Levi Hollingsworth Married in 1798

According to the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (an on-line database), Levi Hollingsworth married Charity Hollingsworth in 1798 in South Carolina. By 1840, the families of Levi, Abram, Eli, and Nehimiah are all living in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.

Levi Hollingsworth Bible

Levi Hollingsworth was the father of Eli Hollingsworth who was the father of Mary Jane Hollingsworth Sanders. This is the transcription of the Bible Records of Levi Hollingsworth, from the files of the Decatur Genealogical Society, as transcribed in 2009.
Bible Record – Hollingsworth File (unknown original source)
Decatur Genealogy Society, Decatur, IL

Transcribed by S.H.Ridgley, 14 Oct 2009

The age of Levi Hollingsworth and his family –

Levi Hollingsworth was borne the 26th of 7 month 1771 and was married to Charity Hollingsworth the 20th of the 12 months 1798.

Hannah Hollingsworth was born the 28 of 9 month 1799.

Neremiah Hollingsworth was borne the 10th of 9 mo 1801

Naomi Hollingsworth was borne the 15th of 3 mo 1800

Silas Hollingsworth was borne the 25th of 7 mo 1807

Eli Hollingsworth was borne the 11th of the 2 mo 1810

Huldah Hollingsworth was borne the 23rd of 7 mo 1812

Abram Hollingsworth was born the 8th of 6 mo 1815

Susanna was borne the 15 of 6 mo 1816?

….birth by Huldy? 26th of 8 month 1832
His death the 16h of the 9 mon 1832

Susannah Hollingsworth left home the 25 of 12 month 1839 and was married the 16th day of 11 month 1840.

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Aden Hawk Family

about 1910

Left to right:  John I, Amy C "Kate" Blankinship, Aden C Hawk

Amy P "Nellie" Hawk Lawton, Leroy C Hawk, Aliff J Hawk Carr

Missing: James Edward Hawk who died in the spring of 1899.

Averitt and Hawk Reunion 1905

Decatur Herald, Decatur, Illinois, 3 October 1905

Averitt and Hawk Reunion

 

“At Niantic a reunion of the Averitt and Hawk families took place Thursday at the J. M. (James M.) Hawk residence, formerly the home of Mrs. Penelope (Nellie) Hawk Averitt.

The families of A. C. (Aden Clevenger) and Armstrong (John Armstrong) Hawk, C. A. Hill, T. H. Claypool, M. E. Lockhart, Wm. Lawton, Clarence Whaley, Howard Carr, Aaron Ford, J. G. Willard, Elmore Averitt, Mrs. E. B. Chamberlain, and James Chamberlain are the representatives here at Illiopolis and Decatur. Mrs. Mark Camp, Mrs. Ella Averitt, of Harristown, A. D. Averitt of Willow Springs, Mo, is a brother. Frank Averitt and wife of Decatur, must not be forgotten. Mrs. Walter Pritchett, now in Colorado and Mrs. Arthur Pritchett are entitled to be named as well as Walter Averitt and wife of Lanesville.

The program included an experience meeting and the entire affair was in honor of Mrs. Rebecca Woods, a sister from Alexandria, Mo.

After an address of welcome from the host and hostess had been read by Mrs. Alice Gilcrest, a fine dinner was served. Owing to illness, neither Mrs. Willard nor Mrs. Chamberlain could be present. The guests were Mrs. R. J. Woods, Alexandria, Mo; Mrs. Rebecca Ford and daughters, Mrs. Minnie Garvey and Miss Gertrude Ford, also little Marjorie Garvey and Mrs. G. A. Drum and son Donald, of Illiopolis; Mrs. Nancy Hobbs, Mrs. Alice Gilcrest, Armstrong and Aden Hawk, C. A. Hall, Elmore Averitt, Wm. Lawton, Clinton Higgins and their wives, Mrs. Aliff Carr and daughter Nancy. Mrs. Minnie Whaley and children, Mrs. Mary Kitch and daughter Sophia, Mrs. Mary and Mrs. Alice Claypool, Mrs. Maria Mansfield and Russell Hall.

The old stage coach was told of by Mrs. Woods, who with her parents and brothers were among the first settlers in the township. Their old home land is now owned by N.A. Mansfield. Soft soap was told of by Mrs. Ford. The ox wagon was also discussed by Mrs. Hobbs, who gave a graphic account of how old “Buck” and “Berry” ran away one time. Other times were ably discussed and the occasion was one long to be remembered by everyone present."

Notes:

1.Nellie Hawk was the widow of George William Hawk. After he died, she married Nathan G. Averitt and had a daughter, Laura Averitt who married Charles Hall.

2.Rebecca Hawk Woods was a sister to AC, James, Nellie and Armstrong Hawk and half-sister to Laura Averitt.

Children of John I. and Eda M. Sanders Hawk

Their only son, Virgel Aden, married Leva Ann Whiteside, the daughter of William Modrel Whiteside and Hattie Myrtle Davis Whiteside on March 12, 1918. They had four sons: John W., Virgel, Jr., Roland "Rod" and Garry.

Leva and Virgel in 1918






Thelma married Don Carl Williams, the son of Adelbert and Corene (Widick) Williams, on the 11th of June in 1925 in Illiopolis, Illinois. She graduated from the Illinois State Normal Teachers College in Bloomington, then taught at Bend School in Macon County, Illinois. After a few years, Thelma got a position in the Elgin School District where she taught 5th grade for many years. They had one son, Carl Winston in March of 1927.

Mildred remained single, but moved to the Chicago area where she became a seamstress at Marshall Field's.

Ayliffe married Paul Robert Moore, son of Robert C. Moore and Pauline, of Carlinville, Illinois, in 1927. Their daughter, Mary Helen, the first granddaughter of John and Eda, was born in 1930. According to the 1930 Census, when she was 2 months old, the family lived on Stewart Avenue in Chicago in an apartment building that was at 6617-19 Stewart Avenue. The second granddaughter was named Barbara . Ayliffe died on the 29th of December, 1931, when the baby was just a few days old. She was buried in Moore Cemetery near Carlinville, Illinois.

In 1930, John and Eda were still living south of Harristown in Macon County, Illinois, where he was farming. John was 62 and Eda was 55. When he was ready to retire, about 1934, they sold the farm and moved to the village of Niantic.

In 1944, John and Eda celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary.









John I Hawk--Reuses Tires

On the 10th October of 1925, this article was published in the Decatur Review newspaper:

OLD TIRE IS USED TO WATER CHICKENS

Old tires have been put to many uses, their utility not being destroyed when they are no longer fit for the road. But one of the latest uses to which it has been put is found on the John hawk farm in Harristown township, where an old tire is in use as a water trough for the chickens. The tire, not quite worn through, was slit all around the middle and the halves laid flat on the ground and filled with water. it doesn't need a diagram to show how accessible and convenient this device is.