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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
The ancestry of the Longleys who settled in Hawley is traced back to William Longley, who was Town Clerk of Groton in 1666. His son Wil- .iam was also Town Clerk and, with his family, was massacred by In- dians, July 27, 1694. Col. Edmund Longley was one of the first settlers of Hawley, a man of great dignity and gallantry; his influence in the af - fairs of the town was a great value. He was Justice of the Peace, and for thirteen consecutive terms represented the town in the Legislature. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, commanding a Regiment un- der Gen Washington. He also commanded a Regiment under Gen. Shep- ard, who put down Shay's Rebellion. He received an annual pension from the Government of $296. 00. It was said when a five dollar bill was found in the church collection that it was known to be "Col. 's pension money." He knew he was held in great esteem in the town and attempted to con- duct himself accordingly. Not until he was a very elderly man did he tell of one of the times when he had yielded to temptation and been guilty of conduct which would have been frowned upon in his day. He was a great lover of horses. On one occassion there was to be a race between two horses on the highway in town and it was to be public. Col. Longley want- ed to see the race, but he knew it would not do for him to be seen there. When it was about time for the race, he started alone through the woods to a point near where it was to be held, and climbed a tree, from which point he watched the race. The next Sabbath Parson Grout preached a very scathing sermon about the sins of horse racing and denounced em- phatically anyone who would attend one.
His eldest son, Gen. Thomas Longley, was also the leading man in Hawley for many years. He likewise was a man of great dignity and gra- ciousness. He often represented the town in the General Court at Boston. The last time he represented Hawley in the Legislature the following in- cident occurred: Mr. Phineas L. Page, a lawyer in Pittsfield, happen- ed to be in Boston. He wrote as follows: "I sent my name to Gen. Long- ley in the House of Representatives, and he immediately came to the door and invited me to a seat near him. It was not long before he rose and
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made one of his characteristic speeches, condensed, strongly delivered and effective. The Pittsfield Representative told me that he was one of the most influential members of the House". During the War of 1812 Gen. Thomas Longley was placed in command of a Regiment of Infantry draft- ed from the northern part of the old County of Hampshire, now Frank- lin Co., with orders to march to Boston to protect the coast from inva- sion.
Mrs. Jerusha King, wife of Ezra King, was a representative of one of the oldest families in Hawley. Her grandfather, Thomas King, came in- to town in the spring of 1772. She was a direct descendant on her mater- nal side of Gain Robinson, a clergyman who emigrated in 1682, being his great-granddaughter. At the age of eighteen she m. Ezra King, there- by not changing her name, and became the mother of fifteen children. She was a life-long resident of Hawley, having lived at one place forty years. "Aunt" Jerusha's cordial hospitality was extended to all -- friends, relatives and strangers.
One of the most noted women who resided in Hawley was known as "Widow Taylor". Her husband, Jeremiah Taylor, was asea captain. They emigrated from Yarmouth in 18 03 with their son, Oliver, then two years old, after which several children were born to them. Mr. Taylor died in the prime of life, leaving his family in limited means. The widow was possessed of eminent piety and desired to give her children religious as well as secular training. Her home was several miles from the only Sabbath services held in town, and it is recorded that on several occa- sions she went with her children on Saturday afternoon to the home of a friend in the vicinity of the meeting-house, that she might be in readi- ness on the following Sabbath. She carefully trained her four sons to be- come ministers of the Gospel. See 'Natives Abroad'.
Gershom West, who settled where Mr. Clemons later lived, is sup- posed to have kept the first retail store in town.
Esther Wood, who became the wife of Zimri Longley, kept the first school in a barn built by Thomas King. It was the first framed barn to be built in town and was built before the incorporation of the town. When it was raised the help was insufficient, and several women assisted. The last record of this barn to be found states it was still standing in 1887.
Rufus Sears came from Dennis with Joseph Bangs at the age of eleven years and lived to advanced years in Hawley. At various times he served as Deacon of both churches in town, had a strongly-marked religious character, and held the respect of all who knew him. During the last of his life he used to stand in the pulpit beside the minister during ser - vices, on account of deafness. He lived to see the burial of his name- sake, a grandson had grown to manhood.
