Benjamin Hawley was one of the early Hicksites in Columbiana County, Ohio. He built a brick house in Salem in 1820 and lived there until 1831. In that year, he purchased his in-laws' farm that extended from Lincoln Avenue to Hawley Avenue.
Benjamin Hawley worked as a carpenter, conveyancer, and justice of the peace. His date of death comes from Ancestry.com, which does not provide a source.
Source: EAQG 4: 37, 931, 718, 821; Ancestry.com; Salem News, 2/22/1964. |