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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



HAWN, FREDERICK, was born June 5, 1810, at Indian Castle, now Danube, Herkimer county, New York. His ancestors were of German origin; his grandfather, Conradt Hahn, was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, and married there to a Miss Windacre. They emigrated to America about 1765, and settled in Canajoharie, Tryon county, now Montgomery county, New York. Mrs. Hahn died in 1775. Conradt Hahn was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, and was killed in battle at Oriskany, Oneida county, New York, leaving four children. The eldest, Conrad, married Catharine Young. Frederick, whose name heads this sketch, is their son. By assimilation with the English language the name was changed from Hahn to Hawn. Frederick Hawn studied civil engineering, and was thus employed on the first railroads constructed in the States of New York and Pennsylvania. He came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in Oct., 1835, where he was married, Nov. 9, 1837, to Abigail Cutter. See Cutter family. Mr. and Mrs. Hawn had two children in Sangamon county, and in 1843 moved to Weston, Platte county, Missouri, where they had one child. Of their children--

MARIA G., born Sept. 9, 1838, in Springfield, Ill., was married in Weston, Missouri, Nov. 4, 1857, to Joseph C. Hemingray, a native of Pittsburg, Penn. They have two children, REUBEN PHELPS and LILEON KERR, and reside in Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Hemingray is a practicing lawyer.

MARTHA, born Feb. 17, 1842, in Sangamon county, Ill., was married June 21, 1875, in Leavenworth, Kansas, to Charles H. Lamar, a native of Tennessee. They live near Weston, Platt county, Missouri. Mr. Lamar is a farmer. Mrs. Hemingray and Mrs. Lamar have for many years been active members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Leavenworth.

LAURENS, born Sept. 4, 1847, at Weston, Missouri, graduated at Cornell University, Ithica, New York, in the class of 1875. He is now--1876--studying law in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Frederick Hawn was professionally engaged in the earlier public improvements of Illinois. After his removal to Missouri he was the civil engineer in the construction of the Hanibal & St. Joseph Railroad, and in the geological survey of the State of Missouri. In 1860 he moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, and was connected with the survey of the United States lands, and later was engaged in the geological survey of the State of Kansas. He has written extensively on the natural resources of the latter State, and climate of the west. Frederick Hawn and family reside in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.



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