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Dr Ansel Asa Hemenway

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Dr Ansel Asa Hemenway

Birth
Harborcreek, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Feb 1895 (aged 89)
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Sister to Mary Hemenway Hays

Married to Abigail Whitmore 22 Jan 1834 in La Port County, Indiana.

Morning Oregonian- February 13, 1895

Dr. A. A. Hemenway died at the homeplace about five miles west of Eugene, February 10, 1895, at the advanced age of 89 years. He was born in Erie County, Pa., January 22, 1806. He moved from there when a boy, emigrating to various states of the then unsettled Middle West, leaving Iowa in 1853 for Oregon, where he has since resided.

His wife and five children survive him, viz.: Dr. S. Hemenway, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Ellen Humphrey, Ansel Hemenway, Goshen; Volney Hemenway, Eugene; and Frank Hemenway who resides on part of the home place.

Dr. Hemenway was a member of the legislature about the time of the ex-Governor Whitaker presided over the state, and was in other ways instrumental in shaping the foundation of the state government.
(Provided by Jen #47362231)

Ansel and Abigail were married in La Porte County, Indiana on January 20, 1834. They had their first child and then moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin where Ansel formed the town of Spring Prarie.



Sister to Mary Hemenway Hays

Married to Abigail Whitmore 22 Jan 1834 in La Port County, Indiana.

Morning Oregonian- February 13, 1895

Dr. A. A. Hemenway died at the homeplace about five miles west of Eugene, February 10, 1895, at the advanced age of 89 years. He was born in Erie County, Pa., January 22, 1806. He moved from there when a boy, emigrating to various states of the then unsettled Middle West, leaving Iowa in 1853 for Oregon, where he has since resided.

His wife and five children survive him, viz.: Dr. S. Hemenway, Klamath Falls; Mrs. Ellen Humphrey, Ansel Hemenway, Goshen; Volney Hemenway, Eugene; and Frank Hemenway who resides on part of the home place.

Dr. Hemenway was a member of the legislature about the time of the ex-Governor Whitaker presided over the state, and was in other ways instrumental in shaping the foundation of the state government.
(Provided by Jen #47362231)

Ansel and Abigail were married in La Porte County, Indiana on January 20, 1834. They had their first child and then moved to Walworth County, Wisconsin where Ansel formed the town of Spring Prarie.




Inscription

Inscription on family marker:
Tis hard to break the tender cord
When love has bound the heart
Tis hard so hard to speak the words
Must we forever part



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