Transcript The Hawley cemetery

Ryan Lezak
Tidehaven High School
Shelley Anderson
El Maton
Matagorda County
The start of it all
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 The Hawley
Cemetery was
established in 1854.
 Jonathan Edward
Pierce donated an
additional 1.5 acres.
 The Cemetery
Association
purchased an
additional 3.5 acres.
Historical Marker

 Historical marker
placed in 1967.
A.H. Pierce

 Here is a picture
of Abel Head
“Shanghai”
Pierce. The
founder of
blessing.
Jonathan Pierce

 Abel H. Pierce’s
brother, Jonathan
Pierce donated 1
½ acres of land to
the Hawley
cemetery.
Letter

 This is a letter
wrote to Abel
Pierce from his
wife saying that
she missed him
while he was
gone on a trip.
Burial Gate

 Here is a picture of
the gate to enter
the burial grounds
of Abel H. Pierce.
Credits

 I give credit to rootweb.com for my information.
 Google images for pictures.
 I would like to give the most credit to Mrs. Anderson
because she took our class on a trip to get this
information.
Reflection
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 www.rootsweb.com
 www.google.com