Douglas County IL Archives Biographies.....Hawkins, Charles May 25, 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Norma Hass http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003021 February 24, 2017, 11:00 am Source: Source: Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, page 282 Author: Gresham, John M Charles A. Hawkins, the present gentlemanly county clerk, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, May 25, 1860, and is a son of William and Sarah (Hard) Hawkins, natives of the same state. His father died in 1866. Mr. Hawkins was principally educated at Danville, Indiana, and spent two and a half years teaching. He served his township (Newman) as tax collector and supervisor, and in November, 1898, was elected county clerk. On October 7, 1884, Mr. Hawkins married Louisa J. Curtis, of Newman, and they have four children: Claude A., Opal B., Pearl L. and Jay M. Our subject was a Mason and a Knight of Pythias and is active in Republican politics. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/douglas/bios/hawkins1733gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb