The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, December 3, 1908 C.O. HAWKINS was born in Fountain County, Ind., April 5th, 1831, and at the time of his death was 77 years, 7 months and 21 days old. He moved to Davis County, Iowa, in 1840, and to Wayne County in 1854; was married to SARAH J. SWINEY on Dec. 20, 1855. Surviving him are his wife and nine children: WILLIAM M., JAMES S., CHARLES O., WALTER W. and MRS. FLORA STARK, MRS. LAURA FISK, MRS. NORA RUMBLE, MRS LEAH LAYTON and MRS. IDA HOLTEEN. In life he was an exemplary citizen, loyal to his friends and family and performed his duties cheerfully and the best encomium that can now be pronounced is to say that a good man has gone. In the days of his activity his calling was that of a farmer but gaining a competency and being advanced in years, and feeling the need of rest, he retired from the arduous toils of the farm and since then he and MRS. HAWKINS have resided in this city. For almost 30 years he had been a consistent member of the Baptist Church: "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, yea sayeth the Spirit, for their works do follow them." On Thursday, Nov. 26, 1908, when the worshipful minds were subdued in thankfulness for the Providential bounties of the year, he finished his work and went to his reward, after weeks of suffering with a complication of diseases peculiar to old age. His Pastor, Rev. Hugh Moore, conducted services here and the remains were laid to rest at the New Sharon Cemetery, in Benton Township. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert April 15, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net