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Jay County IN

• 11.22.09
  A great bereavement
  Jay County IN (0)

  (Sep 27 concluded, finally). I never did find Caroline Hawkins Clark's grave, even though I visited two other cemeteries after leaving the Hawkins Cemetery at the site of her childhood home. One of the two was near her adult home, which I take to have been on the site of the farm shown in the photo above. I base this conclusion on the 1881 plat map, which shows a C.H. Clark living there. An examination of the 1870 census record for Pike Township provides corroboration. Benjamin H. Clark, Elizabeth Clark, ...
  
  
• 11.09.09
  Leaving Hawkins Cemetery
  Jay County IN, Randolph County IN (0)

  (Sept 27, cont.) I took this photo just before taking my leave of the Hawkins Cemetery. The cemetery itself is in the upper right, overlooking Buckeye Creek below it. (Did the Hawkins family give it that name in honor of the state they had come from?) The bridge and overhanging vegetation make a sort of portal through which one passes from one world to another, almost. This view is looking back toward the Hawkins homestead and cemetery. It's not far away, but it can't be seen here because of that portal effect. One ...
  
  
• 11.04.09
  Benjamin W. Hawkins
  Jay County IN (0)

  (Sept 27, cont.) Here is a view of the Hawkins cemetery, facing north-northwest. I didn't find the grave of Caroline Hawkins Clark here, but was surprised and pleased to find the grave of her father, John J. Hawkins, who I've already written about. His grave marker is the one closest to the camera. Caroline's brother, Benjamin W., is also buried here. The marker for him and his wife is the one closest to my bicycle, by the gate. The 1887 biography that I've already quoted from tells about the ...
  
  
• 11.02.09
  The Nancy Hawkins cabin
  Jay County IN (0)

    googlemap (Sep 27, cont.) Even though it's a tiny family cemetery, the Hawkins Cemetery rates a place name on Google Maps. Two dogs came out to meet me as I walked my bike across the steel bridge into the yard. One of the disadvantages of riding on rural gravel roads is that most of the dogs haven't been socialized to interact well with bicycles. They just haven't had much opportunity. But these two dogs were the silent, friendly type. Maybe they had gotten used to cemetery visitors. Or maybe they were the type who don't bother to bark at strangers unless their ...
  
  
• 10.31.09
  Almost at the Hawkins Cemetery
  Jay County IN (0)

  (Sep 27, cont.) Usually I ask permission before going into a cemetery that's on private property. Nobody has ever objected, but it doesn't hurt to ask when there is someone around to ask. But this time I figured the sign saying "Hawkins Cemetery - Sign donated by the Jay Hawkins King Family" was an invitation. While riding to this place, the following passage from Caroline Hawkins Clark's reminiscences is one that I had in mind. Daddy killed three deers and Brother Nathen killed two turkeys. From that time on we had plenty ...
  
  

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