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Notes for Rufus M. Hawkins

Census 1: 1870, Huggins Twp, Gentry Co, MO, Albany PO, 22 Aug 1870, p615a, #195/209--with step-father, William Wheeler & mother
Census 2: 1880, Huggins, Gentry Co, MO p524b w/stepf, & mother
Census 3: 1900, Brush Creek Twp, Douglas Co, MO #150--Hawkins, Rufus [M.] Head; born May 1854: age 46 Married 12 yrs; MO TN MO farmer
Census 4: 1910, Douglas Co, MO, Bryan Twp, #111 Hawkins, Rufus; Head; age 54 Married once, 22 yrs; MO TN MO farmer
Census 5: 1920, Douglas Co., MO; Bryan Twp.; SD 12; ED 59; p. 7B; house & family #31--Hawkins, Rufus; Head; owns home, no mortage; age 65; married; able to read & write; MO TN MO; farmer; general farming; working on own account #23 on farm schedule

Burial: Mt. Ararat Cemetery, Douglas Co., MO [see Tombstones--Rufus M. Hawkins]
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No children
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1870 Huggins Twp, Gentry Co, MO, Albany PO, 22 Aug 1870, p615a, #195/209:
William Wheeler farmer 52 $1444/525 OH
Drusilla keeping house 46 MO Can't read or write
Hawkins Rufus A farmhand 16 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
Theodore J school 11 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
Joseph J 7 MO Attends school, Can't read or write
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1900 Douglas County, Missouri; Brush Creek Twp, June 22, 1900; p. 10A

#148/150 Hawkins, Rufus [M.] M Head May 1854 46 M 12 MO TN MO farmer
Nancy [E. Pruitt] F wife Nov 1867 32 M 12 MO MO MO 0 born 0 living
Pruitt, John M bro-in-law May 1878 22 S MO MO MO
Wheeler, Drucilla F mother Jun 1822 72 Wd MO PA KY 10 born 3 living

Drucilla Bittick b. June 20, 1825 d/o Thomas Stanfield Bittick & Prudence, first married John Jefferson Hawkins, 2nd married George Wheeler; Rufus M. Hawkins married Nancy Ellen Pruitt

1910 Douglas County, Missouri, Bryan Twp, April 26, 1910
#111/111 Hawkins, Rufus Head M 54 M1 22 MO TN MO farmer
Ellen wife M 48 M1 22 MO MO MO 0 born 0 living
Wheeler, Drucilla Mother F 84 Wd MO TN TN own income no children listed
Pruitt, John bro-in-law M 31 S MO MO MO farmer

1920 Douglas County, Missouri Census; Bryan-McKinley Twps. Image 4
Bryan Township Jan. 1, 1920 (Jan. 9 & 10, 1920 actual); page 7B
Supervisor's District 12, Enumerator's District 59
Enumerated by Daniel W. Coble
# of house & family in order of visitation: 31; lines 67-70

Hawkins, Rufus; Head; owns home, no mortage; age 65; married; able to read & write; born Missouri; father born Tennessee; mother born Missouri; farmer; general farming; working on own account #23 on farm schedule
Hawkins, Ellen; wife; age 52; married; able to read & write; born Missouri; father & mother born Missouri
Pruitt, John; brother-in-law; age 41(?); single; able to read & write; born Missouri; father & mother born Missouri; laborer; general farming; working for wages
Wheeler, Drucilla; mother; age 96; widowed; able to read & write; born Missouri; father & mother born unknown U. S.

Laine Sutherland, Death Notices Abstracted from The Douglas County Herald, 1887-1910, (Dunrobin Productions, 1996):
page 58-59:
July 25, 1895 article which mentions the "late William Wheeler", Mrs. Wheeler [Drucilla Bittick], Rufus Hawkins [probably Drucilla's son, Rufus M. Hawkins], and Rev. Joseph Beesley
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Land Patent:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov
October 21, 1891, Homestead Entry, 160 acres, Douglas Co, Missouri, Document Nr.: 7265, Rufus M. Hawkins
Aliquot Parts Sec./Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian State Counties
E½NW 22/ 26-N 12-W No 5th PM MO Douglas
W½NE 22/ 26-N 12-W No 5th PM MO Douglas
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