Husband Col. Alexander L. Hawkins 1 2
Born: 6 Sep 1843 2 3
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Died: 18 Jul 1900 2
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Father: James C. Hawkins (1808-1891) 4 5
Mother: Margaret Wise (1818-1892) 4 6
Marriage: 4 Feb 1869 7
• Biographical Sketch: Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910).
To read a brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.
• Additional Image: Col. Alexander L. Hawkins.
Wife Cynthia H. Greenfield 5 8
Born: 17 Mar 1845 7
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Died: Aft 1910
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Father: Nelson Greenfield ( -1865) 7
Mother: Elizabeth Hawkins (1807-1859) 7
Children
1 M Clyde E. Hawkins 3 8
Born: 16 Nov 1869 3
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2 F Jessie Benton Hawkins 3 8
Born: 29 Jun 1871 3
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Spouse: Robert W. Darragh ( - ) 8
3 M Frank B. Hawkins 3 8
Born: 14 Jul 1874 9
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Spouse: Rebecca Streator ( - ) 8 10
General Notes: Husband - Col. Alexander L. Hawkins
Col. Hawkins was a soldier by inheritance, belonging to the fourth generation of a military family. His early days were spent on his father's farm, on the border line of Washington and Greene counties, Pennsylvania.
He was educated at George's Creek Academy and Waynesburg College, after which he taught school two terms. On August 7, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, filling the various grades of non-commissioned officer until the spring of 1864, when he was promoted to first lieutenant; in the spring of 1865 he was commissioned captain, and he was mustered out of service January 21, 1866. He participated in the battle of Antietam, Maryland, and his regiment then being transferred to the "Army of the Cumberland," he was with that organization in its various engagements from "Stone River," until the close of the war. After hostilities ceased, he served on the staff of Maj.-Gen. Clinton B. Fisk until mustered out. In the autumn of 1866 he went into the drug business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, continuing for two years, when he sold his store, was married and moved onto a farm in East Bethlehem township, Washington County. He was elected treasurer of his county in 1875, served as such during 1876, 1877 and 1878, and then returned to the farm. On January 1, 1877, he entered the National Guard of Pennsylvania as captain of Company H, Tenth Regiment; was with his company during the riots at Pittsburgh, in 1877; on February 27, 1879, he was elected colonel of the regiment; re-elected February 27, 1884, and re-elected February 27, 1889, eventually becoming the senior colonel in the state. He was with his regiment under the call of the governor of Pennsylvania for three weeks in April of 1891, during the labor strike in the coke regions of western Pennsylvania; and also was in command of a Provisional Brigade for a month during the strike of steel workers at Homestead, Pennsylvania, in July and August of 1892.