This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hankins Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1566 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Thursday, January 24, 1901, (in part): "Charles Hankins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hankins, was born near Kinderhook, Ill., July 1, 1879, and died in the Phillipine Islands, after a brief illness of typhoid fever and dysentery, August 22, 1900. He was a dutiful son, of cheerful disposition and was the youngest of the family. He was converted at Kinderhook, Ill., March 18, 1899, largely through the influence of saved young men, in the great awakening and revival of religion occurring at that time and place. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church and its Epworth League, becoming one of their most devoted members and faithful workers. He was baptised July 16, 1899, and at the close of his probationary term of six months, on September 10, 1899, he was received in full connection in the church. The next day he enlisted in Co. F, Forty-fifth regiment U.S. Volunteers, at Quincy, Ill. He took Christ with him into camp and distant shores. While others in camp took delight in gambling and drinking away their leisure hours, he took delight in reading the little new testament he carried, or in writing home to family and christian friends his experiences in the army and his victories through Christ. The writer delivered the sermon in memory of his departure at Kinderhook December 22, 1900. The Epworth League arranged the services for the stricken family. The pastor, Rev. A.V. Babbs, was unable to be present, to the disappointment of all concerned. Signed W.W. Drake, Pastor Perry M.E. Church"