Rock-Green County WI Archives Obituaries.....Hawkins, Charles March 11, 1894
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Brodhead Independent May 3 1894
At Avon, March 11, 1894, Mr. Charles Hawkins, aged 33 years two months and 
eleven days.
The circumstances of his death were inexpressibly sad.  In company with his 
brother, Mr. Joseph Hawkins, he was preparing to go out on the bayou, on the 
Samuel W. Treat farm, to hunt ducks.  Wishing to put their boat into the 
water, they laid dwon their guns, the one belonging to Charles being placed in 
the boat, the barrel resting on the seat.  The brothers took hold of the boat, 
one on each side, and gave it a push.  It had moved only about two feet when 
the gun went off, the whole charge passing through the left lung of Charles, 
who stood directly in front of it.  He spoke but once, saying "joe, I'm gone," 
and in a minute or two he had breathed his last.  His body was taken to the 
residence of Joseph, which was near by, and properly cared for.
The gun was one of the old-fashioned muzzle-loading kind.  The hammer of the 
lock rested on the cap, and it is supposed the jar of the boat caused it to 
explode.
Mr. Hawkins was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkins, of Spring Grove, and 
most of his life was spent in that town and in Avon.  At the time of his death 
he was residing on the Fred Moyer, Jr., farm in Avon.  He was married in 1882 
to Miss Flora Kline, of Spring Grove, who with three children survives to 
mourn the untimely death of the husband and father.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church of Avon, on Tuesday, 
conducted by Rev. W. Woodruff of Brodhead.
My sympathy is felt for the bereaved wife, who is almost prostrated by the 
terrible shock, and for the children so suddenly deprived of a father's love 
and care.

On Charles tombstone: Prepare to meet thy God, for in such an hour as you 
think the son of man cometh. Buried in Avon, WI. Hawkins cemetery off Store 
road.

Newspaper article from Kathy Korda, Rockford Daily Registy Gazette, Monday , 
March 12, 1894
A Hunter's accident Instantly Killed while duck hunting.
Draged his gun out.
Durand; March 12-(Special)-Charles Hawkins, who lives near the state line, 
northeast of here, was instantly killed yesterday while out duck hunting.  He 
was pulling the gun from a boat when it was discharged, the whole charge 
entering his breast.  He leaves an invalid wife and three children.

March 15, 1894, Evansville Review, p. 1, col. 4, Evansville, Wisconsin
Charles Hawkins, living a few miles southeast of Brodhead, was instantly 
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun while hunting on Sunday. He leaves 
a wife and three small children.



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