From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Nancy Grubb (nancyg@theofficenet.com)
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JOHN A. HAWKINS
	John A. Hawkins.  Within seven years the prosperous and enterprising 
farmer and stock-raiser, whose name heads this article, has surrounded 
himself with all the comforts and conveniences of a western home. His ranch,
comprising one hundred and sixty acres of arable land, is located about one 
mile south of Gray, Stevens county.
   John A. Hawkins was born in Wyandotte county, Kansas, February 2, 1875,
the son of J.W. and Mattie (McKinney) Hawkins. They were born and reared in 
Illinois, the ancestry of the mother being Scotch, who settled in this 
republic in the days of its infancy. The parents of John A. Hawkins located 
in Macon county, Illinois, where they continued to reside until their death. 
Three children were born to them: Ollie, now a resident of Springdale; Emma,
living with the latter, and John A., our subject. He secured an excellent 
education at McComas, Illinois, and at the age of eighteen years began life 
for himself in a broom factory. Here he remained during the following ten 
years,industriously at work, a rare instance of application and commendable  
concentrativeness. In 1896 he removed to Washington and settled in Stevens 
county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land and upon which
he at present resides. Thirty acres of this is under cultivation and devoted 
to general farming and the stock business. He has completed an extensive line
of fencing, and erected comfortable and substantial barns and other out 
buildings.
   Politically his sympathies are in line with the interests of the 
Republican party, with which he is locally, an influential and industrious 
worker. Early in the present year, 1903, Mr.Hawkins was appointed deputy 
assessor for the county of Stevens, which position he still holds. His 
fraternal membership is confined to the Springdale Camp, Modern Woodmen of 
America, N0.6606. He is a busy man in every sense of the word, and by his 
energy sagacity and many social qualities, has won the esteem and confidence 
of his neighbors and friends.
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