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Below is a family biography included in The History of East Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Philip Hawkins, farmer and stock raiser in the Twelfth District, was born in Greene County, Tenn., August 2, 1828, the son of Nathan and Mary (Howell) Hawkins. The father, a native of Tennessee also, was a respected man and served in the war of 1812. He was seventy-seven when he died in Greene County, the place of his birth. The mother was born in North Carolina. Our subject, one of a family eight brothers and one sister, was next to the youngest child, and grew up on the farm. Two brothers were skilled physicians, and the rest were farmers. Two of the latter and one sister are the only survivors. The country school gave our subject his education, and when the time came he left the farm and enlisted in the Confederate Army, and was in some of the hottest fights, especially at Vicksburg. Since the war he has succeeded finely in stock-raising and farming, and has acquired a cultivated farm of 700 acres, which he cares for in a practical manner. In the year 1859 he married Virginia F. Page, a native of Greene County, Tenn. Of six sons born to them, James H., William E., John C. and Arris L. are living.

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This family biography is one of 938 biographies included in The History of East Tennessee published in 1887.  For the complete description, click here: History of East Tennessee

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