Melissa married WHITEHEAD William Henry on 16 Feb 1901 in Iron Co, MO. William (son of WHITEHEAD Samuel and ELIZABETH) was born in Feb 1877 in Iron Co, Mo; died in 1940 in MO; was buried in Glover Baptist Church Cemetery, Iron Co, MO. [Group Sheet]

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4. WHITEHEAD Floy was born on 29 Jan 1907 in Iron Co, Missouri; died on 29 Apr 1968 in MO; was buried in Glover Baptist Church Cemetery, Iron Co, MO.
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8. WHITEHEAD Homer was born on 12 Dec 1918 in Iron Co, Missouri; died on 12 Oct 1921 in Glover Baptist Church Cemetery, Iron Co, MO.

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1876 State Census for Iron Co, MO, Township of Union:

William Hawk, age 18-21
Martha A, age 10-18
Emily F, under 10 years

1880 census Records, Iron Co, MO, Township of Union:

William Hawk, 22 years old, born in MO, Father born MO, mother born MO, farmer
Martha A, 22, wife, born in MO, father born NC, mother born TN
Emily, 5 daughter
Bertha, 3, daughter
George B, 4 months (born Feb 1880), son
Lidda Niss, 50, keeping house, born NC, Father born TN, mother born NC

Purchased 80 acres in Wayne Co (border of Iron Co) on 4/29/1893. Was listed on 1880 census records for Iron Co and also on 1900 census records, so could not have been on the land in Wayne Co for too long.

1900 Census Record for Iron Co, Arcadia, Twp:

William Hawk, born November, 1856 in MO, parents born unknown, day laborer, out of work 1 month during year, is literate and speaks English, rents a home.
Marth A, wife, born April 1858 in MO, father born NC, mother born TN, mother of 9, 7 living, is illiterate, can speak English.
Molisy, born July 1885 MO, literate
Mittie, born Feb 1898 MO, literate
Jessie, born July 1891 MO, at school
Stella, born Feb, 1894 MO, at school.

It is not clear when William died, he was alive on the 1900 census records but not there in 1910. His widow and children moved to IL sometime shortly after the 1910 census records were taken.

William married LONDON Martha A in ABT. 1874 in Probably Iron Co, MO. Martha (daughter of LONDON James Alexander and BERRY Rutha) was born in Apr 1858 in Madison Co, MO; died on 21 Apr 1916 in Madison Co, IL; was buried on 24 Apr 1916 in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Alton, Madison Co, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Martha was born in April, 1858, the same month her mother died. Martha was the first and only child of James London and Rutha Berry, Rutha's father had died 4 months before his daughter. Martha can be found on the 1860 census records living with her father in Madison Co, MO, Liberty Township, Fredericktown, MO. They are family number 376, James London, 23 years old, born in NC, farmer, Martha A. London, 2 years old, born MO.

Martha can be found in the 1870 census records in Liberty Township, Madison County, MO, livng alone. Her father had remarried and started a new family and Martha was not included in that family. She is listed as 12 years old, born in MO and living with the Lwellen family who were farmers from KY. Not only is Martha without a family, she is not attending school and cannot yet read and write.

The next census record, 1876, Martha is found livng with her husband and children. Since the first child was born in 1875, the marriage most likely took place in 1874 when Martha was 16 and her husband was 18.

Martha had apparently moved with her two children, Mary Estelle and Jessie, to Wood River, IL sometime after 1910 from Iron Co, MO. She and Katarina Sonnenberg (future mother in law of Mary Estelle (Stella) who would marry John Sonnenberg in 1912, bought a family buriel plot in Alton, IL (Madison Co) sometime before her death there in 1916. She and Katarina and Jessie Hawk, as well as George Sonnenberg and his wife Annie, are all buried there. Her son, Jessie Hawk, witnessed the death certificate. Cause of death was heart failure, with general dibility a contributing factor. Attending physician was H.B. Giths from Woodriver, IL.

1910 Census Records, Iron Co, MO, Arcadia Twp (Pilot Knob)

Martha Hawk, 48 years old, born MO, widowed, 9 children, 5 alive, rents a home, cannot read or write
Jessie, son 19, laborer in factory, can read and write
Stella, daughter, 16, in school, can read and write
Bessie, 6

There is some confusion on number of children reported born by Martha. On 1900 census records she reported 9 children born and 7 living, in 1910 she reported 9 children with 5 alive, but at least one child (Bessie) was born after 1900 making total born 10 or more.

Adair Sonnenberg, daughter in law of Stella Hawk Sonnenberg, reported that she had been told that the father of Stella (William Hawk) had been shot in the back by an irate husband for some inappropriate behavior with the husband's spouse.

Notes:

Both Elijah and his younger brother Nelson bought property in Iron County while still living in Washington Co, MO., perhaps that section of Washington Co became Iron Co when it was formed in 1857. They lived next to each other for the rest of their lives, Nelson outliving Elijah by several years. They lived in a place which became known as Hawk's Lane in Iron County, and later on a school was built there which was called Hawk's school. Nelson contributed financially to the construction of the school.

