Washington County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hawkins, Charles  February 25, 1864
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 Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.): March 30, 1864
Died in Washington, Pa., February 25th, 1864, Charles Hawkins, in the 91st year of
his age. This aged and venerable man was born in Baltimore, Md., November 27,1773,
about six weeks after the arrival of his parents from Ireland. Portions of his
boyhood, were spent in Cecil Co., Md., Adams county, Pa., and Chambersburg, Pa.,
respectively, in the last of which he was married, May 18, 1797, to Miss Sarah Orr.
From July, 1807, until his death he was a resident of Washington. His wife preceded
him to the grave in 1861. They had seven children, five of whom yet survive. The
ancestors of Mr. Hawkins were pious Covenanters; especially was-he wont to speak of
the piety of his mother and grandmother. His first membership in the church was
formed, while at Chambersburg, with the church of his fathers. From his settlement
in Washington until about the year 1811, he attended the ministry of the Rev. Thomas
Campbell, then of the Associate church, but being unable to follow his pastor and
his more distinguished son Alexander Campbell, in their change of religious
opinions, he found a congenial home in the Presbyterian church, under the ministry
of The Rev. Matthew Brown, DD… In 1827, with three others, he was made a
Ruling-Elder, the Rev. Obadiah Jennings, DD, being at the time, pastor of the
church. He was among the earliest teachers of the Presbyterian Sabbath-School of
Washington, established in 1816, probably the first in all the West, and, for a
number of years, was its Superintendent...

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