Covington Journal, Covington, Ky., New Series, vol. VIII, no. 17, May 22, 1875, p. 2, col. 6 (sub 'Death of Mrs. Hawes'):
[Paris Saturday Night, 15th.] In this city at 7 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Hetty Morrison Hawes, wife of Hon. R. Hawes. Mrs. Hawes was extensively known and universally beloved and respected, and her death will be mourned by many friends throughout this and adjoining States. She was born in the city of Lexington, Ky., on the 29th of December, 1798, and was in her 76th year at the time of her death. She came of a distinguished family. She was the daughter of Col. Geo. Nicholas, an officer in the Revolutionary war, a distinguished statesman and lawyer of Virginia and Kentucky, and a member of the Convention of Virginia on the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Soon after he emigrated to Kentucky and served in the Convention that adopted our first State Constitution. Col. Nicholas died in July, 1799. Mrs. Mary Smith Nicholas, mother of Mrs. Hawes, was a sister of Robert and Samuel Smith, of Maryland; the former was a member of President Jefferson's Cabinet, and latter an officer in the Revolution and a United States Senator for a number of years. Mrs. Hawes' youngest brother, Judge S. S. Nicholas, of Louisville, was an eminent lawyer and for many years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Hetty Morrison Nicholas was married to Hon. Richard Hawes, a native of Caroline county, Va., on the 13th of November, 1818, and leaves him, after long years of unbroken and undying love, in his declining days, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Hawes became a member of the Presbyterian church a score ago under the preaching of the great Nathaniel P. Rice, and has ever since been an earnest and devoted member.
[Paris Saturday Night, 15th.] In this city at 7 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Hetty Morrison Hawes, wife of Hon. R. Hawes. Mrs. Hawes was extensively known and universally beloved and respected, and her death will be mourned by many friends throughout this and adjoining States. She was born in the city of Lexington, Ky., on the 29th of December, 1798, and was in her 76th year at the time of her death. She came of a distinguished family. She was the daughter of Col. Geo. Nicholas, an officer in the Revolutionary war, a distinguished statesman and lawyer of Virginia and Kentucky, and a member of the Convention of Virginia on the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Soon after he emigrated to Kentucky and served in the Convention that adopted our first State Constitution. Col. Nicholas died in July, 1799. Mrs. Mary Smith Nicholas, mother of Mrs. Hawes, was a sister of Robert and Samuel Smith, of Maryland; the former was a member of President Jefferson's Cabinet, and latter an officer in the Revolution and a United States Senator for a number of years. Mrs. Hawes' youngest brother, Judge S. S. Nicholas, of Louisville, was an eminent lawyer and for many years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Hetty Morrison Nicholas was married to Hon. Richard Hawes, a native of Caroline county, Va., on the 13th of November, 1818, and leaves him, after long years of unbroken and undying love, in his declining days, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Hawes became a member of the Presbyterian church a score ago under the preaching of the great Nathaniel P. Rice, and has ever since been an earnest and devoted member.
Covington Journal, Covington, Ky., New Series, vol. VIII, no. 17, May 22, 1875, p. 2, col. 6 (sub 'Death of Mrs. Hawes'):
[Paris Saturday Night, 15th.] In this city at 7 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Hetty Morrison Hawes, wife of Hon. R. Hawes. Mrs. Hawes was extensively known and universally beloved and respected, and her death will be mourned by many friends throughout this and adjoining States. She was born in the city of Lexington, Ky., on the 29th of December, 1798, and was in her 76th year at the time of her death. She came of a distinguished family. She was the daughter of Col. Geo. Nicholas, an officer in the Revolutionary war, a distinguished statesman and lawyer of Virginia and Kentucky, and a member of the Convention of Virginia on the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Soon after he emigrated to Kentucky and served in the Convention that adopted our first State Constitution. Col. Nicholas died in July, 1799. Mrs. Mary Smith Nicholas, mother of Mrs. Hawes, was a sister of Robert and Samuel Smith, of Maryland; the former was a member of President Jefferson's Cabinet, and latter an officer in the Revolution and a United States Senator for a number of years. Mrs. Hawes' youngest brother, Judge S. S. Nicholas, of Louisville, was an eminent lawyer and for many years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Hetty Morrison Nicholas was married to Hon. Richard Hawes, a native of Caroline county, Va., on the 13th of November, 1818, and leaves him, after long years of unbroken and undying love, in his declining days, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Hawes became a member of the Presbyterian church a score ago under the preaching of the great Nathaniel P. Rice, and has ever since been an earnest and devoted member.
[Paris Saturday Night, 15th.] In this city at 7 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Hetty Morrison Hawes, wife of Hon. R. Hawes. Mrs. Hawes was extensively known and universally beloved and respected, and her death will be mourned by many friends throughout this and adjoining States. She was born in the city of Lexington, Ky., on the 29th of December, 1798, and was in her 76th year at the time of her death. She came of a distinguished family. She was the daughter of Col. Geo. Nicholas, an officer in the Revolutionary war, a distinguished statesman and lawyer of Virginia and Kentucky, and a member of the Convention of Virginia on the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Soon after he emigrated to Kentucky and served in the Convention that adopted our first State Constitution. Col. Nicholas died in July, 1799. Mrs. Mary Smith Nicholas, mother of Mrs. Hawes, was a sister of Robert and Samuel Smith, of Maryland; the former was a member of President Jefferson's Cabinet, and latter an officer in the Revolution and a United States Senator for a number of years. Mrs. Hawes' youngest brother, Judge S. S. Nicholas, of Louisville, was an eminent lawyer and for many years a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Hetty Morrison Nicholas was married to Hon. Richard Hawes, a native of Caroline county, Va., on the 13th of November, 1818, and leaves him, after long years of unbroken and undying love, in his declining days, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Hawes became a member of the Presbyterian church a score ago under the preaching of the great Nathaniel P. Rice, and has ever since been an earnest and devoted member.
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