1860 Census Record, Iron Co, Dent Twp., MO

Elijah Hock, 30 years old, born in MO, farmer, value of real estate $200, value of personal property $250
Mary Hock, 25 years old, born in MO, can read and write
Lucinda, 4 years old, born in MO
William, 2 years old, born in MO

1870 Census Record, Iron Co, Ironton, MO

Elijah Hawk, 41, farmer, real estate valued at $500, personal property worth $135, can vote. BLIND
Lucinda, 15, keeping house, born in MO
William, 12, born in MO
John, 7, born in MO

Apparently, the wife of Elijah has died, perhaps in childbirth with John?

1876 State Census, Dent Township, Iron Co, MO

Elijah Hawk, age over 45 years
Son John, age 18-21 years

1880 Census Record, Iron Co, Kaolin Twp, MO

Peter Pauley, 40 years old, born in FR, parents born in FRA, farmer
Lucinda Pauley, wife, 23 years old, born in MO, FA born MO, Mother born TN
James Pauley, son, 4
Frederick, son 2
Elijah Hawk, Father in Law, born in MO, father born in VA, mother born in GA

Qualified Voters in Iron County 1864-1868

A list kept by Justice of the Peace Theodore P. Russell of loyal disloyal citizens in Iron County if the wake of the Civil War

Hawk, Aleja Democrat, Dent Twp. This is clearly Elijah Hawk. Almost everyone on the list was described as a Republican or rebel sympathizer, not many Democrats were seen.

Elijah married UNKNOWN Mary in ABT. 1855 in Iron/Washington County, MO. Mary was born in 1835 in Washington Co, MO; died in BET. 1863 - 1870 in Iron Co, MO. [Group Sheet]

James married BERRY Rutha. Rutha (daughter of BERRY John and UNKNOWN Delilah) was born in 1841 in TN; died in Apr 1858 in Madison Co, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

George Hawk, married Anna clark, April 11, 1826, Washington County, MO

"Bellevue - Beautiful View: The History of the Bellevue Valley, and Surrounding Area" A book about the early years of Washington County, MO.

"Undoubtedly, a number of families arrived in this township during this twenty year period which we have little or no record of. John and Able Strickland moved to the east fork of the Black River during this time. George Hawk who was born in Virginia in ca. 1794 moved to the Lesterville vicinity then moved on Strother Creek where the community of Hawk Lane began.

Many of the Black River's first inhabitants came by way of Cumberland County, Kentucky which is an indication that stories told by the first people to arrive filtered back to Kentucky and influenced a number of people to come to the Black River Township.

We the descendants of these brave men and women should be very proud and thankful for the heritage that they left us. They overcame all the hardships and adversities common to frontier life to carve out of a wilderness a good life for us all."

1830 Census Record, Washington County, MO

George Hawk, 4 males, 2 under 5 years of age, one between 10 and 15 and one 30-40 (George), 3 females, 2 between 10 and 15 and one between 30-40 (Anna, his wife). One of the males should be his son Elijah, the other one may be Nelson but he was not supposed to have been born until 1831. The three children between 10-15 years of age are either George's from an earlier marriage, or perhaps siblings, or perhaps Anna's from an earlier marriage. George is living close to John and Able Strickland. Is this an indication they were friends and came west together?

A Solomon Hawk is found living close by in Washington County at this time. It would seem likely that this is an older brother of George.

Solomon Hawk 40-50 years of age (so slightly older than George)
1 male, age 5-10, 2 males age 10-15
2 daughters under 5
1 daughter 5-10
Wife, 30-40 years old

1840 Census Record, Washington County, Black River Twp., MO

George Hawk, 4 males, one between 5-10 (Nelson), 2 between (Elijah and someone else) 10-15, one between 40-50 (George), one female between 40-50 (Anna).

1850 Census Record, Washington Co, Harmony Twp., MO

George Hawk, 56 years old, born VA, Farmer, can read and write
Anny Hawk, 56, born in SC, can read and write
Elijah Hawk, 21 years old, born MO
Nelson Hawk, 18 years old, born MO


1860 Census Record, Iron County, Dent Twp., MO

George Hock, 66 years old, farmer, born in VA
Emma, 66 years old, born in SC

Neither George nor Annie are found on any more census records so one can assume they both died between 1860 and 1870.

There is a George Hawk listed in the 1820 census records for Franklin Co, IN, Blooming Grove. The number of children and ages of children and of George and his wife fit the later census records. On the earlier page is an Adam Hawk who is also about the same age as George. The interesting thing is that George Sumpter lives in the same county, and there is a close relationship between the Sumpters and the Hawks. The Sumpters were originally from Henry County, VA.

George married CLARK Anna on 11 Apr 1826 in Washington County, MO. Anna was born in 1794 in SC; died in BET. 1860 - 1870 in Iron Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

James Richard London appears in the 1850 census in Ripley Co, MO in another household. It is listed as Ellender Moor, female, 39, Anjaline Moor, 10, Richard London, 47. He never returned to his wife and may have married Ellender.

James married KENNEDY Nancy in 1823 in Giles Co, TN. Nancy (daughter of KENNEDY John) was born in 1801; died in 1869 in Ripley Co, MO. [Group Sheet]

John married UNKNOWN Delilah. Delilah was born in 1807 in AL; died in in TN or Madison CO, MO. [Group Sheet]