Edmund Lee Hackett (1895 - 1959)

Born 27 Apr 1895 in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

Husband of Martha Lillie (Brunhoeber) Hackett — married 25 Jun 1919 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1959 at age 64 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

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Biography

Lee was the 6th son of John Hackett and Adell Leverich, born in 1895.(No birth record exists but pob confirmed by his mother.) When his parents separated the older boys went with their father. By age 6 Lee joined them in Rush County, Kansas. Here Lee was able to go to school for awhile until his father moved them to Arizona. The friction of the brothers toward the youngest Lee finally drove the 8 year old into the world alone. He was the only one of the boys who would not continue to live and move around with their father. Lee was never to see or hear from his father or brothers William and Jesse again. [Story told to Helen Mehler]

He worked as a clown with Barnam and Bailey Circus before 1916. Between 26 Sep 1917–Sep 1918 he was employed by the Dept of the Interior, U. S. Reclamation Service, as a Ditch Rider assigned to Fort Shaw, Montana. (camp 12 USRS Gilman, Montana) He earned $70.20/month. After that he went to work at the Swifts Egg Plant, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.^[1]

He married Martha Brunhoeber in 1919. ^[2] Lee would work construction by 1920. ^[3][4]After their 6 children were grown, Lee and Martha moved to Portland, Oregon. In 1959, walking to work, Lee was struck by a speeding truck in a school zone in front of his apartment building, on Killingsworth Avenue in Portland. He is buried in the kyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. ^[5]

Children

1. Amelia Jean
2. Ernest Lee Hackett (1922-2006)
3. Henry Cecil Hackett (1924-2005)
4. William James Hackett (1926-1987)
5. Robert T
6. Edward

Sources

1. ↑ Research of Laura Snook-McCammon Hughes including personal knowledge, family records, correspondence and interviews. (Snook-1459)
2. ↑ copy of marriage certificate in possession of Laura Hughes (Snook-1459)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77D-26C : accessed 6 February 2019), Lee Hackett, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 3B, line 74, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 721; FHL microfilm 2,340,456.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2Y-DH9 : 14 March 2018), Lee Hackett, Ward 3, Wichita, Wichita City, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 107-37, sheet 12B, line 60, family 327, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1272.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24224195/edmund-lee-hackett: accessed 08 April 2023), memorial page for Edmund Lee Hackett (27 Apr 1895–19 Dec 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24224195, citing Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by laura hughes (contributor 46960853). .

See also:

• Research of Vicky L Hackett Helmer including personal knowledge, family records, correspondence and interviews. Shared 30 Aug 2005.