HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY                              41

    Mrs. Hawkins is a charter member of the Daughters of the Revo-
lution in Indiana. She was first married to J. M. McLain, a native of
Ohio, by whom one daughter was born — Margaret W., now the widow of
James M. Neece. Mrs. Hawkins was also a member of the board of
twelve who organized the Orphans’ Home in Clay county, Indiana, and
was appointed chairman of the board by the judge.
    Dr. Hawkins passed from earthly scenes December 24, 1891, after a
long and useful career. He was a man of high literary culture and stood
at the head of the medical profession in Indiana for nearly a quarter of a
century.

    ROBERT WARREN HAWKINS, M. D., one of the leading members of
the medical profession practicing at Brazil, Indiana, was born in that
city, January 7, 1872, the only child of Dr. William B. and Abigail
(McLain nee Daniels) Hawkins. Dr. Robert W. Hawkins was educated
in the high school at Brazil and graduated from the Medical College of
Indiana, at Indianapolis, with the class of 1895, after which he located
in his native city, where he has built up an excellent medical practice
and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. During
the period of the Spanish-American war, from April 23, 1898, to Novem-
ber 23, 1900, he was hospital steward for the One Hundred and Fifty-
ninth Indiana Regiment, at Camp Alger, Virginia. He belongs to the
Clay County Medical Society, of which he was secretary; the State Medi-
cal Society of Indiana; to Brazil Lodge, No. 215, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows; Tribe No. 61, of the Red Men at Indianapolis, and various
other fraternities. He has been secretary of the County Board of Health,
having served in 1896-97. He also has the distinction of belonging to
the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, he being a
lineal descendant of Ephraim Warren of that conflict, During the great
smallpox scourge in Brazil in 1903 Dr. Warren was secretary of the
City Board of Health and materially aided in stopping the spread of the
disease. In his political views he is a staunch supporter of Republican
principles.
    He was married to Claudia Tennant, October 12, 1898. She was
born near Paris, Illinois, January 30, 1876, daughter of Lawrence and
Prudence J. (Crooks) Tennant, both parents being natives of Parke
county, Indiana. Their children were: Claudia, Mrs. Hawkins; Oro A.,
the wife of R. P. Shattuck, now residing at Brazil, Indiana; Merle E.;
Lillis M. The father of Mrs. Hawkins was a farmer, merchant and trav-
eling expert machine man for the McCormick Harvester Company of
Chicago. He died at Brazil, Indiana, He was prominent in Masonic
circles, a member of the Christian church and in politics a Democrat.
His widow now resides at St. Louis, Missouri, The one child born to
Dr. Robert W. Hawkins and wife is William Lawrence, born
February 2, 1901.

    JEROME BOGLE.—The trade and industries of Clay county are largely
indebted to the many years of work which different members of the Bogle
family have spent in their advancement. Jerome Bogle, of this sketch, is
a leading merchant of Brazil, and was for years engaged in carriage paint-
ing, while his father was a pioneer builder of vehicles. He is also said
to have been the first manufacturer of furniture in the county. Jerome
Bogle is a native of Waveland, Montgomery county, Indiana, born on the