Mary Hazel Halley

Female 1893 - 1933  (40 years)


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  • Name Mary Hazel Halley 
    Born 1893  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 1933  (In the Ohio River at) Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I92  Halley - McKanna
    Last Modified 15 Sep 2010 

    Father Ross Albert Halley,   b. 5 Aug 1854, (Possibly Guyan Twp), Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1933  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Melissa Ann Phillips,   b. 14 Mar 1858, (Posibly Mason Twp), Lawrence, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1928  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1875  Mason Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Married by J. C. McAllister, Justice of the Peace.
    Family ID F30  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Livinia Eileen Harrison,   d. 1933, (In the Ohio River at) Gallipolis, Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • Sources for this information are from Guyan Township family records. I had Hazel Mary as this woman's name, but when we found her headstone, it read Mary Hazel. We chose the headstone record name order.

      Family story, told by my grandfather, Myron Loren Halley, concerning his father's sister Mary Hazel Halley Harrison. In 1933 the Ohio River at Gallipolis was out of its banks. The Harrisons lived high above the banks of the river. Hazel picked up husband John at work. He drove home and just in front of their home, he drove the car over the bank and stepped out, with Hazel and the children John and Eileen going over with it. Hazel apparently rolled down the window and pushed young John out, but kept Eileen with her. A negro boy climbed down to the river's edge and pulled young John out of the water. In Hazel's Bible, she left plans for her funeral. Soon after, John Sr. married a woman he had been chasing. Hazel's four brothers discussed bringing murder charges, but Solomon and Coleman said, if he was guilty, God would punish him. His new father-in-law shot and killed him.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Headstone.