William Morton Hawkins
1838 - 1918 (79 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Morton Hawkins was born on 17 Sep 1838 in Fleming County, Kentucky; died on 4 Jul 1918 in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 8 Jul 1918 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. Other Events:
- _MILT: Civil War. Union Army. Company F, 23rd Missouri Volunteers.
- Census: 1870, Baker Township, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1880, Grantsville Township, Linn County, Missouri
- Census: 1900, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri
- Census: 1910, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri
Notes:
William M. Hawkins was born in Fleming county, Kentucky on Sept. 17, 1838. He came with an uncle to Linn county, Missouri in 1856, making the journey in a covered wagon with a yoke of cattle. He enlisted in the Union Army and served his country for more than three years in Company F, 23rd Missouri Volunteers and was wounded at the battle of Shiloh. At the close of the war, he returned home and on March 2, 1865 was married to Miss Minerva Cassity. To this union was born four children, two dying in infancy. He is survived by his aged companion with whom he had lived for more than half a century, a daughter, Mrs. Amota Walker, a son A.A. Hawkins, two grandchildren Alta and Wilma Hawkins, and a sister Mrs. Mahala Shields of Hillsboro, Ky. He moved to Sullivan county in 1881 where he has since resided until his death. He kept the Opel post office for a number of years and served one term as Judge of the County Court. In May ’17, he was stricken with paralysis and since then has been unable to walk without the aid of crutches. On May 17, 1918, he took pneumonia and on account of his feeble condition, he was unable to regain his strength and after lingering for more than seven weeks passed peacefully away, July 4, 1918 at 6:40 p.m., aged 79 years, 9 months and 17 days. A few days before his death, realizing that the end was near, he told his family not to grieve for him that he was tired and worn out and wanted to go home to rest and asked his loved ones to meet him in Heaven. Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Zion on Friday, July 5 at 4 p.m. Rev. Underwood of the Christian church of which deceased was a member, after which his body was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery near by there to await the Resurrection morn. He was a kind husband, a loving father and was respected by all who knew him.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 18 July 1918, page 1.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1918/1918_00026270.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24847020/william-morton-hawkinsWilliam married Minerva Cassity on 2 Mar 1865 in Linn County, Missouri. Minerva (daughter of Armstrong Russell Cassity and Ruth Ann Trumbo) was born on 13 Mar 1847 in Bath County, Kentucky; died on 24 Oct 1924 in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 25 Oct 1924 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Walter Hawkins was born in 1868 in Missouri; died on 6 Jan 1869 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.
- Albert Alva Hawkins was born on 11 Sep 1873 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Apr 1941 in Jefferson Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 6 Apr 1941 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Amota Jane Hawkins was born on 13 Oct 1876 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; died on 27 Sep 1958 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 28 Sep 1958 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan County, Missouri.
- America Hawkins was born on 13 Oct 1876 in Missouri; died on 13 Dec 1880 in Linn County, Missouri; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Linn County, Missouri.