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Submitted: 9/25/19 • Approved: 9/26/19 • Last Updated: 9/29/19 • R1278182-G1278180-S3
Geno
8 May 1889 - Jan 1978
(aged 88)
William Edward
29 Nov 1880 - 5 Aug 1931
(aged 50)
Married: 10 Jun 1906 - Pope County, Arkansas
William Edward "Ed" Hathaway was born in 1881 in Arkansas. He married Geno Kell Hathaway on June 10, 1906, in Pope, Arkansas. They had three children in 12 years. He died on August 5, 1931, in Conway, Arkansas, at the age of 50, and was buried in Mayflower, Arkansas.
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Deputy Sheriff William Hathaway was shot and killed as he and three other officers served a warrant on a man wanted for stealing fruit.
The officers had gone to the man's home, approximately two miles southwest of Mayflower, to arrest him. When they arrived at the cabin other members of the man's family opened fire on the officers, striking Deputy Hathaway in the shoulder and another deputy in the leg. The officers returned fire, killing one family member and wounding two others.
Deputy Hathaway was taken to the county hospital where he succumbed to his wound several hours later.
The surviving family members were arrested and charged with murder.
Deputy Hathaway was survived by his wife, son, two daughter, and two siblings.
Contributed on 9/25/19 by hawkinsdonna48
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