Osceola County MI Archives Biographies.....Hawkins, William H. September 15, 1849 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros., Chicago

William H. Hawkins, of the firm of Hawkins Bros., grocers at Reed City and 
Ashton, was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 

Sept. 15, 1849.  His parents, Joseph and Lucy (Hill) Hawkins, were natives 
respectively of New Hampshire and Ohio.  

William H., the subject of this sketch, lived at home with his parents until 
12 years of age, and then worked upon a 

farm for three years; next, he was apprenticed for two years to learn the 
mason's trade, and followed this occupation 

until 1882, when he formed a partnership with his brother, Harvey W., at reed 
City, for the pirpose of carrying on the 

grocery business.  In this line they succeeded well, and last spring (1884) 
they established a branch store at Ashton, 

where Mr. Hawkins, of this sketch, is in charge, and having a good trade.

In his political principles Mr. H. acts with the Prohibitionist party, and he 
is a member of the Masonic Order and of 

the A.O.U.W.

In Genesee Co., Mich., April 18, 1875, Mr. Hawkins married Miss Flora Graham, 
daughter of R.W. and Sarah J. (Warner) 

Graham.  She was born in Flint Township, that county, September 20, 1855.  The 
children now in the family of Mr. and 

Mrs. Hawkins are three in number, namely:  Lulu F., Daisy G. and Ralph W.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio album of Osceola Co.

Chapman Brothers, Chicago

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