U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawkins, Arta F. (b. 1876) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 398 A. F. Hawkins, born July 6, 1876, near Philippi, son of Thomas E. and Elizabeth (Talbott) Hawkins. He is a member of the Baptist Church, is an Odd Fellow, in politics is a Democrat, and by occupation a teacher. He attended the public schools; entered, in 1893, the West Virginia Cenference Seminary at Buckhannon, and graduated in 1897. He had begun teaching when sixteen years of age. The year after his graduation he was elected principal of the Beverly school, in Randolph County, and the summer following he taught a private Normal school at that place. He was then appointed principal of the Public School at Parsons, in Tucker County; and in 1899 he was chosen as principal of the public schools at Philippi, thus each year gaining promotion in grade and salary. In the spring and summer of 1899 he assisted in collecting material for this history of Barbour County, his work being done chiefly in Philippi, Elk and Pleasant Districts. His people, on one side, are related to the Talbotts the first settlers of the county, and on the other side, the Hawkins family originated in England where the name is frequently met in the history of that country. ------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTH-REGISTER, Barbour County, WV Western District, Page 142, Line-Numbered 34 Name: Arta F. Hawkins Date-of-birth: July 6, 1876 Parents: Thos. E. & Eliz. E. Hawkins ------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTER of MARRIAGES, Mineral County, WV Page 345, No. 50 Husband: Arta Frank Hawkins, age 24, born in Philippi, Barbour, WV son of Thomas E. & Elizabeth E. Hawkins WIFE: Grace Davis, age 22, born in Piedmont, W.Va. dau of J. W. W. & Florence Davis were married on June 27, 1901 in Piedmont, W.Va. by W. H. Ballanger, Minister ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------