Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hawley, Byron M. 1932
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 29 Jul 1932

Byron M. Hawley, one of Ionia’s veteran traveling salesmen, died at the home,
267 East Washington street, Friday morning at 4 o’clock, following seven years
of ill health, one year of serious illness and 20 weeks spent in bed.  The
funeral services will be held at the residence Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
with Dr. Williard K. Spencer in charge and the members of the Masonic order
giving the Masonic burial rites.  The interment will be in the Highland Park
cemetery.

Mr. Hawley’s death leaves bur one of the family of eight children, a sister
living at Rockaway, Ore.  He was born near Jackson 84 years ago August 2.  He
came to this county with his parents in 1859 locating at the time at Palo.  The
journey at that time and for years afterwards was made to Ionia with the ox team
and meant a day’s trip.

His education was attained in an old log schoolhouse.  In point of years he was
at the time of his death the oldest member of the F.&A.M. No. 36.  He had lived
in Ionia for 40 years.  He was a member of the First Presbyterian church.

As a salesman he had covered territory from South Dakota, down the Mississippi
river to New Orleans, to the Atlantic coast and to Bangor, Me.  Several years he
traveled for the Hale Milling company. 


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