Charlie C. Hawk 1861 - 1900
Father: William W. Hawk died Feb. 9, l889
Mother: Catherine Raub 1827 - 1904
Wife: Lillie Musgrave born May 14. 1868 -
Father: James Musgrave
Mother: Jane Rawlston
Charlie C. Hawk was born July 8, 1861 and died January 28, 1900
He married Miss Lillie Musgrave on June 30, l888 in Sterling
township, the ceremony being performed by Rev. R.B. BIIIows,
a Methodist Protestant minister.
Children:
Floyd W., born July 16, 1890
Edna W., born May 31, 1893
Charlie C- Hawk (deceased) was one of the most extensive fruit
growers and Prominent citizens of Sterling township, Wayne county,
and spent bit entire life on the old Hawk homestead, where his birth
occurred July 8, 186I. His parents, William W. and Catherine (Raub)
Hawk, were natives of Warren county, where they were married
December 4, 1847. The first two years of their wedded life they
spent in Columbus, N.J., and then came to Wayne county, Penn.,
where they lived for a year with Mr. Hawk's sister, Mrs. Jacob
France, in Salem township. Going to Drinkers, Lackawanna Co.,
Penn., h« contracted to build the trestle over the wlber swamp
for the PennsyIvania Coal Company, and when that was completed he
removed to the present home of our subject in Sterling township,
Wayne county. Here he purchased 180 acres from the old Torey estate,
and to its cultivation and improvement devoted his energies until
life's labors were over. He died February 9, 1889, at the age of
seventy-one years, and was laid to rest in the Honesdale ceaetery.
By trade he was a carpenter and builder and erected all the buildings
upon his farm. He was one of the leading and influential citizens
of his community, but never an office seeker, since the age of
twenty-five years he had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and his life was ever in har»eny with his professions. His
estimable wife, who was born January 19, 1827, made her home with
her son Charlie, until his death. They were the parents of four
children, namely: John E., norn May 27, 1853, died December 4, 1853;
Elba E., born May 14, 1856, is the wife of George E. Swartz, of
Dunmore, Penn., an engineer on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
railroad.
Wllllaa A., born May 20. 1858, died June 25, l872. and
Charlie C. completes the family.
Reared on the home farm, Charlie C. ttawk early became familiar
vith all branches of agriculture and also obtained a thorough
knowledge of lumbering, to which he devoted considerable attention.
However, at the last, he gave a greater part Of his fime and
attention to fruit culture, and met with excellent success in Vhis
branch of his business, hia farm becoming one of the finest fruit
farms in northeastern Pennsylvania. Opon the place he had 400
apple and 150 peach trees besides many other varieties of fruits.
Annually he raised from one to three thousand bushels of apples and
pears, and twenty bushels of cherries, for which he found a ready
sale at $4 per bushel. He also raised gooseberries In abundance.
In Sterling township, June 30, 1888, Mr. Hawk was married to
Miss Llllie Musgrave, the ceremony being performed by Rev. R. B.
Billows, a Methodist Protestant minister. They now have two
children; Floyd W., born July 16. 1890t and Edna w., born
May 31, 1893. Mrs. Hawk is also a native .of Sterling township,
born May 14, 1868, and Is a daughter of James and Jane (Rawlston)
Musgrave, the former a native of Philadelphia, and the latter of
Scotland. For many years the father was actively identified with
the agricultural interests of Wayne county, and having prospered in
his undertaking he is now enabled to live retired, enjoying the
fruits of his former toil. His sketch can be found on another page
of this volune. His children are as follows;
Mary, wife of James McGuire,.,.,a railroad engineer of Amboy, Penn.;
Andrew, who died at, the age of five years;
Margaret M., wife of Reuben Malaon a farmer of Sterling township!
Isabella, who diedwhen young;
Elizabeth, widow of James Thompson, and a resident ofAmboy, Penn,;
William, who wedded Mary Lewis and is a railroad man of Dunsmore, Penn,;
Henry, who Married Maggie Paul, and is arailroad engineer of Jersey Clty,N.J.;
Emily, deceasied wfe of Otto Snyder, of Amboy, Penn.;
Thomas B;. wlio married Mary E. Reed,now deceased;
Walter, who married Elizabeth Spangenberg, and is
a farmer of Sterling township;
and Lillle, widow of our subject..
Socially Mr Hawk affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and the Patriotic Order Sons of America No. 959, both of
Nobletown, and religiously was a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of which his widow is also a consistant member. He always
cast his ballot in support of the Republican party, and had
most efficiently served as school director for three years- As a
citizen, friend and neighbor, he wag worthy of the high regard
In which he was heldr and his early death caused genuine grief
throughout his wide circle of friends.
From: Commemorative Biographical Record by Beers
