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Thomas I. Hawkins. In Ouachita County, in the State of Arkansas, and in the year 1857, was born Thomas I. Hawkins, the subject of this sketch. He is one of the eleven children born to John and Susan Hunter Hawkins, who were married January 21, 1841. The father, a native of Mississippi, and born July 8, 1821, was by profession a carpenter, besides which he devoted a great deal of attention to tilling the soil. The mother was born in Bledsoe County, Miss., on September 1, 1821. Only eight of their children are now living, the subject of this sketch being the fourth son: Robert (a farmer living in Nevada County), William (a prosperous planter of Nevada County), Jane E. (at present the wife of W. L. Brown, of Ouachita County), Sarah P. (now Mrs. J. Lester, of Ouachita County), Martha (now Mrs. T. Grayson, whose husband is postmaster at Prescott, Ark), Roxy Ann (Mrs. J. M. Parker, of Ouachita County), and Margaruite S. (the wife of Fred Rhubright). The family moved from Mississippi to Arkansas in the year 1841, settling in Camden, Ouachita County. From that point they changed to Nevada County in 1873, where they remained until the death of the father, which occurred in 1887. He being a faithful member of the Methodist Church, and one to whom duty had been the guide of his life ever, passed away calmly and quietly, wrapped in the faith that attends the death of Christian people. Thomas Hawkins, he whose name heads this sketch, was united in holy wedlock with Miss Hettie B. Bown, November 16, 1882. She is a daughter of William and Susan Vancil Bown, and a native of Iowa, having been born in that State August 13, 1864. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, of whom Floyd W. is living, and Rolla and an infant who was never named, are dead. Mr. Hawkins is the owner of a very fine farm, which is in a good state of cultivation, and improved after the newest methods and ideas in farming. Himself and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is a prominent Democrat and a citizen much respected by all who know him.