Civil War Veterans of Monterey County, California.

Researched and Compiled by : 
Timothy P. Reese, PCC of Salinas , CA. & Robert L. Nelson ,PCC. of Santa Cruz.CA. 
Both members of the “Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War”. 
Department of California & Pacific. Camp Abraham Lincoln # 10.  
The Reese-Nelson CWV-MC Data Base


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HAWKINS, JOHN H   (1842-1901)   IOOF
(Salinas Daily Index March 13, 1901)

Sudden Death Last Night
  About 11 o’clock last nigh John H. Hawkins was suddenly attacked with a hard congestive 
chill at his home on John street.  Dr. Parker who lives in the neighborhood was summoned 
and he sent for Dr.. T.C. Edwards, but medical skill was of no avail and the stricken man 
died soon after the arrival of the physicians.
  The deceased was 62 years of age and a Union veteran.  He was the father of Al Hawkins, 
the well known Salinas drayman.


(Salinas Daily Index March 14, 1901)
Death of J.H. Hawkins
Funeral Will Take Place art 2 o’clock This Afternoon
  The funeral of John Henry Hawkins who died suddenly Tuesday night, will take place under 
the auspices of James B. Steedman Post No. 56, G.A.R. from the family residence on John 
street at 2 o’clock this afternoon.  Interment in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
  The deceased was born in Maine February 20, 1842 and was consequently in his sixtieth 
year when he died.  He received a common school education in his native state and later 
came West as far as Minnesota.  On October 24, 1864, he enlisted as a private in the First 
Regiment of Minnesota Heavy Artillery, and was promoted to corporeal January 1, 1865.  
He received an honorable discharge September 26, 1865.
  Mr. Hawkins was a member of Garfield Post No. 68, G.A.R. of St. Paul, Minnesota, and had 
been in Salinas about six months.  A widow and two sons survive him.
  Coroner Muller held an inquest over the remains last evening, the jury being composed of 
Frank Hiserman, Frank Ward, Frank Baker, A.C. McLaughlin and Oscar Olsen.  A verdict of 
death from natural causes was rendered.