Extract fro- etter written by Simeon Crittenden, Jr., at Hawley, ister, Lucretia Crittenden Rogers of Sheldon,
April 29, 182
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Gennessee Co., N. Y. :
'] have made small clocks for some years past. What are they worth now in Sheldon? (Refers to shelf clocks. ) I have moved from Mr. Wood's to the Parker House, from there to the Leonard house and from there to Uncle Oliver's house (Edgerton) where we now live and I now set at my desk awriting in Old G randma Nims' bedroom and two fine little daughters lie in the trundle hed by my side and Grandma Crittenden and Esther are in the other room talking and Caroline in the cradle and George asleep in the other room. I own the place where I live and the Parker pasture and the sawmill, make clocks some, tend sawmill and carry on my farm, full of business. My health is better than it used to be. Mr. Grout is all broken down. We expect to settle a minister by the name cf Thatcher. He is a very smart man. Religion runs low here, a great deal of spec- ulation, new measures and new divinity in abundance.'
Zebedee Wood seems to have been the pioneer, as he came to spy out the land in May, 1774. A diary which he kept during his journey shows that he was gone about 23 days, and his travelling expenses were 17 shil- lings, 6 pence and 2 farthings, or about $4.25, and the distance covered by the round trip was 243 miles. He was a farmer, tanner and shoe- maker, and his wife was a tailoress. She was also for several years the only person in town who acted a s a physician. On one occasion her ser- vices were wanted in a family at Pudding Hollow, some two miles dis- tant. The snow was very deep, there was no road, and travelling was impracticable. A spruce tree was cut, the top cut off, on which she was was drawn by several men, and rendered the necessary aid. Mr. Wood settled on the place later occupied by Frank Simpson, and built a log house and a small tannery a short distance west of where Mr. Simpson later lived. In the summer of 1785 he built the house on the place which was later occupied by Mr. Simpson. His barn was built in 1784. He was for several years clerk of No. 7, the name by which the town was called before its incorporation. He was one of the minute men who responded to the call of Gen. Stark, and assisted in defeating Col. Baum at the battle of Bennington, on the 16th of August, 1777.
"SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HAWLEY."
The first reunion of the "Sons and Daughters of Hawley" was held in 1900. The second annual reunion was held by invitation on the grounds of Mrs. Frank Hillman, July 30, 1901. There were about fifty people pres- ent. The grounds were illuminated with Chinese lantern's. The tables were spread with all the good things to eat. Greetings were exchanged, old time friendships were renewed. After the collation, the meeting was called to order-by Mr. Fred Hillman. He thought it best to form a per- manent organization, and af ter some discussion it was voted. The follow- ing officers were chosen:
President, Mr. Frank Hillman.
Sect. and Treas. Helen C. Beals.
Executive Committee, Emma Hubbard, George C. Kellogg, Geor-
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geanna Hillman, Herbert Parker and Asher Sprague.
The officers for the subsequent years, and the location of the meetings, were as follows:
1902 - Pres. Mr. Frank Hillman, Sec. and Treas. Helen C. Beals, at home of Herbert Gould.
1903 - ". Mr. W.N. Doane of Florence, Sec. and Treas. at the home of Mr. Doane at Florence.
1904 - "1. Mr. W. N. Doane, sec. and Treas. Helen C. Beals at Cosmian Hall.
1905 - ". Mr. W.N. Doane, Sec. and Treas. Mr. Wm. G. Atkins, at Parson's Hall.
1906 - ". Mr. Charles S. Clark, Sec. Mr. Wm. G. Atkins, Treas. Mr. George C. Kellogg, at home of Mr. Charles S. Clark at Florence.
1907 - Mr. C.S. Clark, Sec. Mrs. Florence B. Bissell, Treas. Mr. G.C. Kellogg, home of Mr. Her- bert L. Gould.
1908 - ". Mr. C.S. Clark, Sec. Mrs. Bissell, Treas. Mr. G. C. Kellogg, at Laurel Park in Northampton.
