Sarah Jane (Cracraft) Hawkins (1856 - 1941)

Born 14 Mar 1856 in Monroe Co., IN

Ancestors

Wife of James Knox Polk Hawkins — married 3 Jul 1893 in Lawrence, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1941 at age 85 in Sanders, IN

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Biography

Mrs. Sarah Hawkins, 85-year old life long resident of Monroe County, succumbed to a heart ailment at her home in Sanders Wednesday night after an illness of nine months.

The daughter of John and Elizabeth Cracraft, deceased, both of whom were born in Monroe County in the last century, Mrs. Hawkins had lived in Sanders only during the past year. She had spent the rest of her life in Chapel Hill and Bloomington. In addition to other relatives, she leaves 33 grandchildren, 57 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild, which is only two weeks old. She was a member of the M.E. church at Chapel Hill.

Mrs. Hawkins' first husband, James Tate, died many years ago, while her second husband, James Hawkins, passed away 19 years ago. Her son, Talmadge Hawkins, for many years a prominent local groceryman and civic leader, died Dec, 9, 1938, exactly three years ago.

The survivors include four daughters, Millie Tate, Madison; Mrs. Mary East, Bloomington; Mrs. Pauline Prince, rural route four, and Mrs. Lillie Clark, rural route four; one son Edgar Tate, rural route three; a brother, George Cracraft, Chapel Hill, and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Jane Allen, Bloomington.

The funeral will be conducted at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at the Sanders church by the Rev. Lloyd Livingston. Burial will be at Chapel Hill.

The body will remain at the Day Mortuary until the funeral hour."

[Bloomington (Ind.) Telephone, October 9, 1941]

Above information provided by Alan Tate

Family links: Parents: John T. Cracraft (1826 - 1887) Elizabeth Miller Cracraft (1829 - 1893)

Spouses: James Buchanan Tate (1858 - 1889) James Polk Hawkins (1847 - 1922)

Children: Millie Jane Tate (1882 - 1957)* Mary Elizabeth Tate East (1884 - 1965)* Pauline Tate Prince (1885 - 1961)* Edgar Tate (1887 - 1955)* Lillie Alice Tate Clark (1889 - 1957)* Talmage Hawkins (1896 - 1938)*

Siblings: Nancy Jane Cracraft Allen (1853 - 1942)* Sarah Jane Cracraft Tate Hawkins (1856 - 1941) Francis Marion Cracraft (1858 - 1936)* George Washington Cracraft (1861 - 1949)*

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Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery Chapel Hill Monroe County Indiana, USA

Sarah was born in 1856. Sarah Cracraft ... She passed away in 1941. ^[1]

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