LIBBY PRISON SURVIVOR 
LAID AT REST IN BUTTE

    With the burial yesterday of John H. Hart, there was placed at rest in the soldiers’ plot in Mont Moriah cemetery one of the few survivors of the rigors of Libby prison of civil war fame.  When a young man, Hart enlisted as a private in Battery I of the Third New York artillery.  After going through many engagements he was captured in North Carolina late in the war and was confined in Libby prison.  He was a native of Rome, N.Y., and 73 years old at the time of his death.

   Mr. Hart had no relatives in this part of the country, so far as could be learned.  His death occurred several days ago, and the body was held pending had, the members of Lincoln post and the members of the Women’s Relief Corps took charge of the services, which were held at the Sherman & Reed undertaking parlors.

   Only the Grand Army ritual was had.  The men who fought to preserve the Union are growing less in numbers every year, and the attendance at the funeral yesterday was small.

   Members of the Fourteenth infantry now stationed in Butte acted as pallbearers.

The Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana
2/9/1918

Picture by Ward Clemence White

SIMON HAUSWIRTH DIES: 
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR

 Had lived in Butte 59 Years,
Observing 90^th Birthday Last Dec. 16;
Enlisted at Age 19

   Simon Hauswirth, 90, a veteran of the Civil war, and a resident of Butte for 59 years, died early this morning at the family home, 133 South Alabama street, following an illness of only a few days.

   Mr. Hauswirth, a charter member and past commander of Lincoln post of Butte, and past commander of the department of Montana, had been active in civic life in Butte since his arrival here in 1875, and news of his death was received with deep regret in all parts of the city.

   On Dec. 16, Mr. Hauswirth celebrated his 90^th birthday and was guest of honor at a party given at his home by 16 members of the family.  A huge birthday cake lighted by a candle for each year of his life featured the family party.

   The passing of Mr. Hauswirth leaves only four survivors of the Civil war in Lincoln post:  Tom Bainbridge, H. H. Makinson and Peter Green of Butte and John Marchion of Anaconda.

   A native of Switzerland, Mr. Hauswirth came to the United States at the age of 11.  When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Northern army with the 35^th Wisconsin infantry, company C, and served with distinction.  He was 19 at the time of his enlistment and took part in several major engagements of the war including the battles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and was also present at the surrender of Mobile.

   Coming to Montana from Wisconsin in 1870 Mr. Hauswirth settled on a ranch in the Deer Lodge valley.  Five years later he came to Butte, opening the city’s first hotel and post office, the Hotel de Mineral, with his brother, John.  The hotel stood on the present site of the Texaco company office at Main and Broadway, formerly occupied by the Clark bank.

   The pioneer Butte man was also active in the livery business, real estate and mining in this city and had served as city alderman, city marshal, city treasurer and deputy sheriff.

   He was one of the first cornet players in Butte and was a member of the orchestra in performances staged by John Maguire, early-day impressario.

Commandant of Home

   He served as commandant of the Soldiers Home at Columbia Falls for four and one-half years and was a member of the Soldiers Home board for more than 12 years.

   He was a charter member of Oswego lodge of the Knights of Pythias and later active in Damon lodge No. 1 of the same organization  An ardent baseball fan, he was among the most interested spectators at the amateur league games played at Cinders field near his home last summer.

   Mr. Hauswirth is survived by three sons, John R. of Hamilton; Charles A. and Al, of Butte; one daughter, Mrs. Marianna H. Rickey of Butte; four granddaughters Audrey, Virginia and Barbara Hauswirth of Butte and Mrs. Vilma Hauswirth McKinney of Hamilton; and one grandson, Charles Hauswirth, Jr., of Butte.

   The body is at the White funeral home pending funeral arrangements.

REMAINS OF C. R HAWLEY
REST IN MOUNT MORIAH

   At 2:30 o’clock this afternoon the body of Charles R. Hawley, who died Sunday at the family residence, No. 644 South Montana street, was consigned to the grave in Mount Moriah cemetery.  The funeral took place from Masonic hall in West Park street and was attended not only by a large number of Masons, but also by the Butte members of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which Mr. Hawley was a member.  The Maccabees, of which he was also a member, participated in the funeral rites and followed the remains of the old soldier to the grave.  

Languished in Andersonville

   Mr. Hawley was a veteran in the true sense of the word—he saw much of the civil war and with him it was not all sunshine.  On July 22, 1864, he was captured by the confederates and taken to Andersonville prison, Georgia, where, with 30,000 other prisoners, he spent 18 months, any one day, of which under the tortures of Wirtz, the keeper, was worse than 10 deaths.  He was not liberated until the close of the war.

The Butte Daily Post
Butte, Montana
8/26/1902

BROKE HIS LEG IN A FALL

 Charles R. Hawley Fell From a Ladder, 
Sustaining Serious Injury

    Charles R. Hawley, a carpenter employed at Columbia gardens, sustained a broken leg Friday afternoon by falling from a stepladder while tightening a bolt in one of the girders in the dancehall.  He was brought to Butte on one of the cars, and was then removed to his home at  644 South Montana street, where it was found that his right leg was broken between the knee and hip.  Mr. Hawley is about sixty-five years of age.  Although the injury is very serious, the physicians express the opinion that Mr. Hawley will recover.

The Butte Miner
Butte, Montana
6/7/1902

CO. H. 69th ILLINOIS INFANTRY

Calvary Cemetery
San Diego, San Diego County, California

NOTE: (From Find-a-Grave)

In the 1970s the cemetery was converted into the Mission Hills Memorial Park, and only 150 of the original 2016 gravestones were salvaged. These gravestones were placed near the stone wall closest to the Middle School. The grave stone marker for this person was salvaged, and is near the left end of the row of markers. All records relating to the exact locations of the graves in the park were reported to have been lost in a fire.

Note: Gravesite Details Cemetery moved but Headstone in Pioneer Park-Mission Hills, CA

Also see below.

Riverview Heights Cemetery
Kennewick, Benton County. Washington

CO. K. 60th NEW YORK INFANTRY

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, MT - 1/31/1909