born: 2 Jun 1864, Truxton,Cortland Co.,New York

died: 31 Jan 1938, near Paris,Illinois, at the home of her daughter Mary

bur.: Paxton,Nebraska at Paxton Cemetery

spouse: John Riley HAWKINS

marr: 19 Aug 1886, English River Twp,Keokuk Co.,Iowa

born: 14 Jan 1854, near Zenia,Greene Co.,Ohio

died: 19 Sep 1922, Arthur Co.,Nebraska

bur.: Paxton,Nebraska at Paxton Cemetery

occu: farmer

Children:

HAWKINS

Paul HAWKINS

Homer Lester HAWKINS

Virgil Spencer HAWKINS

Alva David HAWKINS

Ralph Milo HAWKINS

Ruth HAWKINS

Mary J. HAWKINS

                      |--------Peter GILCRASS (1755 - 1820, Scotland)
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           |---------John J. GILCHRIST (1803, Scotland - 1878, Iowa)
           |          |
           |          |--------Jannet JARDEN (1752 - 1804, Scotland)
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  |------David GILCHRIST (1830, Scotland - 1906, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------John ROME ( - )
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Margaret ROME (1794, Scotland - 1857, Scotland)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Jean RAE ( - )
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Ellen Dawson GILCHRIST (1864, New York - 1938, Illinois)
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  |        |          |
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  |        |
  |------Frances ``Fanny'' HARKNESS (1827, Scotland - 1905, Iowa)
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Her descendents contributed their family history to a McPherson County, Nebraska history book, and it is from this book that a lot of the details on this family are known.

Ellen and John met in Kansas, married back in Iowa, then lived on John's homestead near St. John, Kansas for 14 years. In 1900, they moved to a farm near Paris, Illinois. Then in 1908, they moved to a homestead in what became Arthur County, Nebraska, in the Sand Hills region of western Nebraska.

John took a trip to Kansas City and purchased lumber from the World's Fair that was being dismantled there, for use in building their house in Nebraska. The family rented a rail car to ship all their goods from Illinois to Nebraska. Their son Homer came along with the lumber, then John and sons Virgil and Alva came in the rail car with all their possessions. The rest of the family came by train a little later. They unloaded from the train in Paxton, Nebraska, then moved their lumber and goods the final 25 miles to their homestead by wagon. Ellen's sister Margaret accompanied the family to the new homestead.

The family supplemented their farm income with a molasses cane mill they had brought from Illinois, and also started a broom making business, raising their own broom corn, too. Virgil was the main broom maker and they sold the brooms in different towns, even as far away as Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Ellen had joined the Christian Church while a young girl.

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