This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hawn, Craddoc, Yount, Lee, Wallace, Salyer, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SSB.2ACE/2232 Message Board Post: History of Southeast Missouri, Goodspeeds 1880, pg. 831, Bollinger Co., MO THOMAS HAWN Thomas Hawn, a highly respected citizen and farmer of Bollinger County, Mo., is a native of that county, born in 1832. He is a son of David and Emily (Craddoc) Hawn, of German and English descent, respectively. David Hawn was born in Catawba County, N.C., and was first married to a niece of Maj. Whitener, after which he removed to Madison County, Mo. His wife died soon after, and he returned to North Carolina and remained a short time, when he came back to Madison County and worked for awhile at the carpenter's trade. In 1831 he was united in marriage with Miss Emily Craddoc and removed to Bollinger County, and settled on a farm, where he died in 1842. To this union were born four children: Thomas, Ann, Samuel and Christian. Thomas grew to maturity on his father's farm, and received such eduction as the schools of those times afforded. In 1854 his marriage with Miss Harriet J. Yount was celebrated. Mrs. Hawn is of Dutch descent, and is the mother of fifteen children, viz.: Emily S. (Mrs. H. Lee), James C., Matilda A., Jessie D., Margaret E. (Mrs. Jacob Wallace), Samuel D., Mary C. (Mrs. John Salyer), Luvare E. (Mrs. James Wallace), William, Charles, Sarah J., Eliza R., Thomas C., Epps M. and Serepta O. During the Civil War, Mr. Hawn was in sympathy with the South, but took no part in the contest. Having been conscripted by Col. Green, he was released after paying the cummutation tax, but afterward was taken prisoner by the bushwackers, who held him two days after he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, when he was allowed to return home. Mr. and Mrs. Hawn are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.