Brief History of The James T. Hawkins Family

John David Hawkins was born to Stephen and Sarah Hawkins March 5, 1744 in New Hampshire and died December 30, 1820. He married Lydia Bunker who was born May 1, 1745 and died November 11, 1817. Elijah was born March 27, 1771 to John David and Lydia Hawkins and died October 6, 1851. He married Sarah "Sallie" Dudley who was born February 17, 1777. They were married August 23, 1793. Sarah died August 31, 1862. Jacob Eaton was born January 27, 1800 to Elijah and Sarah Hawkins and died 1870-1880. He married Louisa "unknown". Not much info is known about Louisa, except she was born in Conn and was probably educated, because she was shown as a School Teacher on 1860 Harris County Census. James O. was born August 17, 1839 in N. H. to Jacob and Louisa Hawkins and died December 24, 1907 in Navarro County, Texas. He married Clarissa Shook April 3, 1866 in Harris County, Texas. James Taylor was born August 11, 1879 to James and Clarissa Hawkins and died September 15, 1950. He married Noble Wilson December 23, 1904 in Navarro County, Texas. Noble was born August 10, 1891 in Cherokee Alabama and died in Houston, Texas in the month of January, 1964. James O. Hawkins was the only child that is documented to Jacob and Louisa, and can be found in the household in the 1850 and 1860 Harris County, Texas Federal Census. His marriage to Clara Shook can be found in the Harris County, Texas marriage index. He and Clara can be found living with their children next door to the Shook family in the 1880 Harris County, Texas Federal Census. James was a soldier in the civil war and can be found in the roster of company K of the 26th Regiment of the Texas Calvery. He enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war. He filed for a pension (filed in Falls County, Texas) in the month of February in the year 1900, and the application was approved in March 1900. Clarissa applied for a widows pension after James died in 1907. Her pension was approved March 21, 1908. She was living in Navarro County (1910) at this time ( pension app said she had been living in this county over 5 yrs ) with James and wife Noble, son Redmond, daughter Clara, brother Clearence who was 17 yrs old, and James's nephew Wesley Ford, who was 8 yrs old. I have not found which Sister of James married a Ford. ( Wilson Children were too young to have a child 8 yrs old ) It is our belief that James T. married Dora Goss in Falls County Texas before he married Noble. We have the original marriage lic. of James T. Hawkins and Dora Goss in our files. The family of James T. Hawkins was living in falls county at the time of this marriage. The pension of James O. Hawkins (Father of James Taylor) proves this, as it was filed in February 1900 in Falls County. (Also we could not find another James T. Hawkins in the 1900 census). We also believe that Wesley Ford was probably a nephew from the marriage to Dora as we have not found anything that would make us believe that he was from Hawkins or Wilson family marriagesJacob Hawkins, born in N. H., 72 years old ( per August 1870 Dallas County Federal Census ) was found working as a farmer for W. H. Witt. I believe this was our Jacob Hawkins and Louisa had died before this date.