William W. Hawkins

William W. Hawkins (Civil War veteran) BIRTH 11 May 1822 Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 4 Jan 1892 (aged 69) Starke County, Indiana, USA BURIAL North Union Cemetery Starke County, Indiana, USA Add to Map PLOT Sect C, Row 1, Grave # 12WPA loc. is gr. 2, lot 2, block 1 MEMORIAL ID 16800315 · View Source

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He served as a Sgt. with Co. I, 29th Regt. Ind. Vol. Inf., and Co. D, 54th Regt., Ind. Vol. Inf. He enlisted 9/25/1861 and was discharged 12/2/1865.

The birth date shown here is derived from the age at death on his grave marker. The book, “One Hundred Fifty Years of the Hawkins Family,” which was published by William's nephew Zed T. Hawkins in 1933, reports that his birth date was 6 March 1822 and that he was born in Covington, Kentucky. When the memorial was created, the birth date given on the memorial was 6 January 1822, which reportedly came from the “WPA Graves Registration Project (1940) index cards.” We do not know which date is correct.

We find that William W., the son of the pioneer Zadock, was the father of Ezra E., which after all is a very short line. William W., the third son of Zadock and JANE HAWKINS, was born in Covington, Kentucky. March 6, 1822, which was 112 years ago, and died January 4, 1892, aged nearly seventy. He was buried in North Union Cemetery. His wife, TALITHA A. OWENS, was born February 2, 1827, and died September 4. 1891, just four months before the death of her husband. She was sixty-four years of age, and was buried beside her husband in North Union Cemetery, They spent all their married life on a farm in this section. Members of their family married into the FETTERS and GARN families - One Township's Yesterdays Chapter XXVIII

The birth date shown here {Find-a-Grave] is derived from the age at death on his grave marker. The book, “One Hundred Fifty Years of the Hawkins Family,” which was published by William's nephew Zed T. Hawkins in 1933, reports that his birth date was 6 March 1822 and that he was born in Covington, Kentucky. When the memorial was created, the birth date given on the memorial was 6 January 1822, which reportedly came from the “WPA Graves Registration Project (1940) index cards.” We do not know which date is correct.