Thomas Wilkins Hawthorne (1840 - 1912)

Born 12 Jan 1840 in Warren, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Richie) Hawthorne — married [date unknown] in , Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1912 at age 72 in Provencal, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

Biography

Thomas was born in 1840 to Frederick "Fred" Hawthorne and Martha Ann (Jackson) Hawthorne in Warren, Georgia. He is listed with his parents on the 1850 Census in Van Buren Township, Union County, Arkansas and he is also listed with his parents on the 1860 Census in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. It is believed that he married Mary Ann Richey in 1865 (source needed). The 1870 census has not been located at this time but they are listed together on the 1880 Census in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Name

Name: Thomas Wilkins /HAWTHORNE/

Given Name: Thomas Wilkins

Surname: HAWTHORNE

Name: Tom //

Given Name: Tom

Surname:

Burial

Burial:

Place: Provencal, Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA

TAG

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Reference

Reference: 44488

Source

Source: #S312

Note

Note: @NI4463@

@NI4463@ NOTE From the notes of Mary Jane Collins on THOMAS WILKINS "TOM" HAWTHORNE:

Thomas "Tom" Hawthorne moved from Jackson Parish to Provencal, Louisiana after the Civil War. He married Mary Ann Richie or (ey) in Natchitoches Parish. Tom along with his brother Joseph Bolden Hawthorne served in Company K the 9th Louisiana, joined July 7, 1861, both were captured, sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, then released. They both rejoined the Civil War in Company M, the 12th Louisiana also known as The Jackson Greys. Tom was captured at Champion Hill (Baker's Creek May 16, 1863 in the Vicksburg Battle. He was sent to Memphis, Tennessee as prisoner, to Ft. Delaware, Point Lookout, Maryland, Sept. 23, 1863 then to Elmira Prison camp (New York) from August 18, 1864 to February 25, 1865. Prisoners were exchanged at James River, VA. in 1865 and Tom Hawthorne was among them. He was a Corporal in the 12th Louisiana. Joseph was a 2nd Corporal and is said to have been killed in Shelbyville, Tennessee. So far, what I have is he was slightly wounded July 23, 1864 on a skirmish line. From CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS AND COMMANDS OF LOUISIANA BY B. BOOTH pub. ReprintCo. Spartenburg, S.C. Tom and John David or J.D. Salter were part owners of Provencal land & Improvement Company which burned in 1912. This is documented in MEMOIRS OF LOUISIANA and printed in the Natchitoches Times twice. Tom and Mary Ann made their home in Provencal and were charter members of First Baptist Church along with Mary Ann's mother Martha McKennie Richey or Richie. Tom (T.W.), Mary Ann and Martha are all buried in the Provencal Cemetery.

More About THOMAS WILKINS "TOM" HAWTHORNE: Burial: Provencal Cemetery

BURI: CEME Harmony Baptist Cemetery

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-QYY : 12 April 2016), Martha Hawthorn in household of Fred Hawthorn, Van Buren, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing family 271, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPQ-TCG : 14 December 2017), Martha Hawthorn in entry for Fredrick Hawthorn, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD61-5R3 : 29 December 2021), Thomas Hawthorn, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8600610/thomas-wilkins-hawthorne