Adelia Humphreys Hawes (1855 - 1931)

Born 16 Aug 1855 in Tippah, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Newton Hawthorne — married 1871 in , Union, Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1931 at age 76 in Collierville, Shelby, Tennessee, USA

Biography

Adelia was born in 1855. She is the daughter of Benjamin Hawes and Jane Humphreys. She passed away about 1921. ^[1]

Adelia Hawes was visiting in the home of her son, David Verner Hawthorne, in Collierville, Tennessee, when her dress accidentally caught fire. She died from injuries sustained in this accident and was buried in the DeLaunay family plot in the Magnolia Cemetery in Collierville, Shelby County, TN.

Adelia was buried after 21 October 1931 in Collierville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.

Research Notes

Notes from external profile

NOTE: 1910 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR UNION COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

New Albany city Online image 28 House 315 Hawthorne, Adelia Head 53 Wd children 4/3 Miss SC SC Own Income

Bernard son 20 S Miss SC Miss Clerk, Meat Mkt

1920 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR UNION COUNTY MISSISSIPPI

House 87/ Family 100 Hawthorne, Bernard E. Head of household, Owns home, Free of mortgage, 30, Married, MS MS MS, Tailor/Pressing Shop/Own Account Hawthorne, Maud E. wife, 27, Married, MS GA AL Hawthorne, James E., son, 6, Single, MS, MS MS Hawthorne, Thomas C. son 3 11/12, Single, MS, MS, MS Hawthorne, Adelia H. mother 63 Widow MS NC NC Loden, Melvin, Boarder, 20,single, MS US, US Presser/Pressing shop/Wage

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by William Ramage, Aug 11, 2012

• Abbreviation: Adelia (Fay) Purnell Morris of New Albany, MS - dau. of Lillian Hawthorne Purnell. Title: Adelia (Fay) Purnell Morris of New Albany, MS - dau. of Lillian Hawthorne Purnell. Note: Source Media Type: Book. Note: Adelia (Fay) Purnell Morris of New Albany, MS - dau. of Lillian Hawthorne Purnell. 2nd source is the research of Margaret McGill Lane

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
• William Ramage, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by William and others