Hawkins, Philemon
soldier, statesman, was born Dec. 3, 1752, in North Carolina. He was a member of the assembly from Bute county before he was of age, and represented the counties of Bute and Granville for thirteen years. In 1776 he was elected colonel of a regiment, and in that capacity performed much service.
He was the last surviving signer of the state constitution of North Carolina. In 1776 he was a member of the convention which ratified the United States constitution. He died Jan. 28, 1833, in Warren county, N. C.
HAWKINS, RUSH CHRISTOPHER, soldier, lawyer, author, was born Sept. 14, 1831, in Pomfret, Vt. He is a New York city lawyer who served as a colonel in the federal army during the civil war, and has since been a prominent advocate of political reforms. He has published The First Books and Printers of the. Fifteenth Century.