Shawnee County KS Archives Biographies.....Hawley, Charles E. 1850 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

CHARLES E. HAWLEY.

    CHARLES E. HAWLEY, cashier of the First National Bank of Topeka, and an
enterprising and public-spirited citizen, was born in Saratoga County, New York,
in 1850, and is a son of Isaac H. and Jane (Travis) Hawley.

    The parents of Mr. Hawley were substantial farming people in Saratoga
County. The family consisted of seven children, three of the sons and three of
the daughters reaching maturity and three sons and one daughter still surviving.

    Mr. Hawley's boyhood and youth was similar to that of other boys born on a
farm. He attended the district school, commencing at four years of age, and a
local academy until he was 13 years old and then entered a general store in the
capacity of clerk. This he did with an eye to preparing himself for a business
career, but he by no means abandoned his books, his evenings and leisure hours
being given to improving his mind. The Saratoga County merchant was also the
postmaster and Mr. Hawley assisted in receiving and distributing the mail
according to the methods then in use.

    In 1869 Mr. Hawley came to the great West, locating at Rock Island,
Illinois. For eight years he was connected with the First National Bank of Rock
Island, entering as bookkeeper and filling positions of trust and subsequently
becoming teller. After a residence of 17 years in Rock Island, he removed to
Kansas and in 1886 came to Topeka. For eight years Mr. Hawley was associated
with Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Company. In April, 1901, Mr. Hawley became cashier of the First National Bank of
Topeka, a position for which he is well equipped on account of his years of
thorough business training. Personally, he is a man of affable manner and
sincere courtesy, qualities which add much to the furthering of business and are
elements in adding to the high regard in which he is held in social and private
life.

    Mr. Hawley was married at Rock Island, Illinois, to Ella Merrill, who was
born at Providence, Rhode Island, and is a daughter of M. D. and Sarah G.
Merrill. They have three children. The family belong to the First Baptist Church
of Topeka, of which Mr. Hawley is treasurer. He is one of the leading members of
the Young Men's Christian Association. He belongs to the Bankers' Association
and in Masonry has taken three degrees. Ever since coming to Topeka to make this
city his home, he has taken an interested part in its upbuilding and
development, and stands as one of its highly considered, representative men.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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