The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-02-07

We come to pay tribute to the
memory of a remarkable woman;
one in whose death the Hawkins
family has not only lost a noble
mother, but Ellis county its second
oldest citizen, and the Methodist
church member whose name for
many long useful years has been
upon its register; and now while
We must mark upon the roll book
her name to the Lambs Book of
Life" for at two O'Clock in the af
ternoon of the second day of the
New Year, 1911. she heard the call
of the Master and went forth to sec
the King
| Mrs b. f. Hawkins, whose maid
| en- name was Mary A. Pinnell, was
born in Logan county, Virginia
January 30th, 1928 Her parents
died when she was quite young and
she made her home with her uncle,
subsequently living with her sister
| until the time of her marriage to
B. F. Hawkins at LaPorte, Indiana,
on February gath, 1913
Her life spans a notable period OF
years; born during John Quincy
| Adams presidency when there were
only twenty-four states in the I'm
| ion she lived through the admins
! tratlons of twenty-two presidents,
seeing the population grow from less
than twelve million until now when
! Old Glory proudly waves over more
than one hundred million souls
from young republic burdened
| with debt, incurred by the second
struggle with the mother country
ltin the time when the United States
is first among world powers. Dur
ling this one life time, there were
fought. besides the numberless bat
ties with the Indians, the Mexican
War. the dreadful strife between
l!he states" and the Spanish Amer
lean war. When she first saw the
American flag there We're only
twenty-four stars, now forty-six are
emblazoned there, and two others
are peeping out from under their
bright lashes. soon to add their lus-
ter to the banner of the free.
God richly endowed her with no
bile traits of character While in
her girlhood she was deprived OF
what we call a finished education
yet she was a highly cultured ana
refined woman, possessing that cul-
ture and refinement which comes
through the right association with
people and events.
Providence was good in allowing
her one of earth's noblemen for a
husband. a man who wrote his
name deep in the hearts of the cit
zens of his country by deeds OF
genuine worth and manly virtue,
And how closely are their united
lives interviewer into the history of
this county and town. The yea,
of their marriage the young couple
moved to the state OF Texas, settling
near where the town of Midlothian
now is the husband being one OF
the commissioners who organized
Ellis county, when there We're no'
more than one hundred qualified
voters in the county thus formed
locating the county site at WaXa-
hachie tand moving here when
there were not more than dozen
inhabitants in the little village or
{ the banks of WaXahachie creek
and he being elected the first clerk
of the county.
t They bought the property where
on the old home now stands, and
where the funeral services were held
! and moved here in the year 1881
or 1852. This is indeed sacred
homestead to the Hawkins family as
II was here the parents settled whet
only twenty-threc years Of age, hers
, where the children were born, grew
{ | to manhood and womanhood, here