Person:Amos Hawkins (11)

    AMOS HAWKINS, farmer, P. O. New Burlington. James Hawkins, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born in Virginia, in 1756; he was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but the rudiments of an English education. In the year 1806, he emigrated from South Carolina, to which State his parents had removed, to Clinton County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Chester Township on Caesar's Creek, in the northwest portion of the township; he settled here in the woods with hardly a "stick amiss." During the first summer he lived in a camp, and in the fall, built a log house, into which they retired for winter quarters ; he then began the laborious task of clearing up his land, in which he endured a great many hardships and privations; he lived here until his death ; he was a member of the Society of Friends, and left to his family about 144 acres of land. Amos Hawkins, subject of our present sketch, was born March 23, 1813, in Clinton County, on the old homestead; he too, was reared on a farm, find, like his father, received but a limited education. He married Miss Massie Spray, daughter of John and Sarah Spray. They have five children, viz., James, Jehu S., John, Jesse and Benjamin; he is a member of the Society of Friends, a Republican, and the owner of 384 acres of land, and may well be classed among the worthy citizens of Clinton County. [A History of Clinton County, by A. H. Harlan, page 938]