. Hannum after which the remains were laid to rest in the Success Cemetery
Asleep in Jesus; Blessed sleep! From which none ever wakes to weep
A calm and undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by its last of foes.
Asleep in Jesus; O how sweet!
To be for such a slumber meet,
With Holy confidence to sing,
That Death hast lost its venomed sting.
Albert A. Cowdery
Obituary: The Leader, Pomeroy, Ohio, July 9, 1896. p5. Mrs. Rebecca Hawley, of Fayal [a town which no longer exists], a well known and highly respected lady, widow of the late Wm. Hawley, died Friday morning after a lingering illness, aged 82 years. Six sons and four daughters survive her, the youngest being forty years old. There had never been a death in the family until Mr. Hawley died last winter. The funeral was held at Success Saturday, Elder Hannum officiating.
Obituary: Tribune Telegraph, Wednesday July 15, 1896 p6. Pomeroy OH
dateline: Fayal O.
Mrs. Wm. Hawley, an aged and respected lady died at her home at Fayal, July 3. The funeral services took place Saturday at Pleasant Grove, after which the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery. She was over eighty-two years of age and the mother of ten children, all of whom are living. She was a member of the Christian Church.
Family links:
Children: Elizabeth Mary Reed (1842 - 1927)* Samuel K. Hawley (1846 - 1918)* Rebecca A. Hawley Reed (1849 - 1916)* William Emery Hawley (1854 - 1926)* David Rush Hawley (1858 - 1926)*
Spouse: William Milnor Hawley (1812 - 1896)*
Burial: Success Cemetery Meigs County Ohio, USA
From Rootsweb: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1803508&id=I653999263
"there is a Meigs Co Probate Record for John Adams et al to David Hannum et al which lists Jacob Adams, his spouse Susannah, Wm Hawley, Rebecca Hawley, J.Q. Adams, Emily [Peoples] Adams, John Torrence, Elizabeth Torrence, William Torrence, Margaret Torrence, Joseph McDole, Sarah McDole, Harvey Neff, Margery Neff, James A Shane, Mary Shane. The Shanes are not listed as grantors. [I think the Shanes are in Jefferson Co]. Tracking this probate back may lead to Rebecca's family."
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Parents
Father John Adams (ID:I500027)
b. 16 Dec 1788, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 31 Oct 1879, Chester Township, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 90 years)Mother Elizabeth Johnson (ID:I500028)
b. 25 Jan 1793, Pennsylvania, USA
d. 25 Mar 1869, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)Marriage 9 Sep 1813 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA -
Family
Husband William Milnor Hawley (ID:I500048)
b. 11 Jul 1812, Manchester, Adams County, Ohio, USA
d. 12 Jan 1896, Noble, Olive Twp, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)Marriage 13 Mar 1835 Jefferson County, Ohio, USA Children 1. Benjamin Franklin Hawley (ID:I500050)
b. 2 Apr 1836, Olive, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
d. 1 Oct 1913, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)2. John Adams Hawley (ID:I500051)
b. 28 Jul 1838, Ohio, USA
d. 10 Jun 1921, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)3. Sophia Jane Hawley (ID:I500049)
b. 10 Jan 1840, Ohio, USA
d. 13 Jan 1906 (Age 66 years)4. Elizabeth Mary Hawley (ID:I500052)
b. 17 Feb 1842, Ohio, USA
d. 4 Apr 1927 (Age 85 years)5. James Ripley Hawley (ID:I500053)
b. 5 May 1844, Olive, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
d. 22 Nov 1921, Long Bottom, Meigs County, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)6. Samuel K. Hawley (ID:I500054)
b. 17 Jul 1846, Jefferson County, Ohio, USA
d. 11 May 1918, Odin, Marion County, Illinois, USA (Age 71 years)7. Rebecca Ann Hawley (ID:I500055)
b. 31 Mar 1849
d. 16 Apr 1916, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas, USA (Age 67 years)8. Esh Hawley (ID:I500056)
b. 18509. Martha E. Hawley Barrett (ID:I500057)
b. 7 Jun 1852, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
d. 14 Feb 1934, Ostrander, Delaware County, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years) -
Other Personal Events
Siblings 3 brothers and 3 sisters -
Event Map
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Source Citations
- [MH-Peattie] Rick Peattie, MH - Peattie Web Site, (MyHeritage), 16 Sep 2017, Rebecca Hawley (born Adams) (Reliability: 3).
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