Information below was taken from the History of Starkboro:
Ansel M. HAWKINS was born in Georgia, Vt., August 14, 1808, and came to Starksboro in 1832, having been admitted to the bar of Franklin county in September of that year. He married Candice RISING, of Albany, N. Y., in 1833, who bore him three children and died in the spring of 1845. He subsequently married Sarah J. MEAD, of this town, who has borne him two children, E. W. J. and LOUISE, the latter Mrs. George L. WELLS.
Mr. HAWKINS, besides attending to his law duties, represented the town in the Legislature in 1843-44, was town clerk from 1870 to '83, a justice of the peace thirty-five years, and has been postmaster a number of years.
Information below was taken from the History of Starkboro:
Ansel M. HAWKINS was born in Georgia, Vt., August 14, 1808, and came to Starksboro in 1832, having been admitted to the bar of Franklin county in September of that year. He married Candice RISING, of Albany, N. Y., in 1833, who bore him three children and died in the spring of 1845. He subsequently married Sarah J. MEAD, of this town, who has borne him two children, E. W. J. and LOUISE, the latter Mrs. George L. WELLS.
Mr. HAWKINS, besides attending to his law duties, represented the town in the Legislature in 1843-44, was town clerk from 1870 to '83, a justice of the peace thirty-five years, and has been postmaster a number of years.
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