Person Sheet


Name Bessie J. Gustin40, F
Birth 9 Feb 1897, Woodburn, IN
Death 9 Apr 1967, Paulding County Hospital, Paulding, Ohio Age: 70
Burial Maumee Cemetery, Antwerp OH
Spouses
1 Fred Hawkins40, 2C2R, M
Birth abt 1898
Death 31 Dec 1961, Veterans Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana Age: 63
Burial Maumee Cemetery, Antwerp OH
Father Robert McDuffy Hawkins, M (1869-1935)
Mother Celia Victoria VanBuskirk, F (1876-1944)
Marriage 1919
Notes for Bessie J. Gustin
The Antwerp Bee-Argus, Antwerp, Ohio, Wednesday, April 14, 1976 - "Bessie Hawkins" - Bessie Hawkins, 79, Antwerp, died Friday evening in Paulding County Hospital. She had been a patient for two days. Mrs. Hawkins was born February 9, 1897 in Woodburn, Indiana. Parents were Joseph and Mary (Lyon) Gustin. In 1919 she married Fred Hawkins, who died in 1961. She was a member of the Antwerp American Legion auxiliary and the Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Dora Boren and Mrs Edith Wooten, both of Woodburn, and several nieces and nephews. Services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the Schilb Funeral Home, Antwerp. Reverend Miles Watkins officiated. Burial was in Maumee Cemetery, Antwerp.
Notes for Fred (Spouse 1)
Fred served with Co. F, 33rd Artillery CAC, 1918-1918 (3m).

The Antwerp Bee-Argus, Antwerp, Ohio, Thursday, January 4, 1962 - "Rites Held For Porter Hawkins" - A veteran of World War I, Fred Hawkins, 64, died at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at Veterans Hospital, Fort Wayne. Survivors include his wife, Bessie, two sisters and a brother. Services were held Tuesday at the Schilb & Son Funeral Home. Burial in Maumee Cemetery, Antwerp, where military rites were performed by the American Legion.

1930 Indiana Census, Allen Co, Maumee Twp, April 10, 1930:
Fred Hawkins, age 33, married at age 22, born: OH, f OH, m OH; Trucking Contractor.
Bessie J, age 33,married at age 22, born: IN, f IN, m IN.
Last Modified 8 Mar 2005 Created 28 Dec 2007 Susan Patton

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