1909 - ". Mr. C.S. Clark, Sec. Mrs. Bissell, Treas. Mr. G. C. Kellogg, at Laurel Park in Northampton.
1910 - Mr. J. H. Houston of Hawley, Sec. Mrs. Bissell, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at Park.
1911 - Mr. Houston, Sec. Mrs. Bissell, Treas. Mr. Kel- logg, at Laural Park.
1912 - ". Mr. W. N. Doane, Sec, Mrs. E. H. Anderson, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at Laurel Park.
1913 - ". Mr. W.N. Doane, Sec. Mrs. E. H. Anderson, Treas. Mr. Kellogg of Florence, at Congregational Chapel at Florence.
1914 - "1. Mr. Doane, Sec. Mrs. Anderson, Treas. Mr. Kel- logg, at Laurel Park.
1915 - ". Mr. L. L. Campbell of Northampton, Sec. Cora E. Parker of Northampton, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at Board of Trade rooms at Northampton.
1916 - Pres. Mrs. Frank Hillman of East Longmeadow, Sec. Miss Amy Gould, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at Moun- tain Park, Northampton.
1917 - 11. Mrs. Frank Hillman, Sec. Miss Amy Gould, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at home of Mr. Frank Hillman ai Amherst.
1918 - ". Mrs. Frank Hillman, Sec. Mr. E. J. Carrier of Charlemont, Treas. Mr. Kellogg, at Hawley Church, Hawley.
1919 - ". Mrs. Charles Hawkes of Charlemont, Sec. Mr. Carrier, Treas. Mr. Eugene Hubbard, at Haw- ley Church.
1920 - ". Mrs. Charles Hawkes, Sec. Mr. Carrier, Treas,
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Will Hubbard of Florence, at Laurel Park, North- ampton.
1921 - ". Mrs. Paulins S. Anderson of Northampton, Sec. Mrs. Charles W. Hawkes of Charlemont, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard, at Hawley Church.
1922 - Mrs. Pauline Anderson, Sec. Mrs. Charles Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard, at Hawley Church. 1923 - Mr. Charles W. Seymour of New York City, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. Hubbard, at Haw- ley Church.
1924 - Mr. Charles Seymour, Sec. Mrs. Charles Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard, at Hawley Church, 1925 - Mr. Edward L. Eldridge, Sec. Mrs. Charles Haw- kes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, at Hawley Church. 1926 Mr. Edward L. Eldridge of Shelburne Falls, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard, at Hawley Church.
1927 - Mr. Herbert L. Gould of Buckland, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard, at Hawley Church.
1928 - No reunion was held, owing to an epidemic of sep- tic sore throat at Hawley.
1929 - Mr. H. L. Gould, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, at Hawley church.
1930 - ". Mr. Melvin White of West Hawley, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, at West Haw- ley Church, West Hawley.
1931 - Mr. Melvin White, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, at Hawley Church.
1932 - Mr. Melvin White, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, Hawley Church.
1933
Mr. Melvin White, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, Hawley Church.
1934 - 11
Mr. Wilbur Parker of Northampton, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W.O. Hubbard at Hawley Church.
1935 -
Mr. Parker, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. W. Hubbard, at Hawley Church.
1936 -Pres. Mr. Parker, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mrs. W. Hubbard, at West Hawley Church in West Hawley.
1937 Mr. W. Parker, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. Horace Warfield of Charlemont, at Haw- ley Church, Hawley.
1938 - Mr. W. Parker, Sec. Mrs. C. Hawkes, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield. at Hawley Ch.
1939 - " Mr. Halbert Dodge of Buckland, Sec. Mrs. Flo- rence Holden, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield, at Haw- ley Church, Hawley.
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1940 - Mr. H. C. Dodge, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield, at Hawley Church.
1941 - Mr. H. C. Dodge, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, den, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield, at Hawley Church. 1942 - Mr. Wilbur E. Parker, Sec. Mrs. Florence Hol- den, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield, at Hawley Church.
1943 - 11 No reunion was held, due to gasoline restrictions during World War II.
1944 -
Mr. W. E. Parker, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, Treas. Mr. H. Warfield, at Hawley Church.
