Hawk, William 1817-1903

HAWK, BLAKELEY, BLAKELY, MCCLURE, LONG, STARKS, STARK

Posted By: Debbie Nash (email)
Date: 11/7/2003 at 16:12:04

"The Fairfield Ledger"
July 22, 1903
Page 6, Column 5

CAME TO COUNTY IN 1838. William HAWK died in this city Monday night, after a long illness. He had been a resident of Jefferson County since 1838. Until 1902 his home was on a forty acre tract of land in Penn township, the first place he purchased when he came to the state. Mr. HAWK was born in Coffee Co., Tenn., December 28th, 1816. Married in this county to Rhoda BLAKELEY (sic - BLAKELY) who died a few years later. They had one son, William C. Hawk, now a resident of this city. Later he was married to Frances McCLURE, who bore him eleven children. Four of them are yet living - Thomas HAWK, Mrs. Mary LONG and Mrs. Sarah LONG in this county, and Stephen HAWK in western Iowa. After the death of his second wife, Mr. Hawk lived alone for several years, but was again married, December 28th, 1900, to Mrs. Sarah E. STARKS (sic - STARK) who survives him.... The body was taken to Richwoods Cemetery for interment.

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Admin. note: Birthdate on his gravestone is Dec. 27, 1817, but noted as Dec. 28, 1816 in his obituary. He is buried in Lower Richwoods Cemetery with second wife Frances. First wife Rhoda is in Upper Richwoods Cemetery, and third wife Sarah is buried with her first husband Henry STARK in Old Fairfield City Cemetery.