Hawk, Hannah Maria "Annie" (Hamlin) (1843-1926)

HAMLIN, HAWK, HALL, HEATH, LEWIS, DONAHUE, PIERSON, MAUS, THOMAS, ALLEN, HILL, SMITH, POAGE

Posted By: Ken Akers (email)
Date: 8/15/2015 at 17:47:03

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Thursday, Aug. 26, 1926, pg 1
PIONEER OF AUDUBON
COUNTY PASSED AWAY

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Daughter of First Settler in Audubon
County Died at Home of Son Near
Anita, After Short Illness

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The death of Mrs. Hannah Hamlin
Hawk occurred at the home of her son,
Ralph Hawk, at Anita, on August 22.
For the past few years, Mrs. Hawk has
been living among her children and on
August 20th came to the home of her
son. Shortly after her arrival she was
stricken with a heart attack which re-
sulted in her death.

The deceased was a daughter of
Nathaniel and Margaret Hamlin, who
came to this county in 1851, being the
first settlers here. She was born in
Champagne county, Illinois, on March
28, 1843, and was aged 83 years, six
months and 25 days at the time of her
death.

She was united in marriage on May
20, 1866 to Charles C. Hawk, he hav-
ing preceded her in death seven years
ago. To this union eleven children
were born, two passing away in in-
fancy, and one daughter Mrs. Mar-
garet Hall, having passed away a few
years ago. Three sons and five daugh-
ters survive her. They are Ralph
Hawk, Anita; Elmer Hawk, Ft. Lara-
mie, Wyo.; Arthur Hawk, Okonogin,
Wash.; Grace Heath, Council Bluffs;
Winifred Lewis, Randolph, Nebr.;
Lyda Donahue, Council Bluffs; Rose
Pierson, Osmond, Nebr.; Laurel, Maus,
Omaha, Nebr. She also leaves two
sisters, Mrs. Rose Thomas of Cache,
Oklahoma, and Mrs. Clara Allen of
Plankton, S. D.; two brothers, Allen
Hamlin of Fayette, Utah; and Robert
Hamlin of Lusk, Wyoming; forty-
three g(r)andchildren and thirty-six
great grandchildren and a large circle
of relatives and friends.

Mrs. Hawk had been a member of
the Christian church for sixty-five
years, always faithful and steadfast in
the faith of Jesus Christ.

Funeral services were held at the
Exira Christian church, Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock conducted by
Rev. V. B. Hill, pastor of the Feder-
ated church. Burial was made in the
Bowen cemetery.

Audubon County Journal (IA)
Thursday, Aug. 26, 1926, pg 4
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Wiota
was in Exira yesterday to attend the
funeral of her aunt, the late Mrs.
Hannah Hawk.

Note: Parents of Hannah Maria "Annie" Hamlin were Nathaniel "Natty" Hamlin and Margaret Terrell "Peggy" Poage. She was married to Charles Conrad Hawk.

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