William Hawthorne (1830 - 1916)

Born 28 Dec 1830 in Brown Co., Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah Douglas Findley — married 14 Sep 1853 in Granville, Putnam County, Illinois

Husband of Emeline T. Field — married 1867 in Illinois

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1916 at age 85 in Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan

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Biography

William Hawthorne, son of William and Margaret (Parr) Hawthorne, was born December 28, 1830 in Brown Co., Ohio.^[1][2][3]

The 1850 U.S. Federal Census records "William Hawthorn," a farmer age 18 born in Ohio, living in Putnam Co., Illinois with his mother Margaret Moore and step-father. In the household are Shepherd Moore age 52 born in OH, Margaret Moore age 46 born in OH, Mary Ann Hawthorn age 21 born in OH, Andrew C. Moore age 13 born in IL, Margaret E. Moore age 11 born in IL, Amanda S. Moore age 9 born in IL, Martha E. Moore age 7 born in IL, and John W. Johnson a blacksmith age 42 born in Ohio.^[4]

September 14, 1853 Wm. Hawthorn married Susan Findley in Putnam Co., Illinois.^[5][6]

The 1860 U.S. Federal Census records "Wm Hawthorn" age 29 born in OH as a farmer living in Granville Township, Putnam Co., Illinois. In his household are Susan age 26 born in OH, son D.S. age 5 born in IL, son Wm E. age 11/12 born in IL, and son Orin E. age 11/12 born in IL. Additionally there are 2 workers listed in the household.^[7]

The 1870 U.S. Federal Census records William Hawthorne, age 39 born in OH, working as a Coal Dealer living in Normal, McLean Co., Illinois. In his household are his wife Emaline age 31 born in IN, son Shepard age 15 born in IL, son William E. age 11 born in IL, son Orin E. age 11 born in IL (the census recorder has mis-reported him as a female named Ora E.), and daughter Eva age 1 born in IL.^[8]

The 1880 U.S. Federal Census records William Hawthorne, age 49 born in OH, working as a farmer living in Portage Township, Porter Co., Indiana. In his household are his wife Emaline age 41 born in Indiana, son William age 20 born in IL, daughter-in-law Mattie Dumphrey age 17 born in IN, daughter Ella age 11 born in IN, son Glen W. age 7 born in IN, daughter Birdie age 3 born in IN, and son Roy E. age 11/12 born in IN.^[9]

The 1900 U.S. Federal Census records William Hawthorne, age 69 born December 1830 in OH, living in Wessington Springs and Media Townships, Jerauld Co., South Dakota with his daughter Beatrice Brodko, age 23 born January 1877 in IN, and husband Herman W.F. Brodko, age 30 born August 1869 in MI, and infant daughter Gladys, age 4/12 born January 1900 in SD. Additionally in the household are William's sons Glenn W. Hawthorne, age 27 born December 1872 in IN, and Earl C. Hawthorne, age 17 born June 1882 in IN. William is widowed and working as a real estate agent.^[10]

The 1910 U.S. Federal Census records William Hawthorne, a widower age 79 born in OH, living with his son William E. Hawthorne and his family in Granville, Putnam Co., Illinois. In the household are William E. Hawthorne age 50 born in IL and his wife Emma E. age 45 born in IL, twin sons Henry and Oril L. age 19 born in IL, twin daughters Helen and Marie age 14 born in IL, son Charles F. age 11 born in IL, and son Edward E. age 7 born in IL.^[11]

William Hawthorne age 85 died April 8, 1916 in Bay City, Bay Co., Michigan 28 Dec 1830. His Michigan death records indicate that his parents were named William Hawthorne and Margaret Parr. William Hawthorne was buried in Granville Cemetery, Granville, Putnam Co., Illinois.^[12][13]

Note

William Hawthorne Sr. Dies In Bay City, Michigan, April 8

WILLIAM HAWTHORNE

Last week's ECHO stated that word had come from Bay City, Michigan that the editor's father, William Hawthorne, was very low, preparing us for the message which came on Saturday morning that he had passed away and that the body would be brought to Granville for burial, which was done Sunday afternoon via of La Salle. The funeral was held from the Granville Congregational church on Monday afternoon with interment in the family lot in the local cemetery.

The body arrived from La Salle on Sunday about one o'clock in charge of Undertaker Peterson and was kept at the home of W. E. Hawthorne till time for the service on Monday. Rev. R. Kidder Stetson, pastor of the church to which all the Granville relatives belong, delivered a very appropriate address. A quartet composed of Miss Birdie Opper, Mrs. W. L. Child, Mr. C. E. Fay and Mr. E. E. Edgerley furnished the music which was much appreciated by the family. Miss Opper also sang "Face to Face". Three of the sons and three of the grandsons acted as pall bearers. The funeral cortege was made up entirely of automobiles.