1945 - Mrs. Leon Alvord of Ashfield, Sec. Mrs. Flo- rence Holden, Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden of Hawley, at Hawley Church.
1946 - Mr. Herbert Gould of Buckland, Sec. Mrs. Flo- rence Holden, Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden, at Hawley.
1947 - Mr. William Doane of Florence, Sec. Mrs. Flo- rence Holden, Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden, at Hawley Church.
1948 - Mr. Wm. Doane, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden, at Hawley Church.
1949 - Mr. Wm. Doane, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden,
Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden, at Hawley Church.
1950 - Mr. Wm. Doane, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, Treas. Mr. Herbert Holden, at Hawley Church.
1951 - ".
Mr. Harry Shaw, Sec. Mrs. Florence Holden, Treas. Mr. Wm. Doane, at Hawley Church.
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the "Sons and "Dau- ghters of Hawley", August 16,1924, a boulder was unveiled, dedicated to all sons and daughters of Hawley. The dedicatory address was made by Mr. Frederick J. Hillman, son of Mr. Frank J. Hillman, founder of the organization. On the boulder is this inscription: "Dedicated to all Sons and Daughters of Hawley, Aug. 16,1924". Mr. Hillman also read a letter from President Calvin Coolidge expressing the good wishes of the Chief Executive on the occasion of the celebration. The boulder stands near the First Congregational Church in Hawley. The total cost of tab- let placed on the boulder was $169. 84. Memorial wreath, $2.50. Use of bunting, $2. 00. Labor on boulder, $50. 00. Total cost, $224.34. Contri- butions received amounted to $217. 00.
Mr. Hillman's dedication address was, in part, as follows: " ..... We are met to do honor to those hardy pioneers of long ago, who, enduring with fortitude and determination the rigors and the privations of those early years, subdued the wilderness and helped to establish the princi- ples and practices of liberty and justice which are the foundation of our government and the bulwark of our nation.
"We are met to do honor to the later generations, including the pres-
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ent, whose honorable deeds and unfailing loyalty to the traditions of the community have etched their images eternally in our memories and have qualified them to be true sons and daughters of Hawley ......
"It is fitting indeed that on this Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the or- ganization of this Society we here unveil a simple but substantial and en- during monument - a rugged boulder - a native rock - existing within the borders of the town during untold centuries before the advent of its first settlers. Not cast in an heroic mould, obscure through the ages un- noticed. It might indeed have served some useful but modest purpose and so remained in comparative obscurity throughout eternity. save that when a search was made it seemed to possess the requirements for more exalted service. Even as some men, by their contemporaries re- garded as of mediocre attainments are. in the hour of need, found qual- ified for positions of responsibility and authority and by the force of cir- cumstance are elevated far above their fellows. So this boulder now be- comes a monument, placed in a position of honor, crowned with a beau- tiful tablet of immortal bronze bearing, in letters which shall remain legible through more centuries than are yet known to civilization, the simple inscription, "Dedicated to all Sons and Daughters of Hawley, August 16, 1924".
"And as we dedicate this monument, may we also dedicate ourselves anew to the responsibilities which are ours by inheritance from those Sons and Daughters of Hawley who have gone before, and may our child- ren and our children's children, in the years to come, by this evidence of our loyalty and devotion, be inspired to nobler aims, that we may each in our turn contribute our little to the progress of mankind. "
A boulder was dedicated on Aug. 10, 1935 by the Sons and Daughters of Hawley to commerate the memory of the First Church of Hawley. The boulder is of white quartz, bearing a bronze plate with the following in- scription:
"Site of the First Church of Hawley, erected 1793, Rev. Jonathan Grout Ist pastor. This Memorial placed by the Sons and Daughters of Hawley, August 10,1935."
The monument was unveiled by Mrs. Emily T. Morton, a native of Hawley. In the 103d year of her age, Mrs. Morton flew from the Frank- lin Airport in Turners Falls, to Wauban farms in Ashfield, about one mile from her destination. At that time Mrs. Morton made her home with her son, George Morton, in Greenfield.
Record of Ownership of Some of the Farms in Hawley, 1950.
