Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946
Biographical Note
Harry Baker Cawley was born on July 14, 1900, to Robert Lee and Mary Lynn Callahan Cawley in Lexington, Kentucky. He served in the United States Navy from 1918-1920. Cawley then studied at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) from 1920-1921. While at VPI, he was a member of the Episcopal Club. After school, he worked as a salesman. Cawley married Martha Lucille McDonald on April 7, 1942, in Duval, Florida, divorcing two years later. Cawley died on March 23, 1946, in Roanoke, and is buried alongside his family in Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke.
External sources:
U. S. Census, 1910-1920
"Harry Baker Cawley", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83829087/harry-baker-cawley/, accessed on June 28, 2023.
"Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014", ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1934208:9278?tid=&pid=&queryId=49bd69b1853ecd14b66ef313ac9280b0&_phsrc=KIa72&_phstart=successSource, accessed on June 28, 2023.
"Harry B Cawley" in the Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/264476:61369, accessed on March 18, 2024.
"Harry Baker Cawley" in the Florida, U.S., Divorce Index, 1927-2001, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/406948:8837, accessed on March 18, 2024.