Floral tributes were very numerous and beautiful. Those from Bay City, were from Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker, next door neighbors to S. D. Hawthorne, with whom the deceased made his home; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ritz, Secretary of the Y.M.C.A., of which Mr. S. D. Hawthorne was president many years; Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of which Mrs. Hawthorne is a member; The Fellowship Class, S. D.'s Sunday school class and from The Valley Ice and Fuel Company of Bay City, of which S. D. is Secretary and Treasurer. From Granville the Fay-Hawthorne Sunday school class and the Misses Holm and F. L. Glass, associates of the editor in the ECHO office, and the relatives offered some beautiful pieces making a very large floral tribute. The flowers, as has become a custom in Granville, were made into bouquets after the funeral and distributed among the sick and shut-ins.

Many kindly expressions of sympathy were received from friends, none of which were more appreciated by the editor than the ones from the teachers of the local school, with whom he is associated as a member of the Board of Education.

The relatives from out of this community who were present were Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Hawthorne of Bay City, Michigan; O. E. Hawthorne of Fulton, Missouri; Mr. And Mrs. H. M. Mills of Chicago; Mrs. Amanda McKnight of Normal, Illinois; Mrs. Emma Dunlap of St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Scofield of Crissman, Indiana; W. Henry Hawthorne and family of Chenoa, Illinois; Harvey Salisbury, Mrs. Mason Bullock and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Raymond of Tonica, Illinois.

William Hawthorne was born in Brown County, Ohio December 28, 1830, the third William Hawthorne in succession and William IV in the family. His father died a short time before his son was born and the only father he ever knew was his step-father, Shepherd Moore who married Mrs. Hawthorne in 1833 and came at once to Illinois, settling in this community west of Granville. The boy grew to manhood upon the farm and was a farmer all his life except a few years while engaged in the coal and feed business in Normal, Illinois. He preempted a farm now owned by John Neumann [sic: Naumann] Sr., four and a half miles southeast of the village. September 14, 1853 he married Miss Susan D. Findley of Granville to whom six children were born, two dying in infancy, the other four being present at the funeral; Shepherd D., William E., Orin E. and Jennie Mills. Mrs. Hawthorne died Sept. 7, 1864 at the age of 30 years and 18 days.

A few years later Mr. Hawthorne married the widow of a Presbyterian minister with one daughter, Mrs. Mattie Humphrey Scofield. To this union six children were born; Mabel died at three years of age, Roy at sixteen and Eva, Mrs. Blosser, at twenty-six, the last two of typhoid fever. The mother was a lady of unusual culture and had the love and admiration of her step-children. She died February 25, 1893, at her home in South Dakota. Her three remaining children are Glenn W. of Oregon, Birdie Brodkorb and Earl C. of South Dakota.

Twenty-four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren number his posterity.

For nearly a quarter of a century this aged father has made his home with his children in South Dakota, Illinois and Michigan. He longed to be at rest and often said heaven was his home, so on Saturday, April 18 [sic: 8], 1916 he entered into rest at the age of 85 years, 3 months and 10 days.

Source: The Granville Echo, Granville, Illinois, W. E. Hawthorne, publisher and editor, Thursday Evening, April 13, 1916, Thirteenth Year, Number 47, front page, transcribed by HJ, August 27, 2015.

Sources

1. ↑ Michigan Death Records 1867-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
2. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #58589403 for William Hawthorne, IV, Granville Cemetery, Granville, Putnam Co., Illinois.
3. ↑ Burt, John Spencer and W.E. Hawthorne. Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead. Chicago: The Pioneer Publishing Company; 1907. Page 135.
4. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Family #730.
5. ↑ Putnam County Illinois Record Index Grooms A-M, Record #798. Found online: <http://genealogytrails.com/ill/putnam/>
6. ↑ Obituary for William Hawthorne. The Granville Echo, Granville, Illinois, W. E. Hawthorne, publisher and editor, Thursday Evening, April 13, 1916, Thirteenth Year, Number 47, front page.
7. ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Granville Township, Family #641.
8. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, McLean Co., Normal Township, Family #24.
9. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana, Porter Co., Portage Township, Family #103.
10. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census, South Dakota, Jerauld Co., Wessington Springs, Family #76.
11. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Granville, Family #29.
12. ↑ Michigan Death Records 1867-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
13. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #58589403 for William Hawthorne, Granville Cemetery, Granville, Putnam Co., Illinois.

• 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Family #730.
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Granville Township, Family #641.
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, McLean Co., Normal Township, Family #24.
• 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Indiana, Porter Co., Portage Township, Family #103.
• 1900 U.S. Federal Census, South Dakota, Jerauld Co., Wessington Springs, Family #76.
• 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Illinois, Putnam Co., Granville, Family #29.
• Burt, John Spencer and W.E. Hawthorne. Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois Together with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead. Chicago: The Pioneer Publishing Company; 1907.
• Find A Grave Memorial #58589403 for William Hawthorne, IV, Granville Cemetery, Granville, Putnam Co., Illinois.
• Michigan Death Records 1867-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
• Obituary for William Hawthorne. The Granville Echo, Granville, Illinois, W. E. Hawthorne, publisher and editor, Thursday Evening, April 13, 1916, Thirteenth Year, Number 47, front page.
• Putnam County Illinois Record Index Grooms A-M, Record #798. Found online: <http://genealogytrails.com/ill/putnam/>