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The two lives of
Richard Haivk
The Richard Hawley family
of Detroit had as a guest in
1863 James A. Garfield, later
20th President of the United
States. Their residence was
230 Woodbridge street east,
now close to the . downtown
area. !lithe War Between the
States, Garfield had fought at
Chickamauga, and at the
time he was entertained by
the Hawleys had . been
promoted major -general and
was about 'to run for
Congress,
The Richard Hawley family
of Goderich township en-
tertained the wife of
President Garfield, who
came from . Cleveland to
Maitland Place., Huron road,
to visit Mrs. Hawley, a
longtime friend. If the visit
took place while Garfield was
President, it would have been
in 1881, for the President was
shot and fatally wounded by.
an assassin in Washington
only four months after his
inauguration.
These 'occurrences
illustrate the activities,
between Detroit and
Goderich, of Richard Hawley
and members of his family
during some 30 years. In
Detroit, Hawley was an
alderman in 1868, twice a
Detroit member of the State
House of Representatives,
and served a term on the
city's board of estimates. He
was listed as a "capitalist,"
and in the late 1870s as vice-
president of the Hawley Malt
Company.
In Huron he was owner of a
salt well, a ship, and aherd of
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Shorthotns on 87 acres in the
Maitland Concession, where
there was built for him an 18 -
room mansion of Italianate
design, known in later years
as the Curzon house.
Evidently he kept many
horses, for his effects in-
cluded '`a large double
carriage and three spring
phaetons," and in the
basement of the house, there
was a.forge.
Hawley died in Detroit,
July 7, 1884, but the family
continued for some time to
reside at Maitland Place in
summer. Then the house was
for some time unoccupied
until sold in 1893 to Arthur
Wardlaw Curzon for $6,000.
He obtained the money from
the Hon. Augusta Curzon, in
England, on mortgage.
Hawley had purchased Lot
7, 82 acres, in 1857 from A.T.
Montgomery, who in the
early years operated a
distillery at the river end. He
paid 2,375 pounds sterling,
about ;11,000, and gave
Montgomery a mortgage
back. In 1857 he obtained five
acres from William Hyslop,
The family had been summer
visitors to Goderich for
several years, renting a
house in the west end. At
some point in this period,
Hawley had acquired a
harbor lot,
It would be interesting to
learn the name of Hawley's
architect, and where he found
the plan that was "sparked
off by Prince Albert when he
built Osborne House for
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cheson..'.....
page 62
ms to have been the extent
bis municipal service.
Atone time, he was known
the younger generation as
George" Acheson,
he occasion for that
"me is lost in the mists
ttfquity,
lie would be called a
italist in his later years,
even capitalists do not
ays have money in pocket.
ge was chatting over the
ter one day with G.M.
lett, at the Maple Leaf
rocery on Hamilton Street.
latter enquired: "Are
ongoing on the excursion to
iagara Falls?" Mr, Acheson
lied: "No, 1 can't afford
"The present writer, then a
hoolboy, failed to restrain a
eptical snort, and the two
en turned pained glances in
direction.
George Acheson and wife -
ey had no children - were
ose friends of the family of
v, T,M, Campbell, North
eet minister in 1883-86. The
mpbells named a son
cheson M." From
erich, Rev; Mr. Campbell
sstationed in Owen Sound,
d Mrs, Campbell and
ildren of ten visited the
hesons here. At Mr.
heson's funeral in 1907, Mr,.
mpbell was one of four
ergymen assisting the
th Street minister, Rev.
rgeN.Hazen. •
eorge
Acheson was a
a
Y man in his later
rs, Hss will provided 36
rsonal bequests, none less
$50o,
hen the Signal and Star
breed their efforts in a
iai industrial issue on
12, 1886, it contained a
limentary sketch of Mr,
boas a "representative
$man of Goderich."
obablY none,'" .the"`•
stated, "have been
enterprising or con -
more to the up -
$of the interests of the
an has Mr. Acheson...
CONGRATULATIONS
To Goderich Jubilee "3"
1827-1977
1927
GEORGE W. SCHAEFER
JOHN A. SCHAEFER
1977
George W. Schaefer operated a corner grocery from 1924-1929. During
1929 he purchased a drygoods store S. A. Gray 8 Co., operating it at the
present location of Ross Shoes until 1961 when the move Was made to our
present location and named Schaefer's Ladies Wear Ltd. It is my
privilege to continue from my father in operating Schaefer's Ladies Wear
Ltd. to serve Goderich and district. `
JOHN A. SCHAEFER
Schaefer's Ladies Wear Ltd.
Shoppiw'i Sews &Waldo