At Fullerville on the West Hawley Rd. :
The old Henry Starks place: (Henry Starks was a blacksmith. ) Walter Allen D. Maynard Anna Jelm, present owner.
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The old Morris Starks place: Ada Starks Clarence Hubbard
Benjamin Shadia, present owner.
Built by a member of the Fuller family, giving the name of Ful- lerville to the settlement.
The old Aaron Ayers place, was a store.
Manley Stetson, ran a store and horse exchange.
Lyman Griggs
Everett Tilton, had a store. Madge Clark, present owner.
The old Milo Maynard place
Walter Maynard
Bertha Maynard, his widow, present owner.
The old Levi Hawks place
Levi Hawks William Hawks Arthur Maynard, present owner.
The old Harvey Hadlock place, owned and operated a sawmill built by Mr. Fuller.
Elwin Crandall, operated a sawmill. William Burnett, present owner.
The old Foster King place, a store. Joshua King, ran a store
Allie White, present owner, has a store.
Hadlock and Crandall sawmill, built by Mr. Fuller.
F. Deane Carter, present owner.
The old Edwin Sears place:
Albert Maynard
Elwin Crandall and all of his children resided here at various times. Lee Roy Hunt, present owner.
The Savoy-Hawley line on Savoy Rd. :
The old William Fuller place: Charles Maynard Grace DeBenham, present owner.
The old Sanderson Carter place, torn down and replaced with a new house built by Stillman Carter. Thomas Sebbedies, present owner.
The old Sears place: George W. Sears Alfred LeBelle Philip Stiles, present owner.
The old Isaac Vincent place:
Clarence Fuller John Fisher Clyde Sanger Roland Stiles, present owner.
The old Henry White place: Julia Rice, present owner. The old Lyman Griggs place:
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William Stiles
A. Frederick Turner
Ephriam Spear, present owner.
The old Willis Vincent place: (Justice of Peace)
Allie White Frank Perry Benjamin Shadia, present owner.
The Herbert Crowell place:
Harold Haun, present owner.
Plainfield-Hawley line, starting at Hallockville pond on the W. Hawley Rd. :
The old Nathan Tyler place
The old Onslow Taylor place
Harris homestead.
All torn down and changed over into what is now the K. of C. Camp for Boys.
The Alonzo Turner place:
William Turner, present owner.
The old King place on the West Hawley Rd. , known as "King Corner", house built by a King.
Laureston King John Robinson
William Turner Margaret Alletson. present owner.
At King's Coaner on : ** 7. Hawley Rd., an old schoolhouse known as the King Corner school.
Frank Stone, present owner.
Starting at the Plainfield-Hawley line, now known as the Neilson Rd. : The old Phineas Starks place:
Dennis Taylor
Frank Taylor
Otto Neilson
Brynn Brothers
Edna and Carl Klingholz, present owners.
On the Stetson Rd. : The old Isaac Atkins place: Watson Starks Dennis Taylor
George Stetson
Dexter E. Stetson, present owner.
The old Town Farm:
Walter Allen George McGee, present owner.
Starting at the Savoy line, Edmond Barnard place:
Mary and Wilfred Lariviere, present owners.
The Sears place: Noel Barber Freeman Brackett Mary McGuiness, present owner.
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The Sears place:
Wesley Sears Forest Spear, present owner.
The Roland Stiles place: Fred Stiles, present owner.
The West Hill schoolhouse.
The old Walter Sears place: Edwin Sears George E. Sears David Rice, present owner.
The Peffers place: Walter Maynard Walter Turner. Mrs. Ida Turner, his widow, present owner.
At the West Hawley Church
The William Brackett place: William Brackett, Jr. Bert Brackett
Alton Parker Fitzroy, present owner.
The Mark Vincent place:
John Vincent Bert White, present owner.
Second Congregational Church, over 100 yrs. old.
The Ambrose Searc place: Frank Sears Gertrude Cortis Albert and Gertrude (Cortis) Borden, nresent owners. l'his Homestead burned Oct. 30, 1950. See "Incidents".
Cellar Holes
The Nellie Deming lot
Deming cellar hole, on joining lot, Atkins cellar hole.
