Biographical Sketch of Hyrcanus Hawkins, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Hon. Hyrcanus Hawkins, farmer, stock raiser and stock dealer, is a rep-
resentative of one of the oldest families of Washington County.  His
grandfather, Maj. John Hawkins, was a native of North Carolina, and 
came to Washington County previous to the present century; he was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary War. Austin H. Hawkins, father of Hyrcanus
was the third son and sixth child in the family of his parents' twelve
children, and he was born and reared in Washington County, following
different occupations, prominent among which was mail contracting; he
was also a trader and merchant, and was one of the original stock hold-
ers in the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad.  He married Miss Sarah
Mier, a native of Baden, Germany, and of the two children born to their
union, Hyrcanus is the only one living; a daughter, Mrs. Cornelia Dick-
inson, is deceased.  Hon. Hyrcanus Hawkins was born in Washington Co.,
Mo., October 28, 1843.  He was reared on the family homestead, and has
principally devoted his attention to farming and the stock industry,
owning about 1,200 acres of land in Washington County, also lands in 
Dent County, besides property in the towns of Potosi and Mineral Point,
Washington County, and De Soto, Jefferson County.  In 1873-74 he was
engaged in merchandising in Mineral Point, in company with Judge F. K.
Boyd. He was appointed first postmaster at Sumner in March, 1882, under
Postmaster General Howe, during the administration of President Arthur,
which office he resigned in January, 1887.  He was also twice elected
to represent the county in the Missouri State Grange.  He was elected
judge of the county court, First District, in 1882, and in 1886 was
elected presiding judge of the same court, a flattering testimony of 
the esteem of the citizens of the county, as well as of his efficiency
as an official.

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