 1892 - 1958 (66 years)
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| Name |
Edward Everett Hazlett |
| Prefix |
Captain |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Also called |
Swede |
| Born |
29 Feb 1892 |
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
World War I, US Military |
| WOLLD WAR 1: 1917-1918 served aboard the U.S.S. Leondias, 1920s Served in the submarine service, Mid 1930s Served in the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., 1939 Retired from active duty due to disability, 1939-1944 Called back to Naval duty as instructor at the Naval Academy, 1946 Professor of Military Science for the Navy at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1946 Retired. |
| Education |
Abilene High School and Saint John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wisconsin 1907 to 1911, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis Maryland 1911-1915 |
| Biographical |
Swede Hazlett was a close lifelong friend of Dwight David Eisenhower, they were schoolmates, The President attended his funeral at Arlington. White House Press Secretary, James C. Hagerty said the President's news conference would be held earlier, at 10:00AM so that he could go to Arlington at 11:00AM for Services. Both Dwight Eisenhower and Edward E, Hazlett grew up in Abilene Kansas, and the friendship they developed lasted until Hazlett's death in 1958. Eisenhower credits Hazlett in convincing him to apply for an appointment to the Naval Academy, and when that didn't work out to West Point, Thus Hazlett had a Career in the Navy and Eisenhower pursued his in the Army. |
| Witness |
Find A Grave #49201010 |
| Died |
02 Nov 1958 |
Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Cause: Cancer |
| Buried |
05 Nov 1958 |
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia |
| Person ID |
I282005 |
Strausstown Roots | ~DavidMoyer |
| Last Modified |
13 Mar 2019 |
| Father |
Edward Everett Hazlett, MD, b. 10 Jan 1852, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio , d. 17 Jun 1915, Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Elizabeth Mott, b. 23 Oct 1857, Glens Falls, Warren County, New York , d. 25 Nov 1928, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
16 Jun 1885 |
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York |
| Family ID |
F90247 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Elizabeth Yates, b. 30 Jan 1907, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina , d. 01 Apr 2007, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina (Age 100 years) |
| Married |
1927 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Elizabeth Hazlett, b. 19 Mar 1928, San Diego County, California , d. 10 May 2014, Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Alice Hazlett, b. 30 Oct 1931, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Oahu, Hawaii , d. 09 Feb 2013, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina (Age 81 years) |
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| Last Modified |
25 Apr 2018 |
| Family ID |
F93333 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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