James Madison Hawkins (1814 - 1898)

Born 14 Jun 1814 in New Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Barrett) Hawkins — married 18 Jan 1836 (to 1851) in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont, United States

Husband of Abilene (Tourtellotte) Hawkins — married 1 May 1852 in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1898 at age 83 in Ladoga, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

James Madison Hawkins was born June 14, 1814, to Elijah Hawkins (1771-1851), and Sarah Salley Dudley (1775-1862), in Holderness, Grafton, New Hampshire. ^[1][2]

On January 18, 1836, James and Lucy Barret were married in Hartland, Vermont. Lucy Barrett was born Dec. 18, 1811, to William Barrett and Anna Denison, in Hartland, Vermont. After Lucy's death in 1851, the Civil War brought James to join the Union Army.^[3] On May 1, 1852, James married his second wife, Abilene Tourtellotte, born July 29, 1831, in Leon, Cattaraugus, New York. Abilene is the daughter of Frederick Tourtellotte (1804–1872), and Charlotte F. Temple (1806–1890).

From 1850-1870, he lived in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.^{[4] [5] [6]}

In 1852, James, at age 37, married a young 20 year old Abeline Tourtellotte in in Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. (No sources found yet, timeline based on birth of first child Ida Erminda).

In 1874, James lived in Auburn, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. ^[7]

In 1885, James lived in Carsonville, Becker, Minnesota.^[8] Unsure of the timline, James owned land in Belmont, Portage, Wisconsin. ^[9][10]

= Children

James and his first wife Lucy had 6 children:

• James Denison Hawkins (1836–1894),
• Truman Ransom Hawkins (1840–1905),
• Geness Hawkins (1842–_____),
• Lucy Janet Hawkins (1843–1891),
• Frances Eveline Hawkins (1845–1935),
• Emma Augusta Hawkins (1847–1932),

James and his second wife Abilene had seven children:

• Ida Erminda Hawkins (1853–1917),
• Emily Cordelia Hawkins (1856–1930),
• Carlos Dudley Hawkins (1859–1862),
• Nellie Jane Hawkins (1861–1937),
• Myron Hamline Hawkins (1866–1945),
• Alma Mae Hawkins (1869–1963),
• Milan Eugene Hawkins (1872–1909),

Military

James fought in the Civil War, enlisting in the Union Army, on May 23, 1864, in Oconto, Wisconsin, in the 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Heavy Artillery, Company H, Rank of Private (100 Days Men, 1864), and mustered out September 22, 1964.^[11][12][13]

The 39th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee and mustered in on June 3, 1864. From Milwaukee the regiment moved to Memphis, Tennessee, between June 13-17, 1864.^[14][15]

Burial

James ^[16], Lucy ^[17], and Abiline ^[18], are buried in the East Ladoga Cemetary in Ladoga Cemetery, Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.^{[19] [20]}

JAMES MADISON HAWKINS

ABSTRACTS:

UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS INDEX

Name................JAMES HAWKINS

Event-Type.........Military Service

Military Beginning Rank.Private

Military Final Rank..........Private

Military Side......................Union

State or Military Term..Wisconsin

Military Unit 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (100 days, 1864)

Military Company....................H

Affiliate Film Number............13

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, 1870
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_997; Page: 315A; Image: 148
3. ↑ National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
4. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_997; Page: 315A; Image: 148
5. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: :1860; Census Place: Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M653_1408; Page: 1023; Family History Library Film: 805408
6. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: *1870; Census Place: Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1714; Page: 600A; Family History Library Film: 553213
7. ↑ Wisconsin, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890
8. ↑ Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905
9. ↑ U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 , Collection Number: G&M_67; Roll Number: 67
10. ↑ U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, Collection Number: G&M_69; Roll Number: 69
11. ↑ Historical Data Systems comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
12. ↑ Historical Data Systems comp., American Civil War Soldiers, Side served: Union; State served: Wisconsin; Enlistment date: 23 May 1864
13. ↑ National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
14. ↑ 39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment; Wisconsin Genealogy Trails
15. ↑ Web: Wisconsin in the Civil War
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #64120498
17. ↑ (Find A Grave Memorial ID 64120500)
18. ↑ (Find A Grave Memorial ID 64120499)
19. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
20. ↑ Web: Wisconsin, Find A Grave Index, 1836-2012

Web Links

39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment; Wisconsin Genealogy Trails [1]

Wisconsin in the Civil War [2]

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYT-8T8 : 13 March 2018), James Hawkins, 1897.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS3G-VPJ : 4 December 2014), James Hawkins, Private, Company H, 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (100 days, 1864), Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M559 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 882,498.

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N452-JZ8 : 24 March 2016), James M Hawkins, 1882.
• "Wisconsin State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMM2-SX7 : 10 March 2018), Jas Hawkins, Grand Marsh Town, Adams, Wisconsin; citing line 73, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,032,686.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4J-TDB : 15 July 2017), James M Hawkens, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 60, sheet 494C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1426; FHL microfilm 1,255,426.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DJ-XTR : 12 April 2016), James M Hawkins, Waupun, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 1098, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6N-JMZ : 11 February 2018), James Hawkins for Char. R. Dudley and Lucy Janette Hawkins, 05 May 1861; citing reference 02540; FHL microfilm 1,266,974.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS3G-VPJ : 4 December 2014), James Hawkins, Private, Company H, 39th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry (100 days, 1864), Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M559 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 882,498.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFN7-7X8 : 6 November 2017), James M Hawkins and Lucy Barrett, 18 Jan 1836, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,470.
• "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS3-WDNB : 1 February 2019), James Hawkins for Emma Augusta Shaw, Wadena, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, various county courthouses, Minnesota.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN96-441 : 12 April 2016), James M Hawkins, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 31, family 240, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,213.

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2J-VRD : 16 March 2018), James M Hawkins and Abalena Hawkins for Chester M Fairbanks and Nellie Hawkins, 01 Jun 1879; citing , Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,977.
• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6V-FF2 : 16 March 2018), James M. Hawkins and Lucy Hawkins for Truman R. Hawkins and Lelia H. Turner, 28 Dec 1869; citing , Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,975.

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR6V-FFP : 16 March 2018), James M. & Abilene Hawkins for Wilber Chase and Ida E. Hawkins, 28 Dec 1869; citing , Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,975.

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2L-B92 : 16 March 2018), James M. Hawkins and Abiline Tourtelotte for Alfred S. Wilkenson and Ida E. Chase, 11 May 1907; citing Springvale, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,982.

• "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR22-CP5 : 16 March 2018), James M. Hawkin & Abeline Tourtelotte for Albert F. Young and Nellie J. Fairbank, 16 Sep 1891; citing Springvale, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,266,979.

• "Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP7-SML9 : 15 March 2018), James M Hawkins & Lucy Barrett for Francis E Cook, 22 May 1935; citing Death, Plains, Sanders, Montana, United States, Sanders County District Court, Thompson Falls; FHL microfilm .

• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LN-W2R : 11 February 2018), James M Hawkins and Lucy for James Denison Hawkins, 09 Dec 1836; citing HARTLAND TWP,WINDSOR,VERMONT, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVF-BRS : 6 November 2017), James M Hawkins and Lucy for James Denison Hawkins, 09 Dec 1836, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,577.

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFVF-BRW : 6 November 2017), James M Hawkins and Lucy Barrett, 18 Jan 1836, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,577.