On Savoy Rd., starting at the line: Champion Rice cellar hole Jonathon Fuller cellar hole
Stetson Rd. On the Dexter Stetson place, the King cellar hole. On discontinued Tyler Rd., now State land: Tyler cellar hole Brown cellar hole Larabee cellar hole
King Corner, now on State land: Thayer cellar hole Sears cellar hole
King Corner, on Route 8A: Ayers cellar hole Starks cellar hole
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Families residing in Hawley at the present time,
and those which have resided there for a short time and moved away.
Mrs. Margaret Alletson lived in town about twenty years, near King Corner schoolhouse.
Albert R. Borden, resides in town, married the former Mrs. William Cortis.
Edmund Beauregard and his wife came to Hawley prior to 1914 and re- moved to Worcester in 1925 having sold their home to Mr. Wilfred Gendreau who came from Holyoke on June 10, 1925 and returned to Holyoke a few years later. The following Beauregard children were born at Hawley: Robert C., b. July 23, 1914. Louise E., b. Mar. 29, 1919. Wilfred A., b. May 11, 1921. Helen L., Feb. 10,1924.
Mr. A. C. Boisvert and his wife came to Hawley from Holyoke in 1906, bought the Ira Holden farm from Mr. Clarence Holden. Mr. Boisvert died July 26, 1929, Mrs. Boisvert died Apr. 3,1941.
The Bourdeau family resided in Hawley from 1916 to Nov., 1925. Henry Bourdeau was married in Hawley in June, 1921. Pearle, Edwin Jr., Roger and Hazel attended Hawley schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris N. Brown came to Hawley from Holyoke. April 26,1905, removed to Chepachet, R.I., in Oct., 1910. These children were born in Hawley:
Edna, b. July 14,1907, m. Nov. 24, 1928. John, b. July 3,1910, d. in 1946.
Franklin B. Burton lived in town a few years, sold and went south in 1950.
Harold W. Clark lived with his mother in West Hawley a few years, sold his home in 1950.
Mrs. Emma Coleman and her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Tanguay, re- side in Bozrah.
Jean Cousineau lived in town about twenty years, died in 1949. Mrs. Cousineau resides in Goshen.
Frederick Cramer has a summer residence in South Hawley.
Mr. J. M. Dandeneauresides in Hawley on the former Elisha Hunt place. Mrs. Dandeneau has written historical poems and sketches about Haw- ley for the Sons and Daughters of Hawley reunions.
Mr. Alton P. Fitzroy live in West Hawley near the church. Their son, Alton P. Jr., m. Lois M. Porrovecchio of Charlemont, Another son,
Herbert H. , is married and resides in West Hawley .. Their son, Robert Arnold, was b. June 4, 1948.
Mr. Joseph Andrew Graham resides in town, owns Chickley Alps, a skiing resort.
Harold Haun resides in West Hawley, has a plumbing business in North Adams.
Mr. Leon Hawkes, son of Porter Hawkes, resides in town.
Stephen Longley, born in Caribou, Maine, resided in New Jersey before coming to Hawley in 1945. A potato grower in the Doane District, Sons residing in Hawley, also in potato industry: Gideon and Percy.
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Charles Mackin and family resided in Bozrah.
Julian Martindale and family reside in Bozrah.
George McGee has a summer residence in town.
Robert Ogden purchased the McKendrick Hicks place in Sept., 1921. He is a telephone operator on the railroad.
Mrs. Gordon Parker has a summer residence in town.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Rondeau were m. June 22,1914, bought the Houston place in 1930, removed to Greenfield, Apr. 3,1937. Born in Hawley: Edwina, b. Nov. 1,1917, m. Willard Aste, Nov. 7, 1935, resides in Shelburne Falls. Floyd, b. Sept. 5,1922, resides in Greenfield.
Harry F. Sears has a summer residence in town. He is a member of the original Sears family of Hawley.
B. E. Shaida and family reside in West Hawley.
E. G. Spear has a summer residence in town. His wife was Mrs. Julia Barnard, mother of Mrs. Lee Roy Hunt.
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