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Turner Ashby Hawes
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Turner Ashby Hawes

Nov 1863 - ABT 1937
bornPurcilville, Virginia, USA
SchooltblData
BiographyFarmer.
Came to Tempe in 1887.
Owned farm near Tempe (in T.1 N., R.4 E.) in 1900.
Came to Tempe in 1887, from Missouri.
His family migrated from Purcilville, VA, to Jackson County, MO, in 1880.
According to the Tempe Old Settlers Book, he was given much credit for assisting in "wrenching the [Salt River Valley] Water Users' Association from the hands of exploiters who were managing it for selfish uses and restoring it back into the hands of farmer members who have put this great project back into rational administration."
OSB 56
BIO-Haigler
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Federal census, 1900
Person TypeIndividual