The Hawley cemetery
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Transcript The Hawley cemetery
Ryan Lezak
Tidehaven High School
Shelley Anderson
El Maton
Matagorda County
The start of it all
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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