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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 544]

    J. M. HAWN has been identified with the interests of Cherokee County
    since 1870.  He was born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, January 30,
    1848, and is a son of R. C. HAWN, deceased, whose biography appears
    in this volume.  When seven years of age his parents removed to Iowa
    and lived at different times in Scott, Muscatine, and Jones counties.
    He was reared to the life of a farmer, and received his education in
    the common schools.  As before stated, he came to Cherokee County in
    1870, when it was in its infancy; he located on his present farm,
    which was wild land.  By industry and good management he has developed
    the resources of the place, and it is now one of the most desirable
    farms in the township.  He has a fine frame residence, built in the
    modern style, at a cost of $1,000; it is situated in the midst of a
    beautiful grove of five acres, and is a most attractive home.  There
    are good buildings for the protection of grain and live-stock, and
    all the surroundings show signs of prosperity.  Mr. HAWN makes a
    specialty of high grades of horses and cattle, and has done much to
    advance this enterprise in the county.  He was married December 26,
    1874, to Miss MARY WILL, a daughter of JAMES WILL, Sr., of this
    county.  The result of this union has been two children, a son and
    a daughter: DAISY MYRTLE and ROB CLIFTON.  Mr. HAWN is a strong
    supporter of the principles of the Prohibition party.  He is a
    member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been an
    active worker; he has served as trustee and as steward, and has
    been a liberal supporter of all efforts to advance Christianity.

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