John Stephens Hawks

(1796-1865)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

John Stephens Hawks was born on March 21, 1796, in New Bern, NC. He died in 1865.

Relatives

• Parents: Julia Airay Stephens (1773-1813) and Francis Hawks (1769-1831).
• Spouse: Mary Halliday, married on January 13, 1820 [1].
  Children:
  
  • two sons, Francis Halliday Hawks (1822-1866) [1] and Thomas Hawks [1].
  • two daughters, Hannah Hawks (1825-1908)  [1] and Mary Halliday Hawks (1842-1896) [1].
• Maternal grandparent: John Hawks.

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).