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Born 1833, Saline County
From The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882), Biographical history: Atchison County, Missouri (1905)
GEORGE P. HAWKINS, section 2, was born in Saline County, Missouri, November 18, 1833, and was the son of Reuben Hawkins, who was a native of Virginia. In 1844 the family moved to Atchison County, and settled in Clark Township. George P. was raised on a farm and was educated in the common schools. He was married in Atchison County, April 24, 1859, to Miss Mary J. Farmer, daughter of Joshua Farmer. She was born in Iowa, Febiuary 22, 1843. Mr. Hawkins has one daughter, Mary P., born March 24, 1865. Mrs. Hawkins died May 12, 1865, and Mr. H. was again married April 12, 1869, to Mrs. Henrietta C. Hawkins, daughter of William Minter. This lady was born in Virginia, February 8, 1833. By this union they have two children, Charles P., born January 3, 1870, and Marinda A.> born January 31, 1872. In 1859 Mr. Hawkins moved to Nebraska, and after living there some three years, he returned to Atchison County. He has been on his present place eight years, and now has eighty acres of land, improved, and an orchard of assorted fruit. Mr. Hawkins is a member of the Masonic order. In his political preferences, he is a Democrat. Mrs. H. is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
As printed in The history of Holt and Atchison counties, Missouri : containing a history of these counties, their cities, towns, etc., etc. : biographical sketches of their citizens, general and local statistics, p (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
G. P. HAWKINS.
GEORGE POINDEXTER HAWKINS was born in Saline county, Missouri, Nov. 18, 1833, the son of Reuben and Elizabeth Hawkins. His parents located in Atchison county in 1844, in the locality known as Irish Grove. Here his mother died in 1853— his father twenty years later. In this immediate neighborhood (with the exception of two years in Nebraska) the subject of this sketch lived until his demise, which occurred on Aug. 23rd, 1903.
On April 12th, 1869, Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage with Henrietta Hawkins, widow of John D. Hawkins, who died in May, 1860. She is a daughter of William and Mary Minter, and was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, Feb. 8th, 1833. To Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hawkins two children were born— William N.. born Jan. 29, 1859, and Mary F., wife of L. H. Walkup, born Dec. 5, 1860. To Mr. and Mrs. George Poindexter Hawkins two children were born — Charles P., born Jan. 3, 1870, and Marinda, wife of Walla Youell, born Jan. 30, 1872.
Mrs. Hawkins is a member of the Pleasant Ridge congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian church as well as the C. P. Missionary Society. Mr. Hawkins was a member of the Masonic lodge at Fairfax. Politically, he was a Democrat. He served his school district in the capacity of school director several terms.
Their daughter, Mrs. Youell, besides attending the home schools, was educated in the State Normal at Warrensburg, Mo. She also taught school in Atchison county several years.
As printed in Biographical history: Atchison County, Missouri (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Irish Grove
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