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Born 1840
From A genealogical and biographical history of Keokuk County, Iowa .. (1903)
EZRA HAWK.
On section jj, in Steady Run township, in this county, lives the gentleman whose name initiated this paragraph, and who has resided in the same locality for an even half century. He was brought to the county when he was a child, and he and other members of the family have been identified with its agricultural development since that time. He is a son of David Hawk and is a native of the Buckeye state, having been horn in what is now known as Vinton county, March 22, 1840. The family comes from old Virginia state. David Hawk having been horn in Greenbrier county and having removed with his
As printed in A genealogical and biographical history of Keokuk County, Iowa .. (1903). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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