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Dr John Hawkins Pike

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Dr John Hawkins Pike

Birth
Tishomingo County, Mississippi, USA
Death
5 Jul 1909 (aged 66)
Navarro County, Texas, USA
Burial
Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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DR. JOHN HAWKINS 'HAWK' PIKE was born 15 August 1842 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, according to the James Tilfred Pike Family Bible. He is the son of JAMES TILFRED PIKE and wife, MARY JANE VAWTER, and the grandson of JOHN PIKE and wife, MARY CHOAT, and JOHN LEWIS VAWTER and wife, RHODA MCGUIRE. HAWK married MARY FRANCES GREENHILL on 13 November 1872 in Franklin County, Alabama, said date according to Widow's Application for Pension. He died on 5 July 1909 in Navarro County, Texas and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in the city of Corsicana.

During the War Between the States, John H. Pike served as a private and was a doctor in Company H, 26th Mississippi Infantry and later after the reorganizing of units, he served in Davenport's Battalion, Company B, Mississippi State Cavalry Troop. After being wounded in the leg and hip, he was honorably discharged. He later drew a pension for his service. Being a doctor, it is believed that his teacher was Hawkins Choat, who was a doctor in Tishomingo County, Mississippi and the brother of his grandmother, Mary Choat Pike.

CHILDREN OF JOHN HAWKINS AND MARY FRANCES PIKE ARE:
James Arthur Pike, John Luther Pike, David Edgar Pike, Olley Pike, Oscar Clayburn Pike, Winnie Frances Pike Payne, Edward Urchial Pike, and Carl H. Pike. Olley died while they lived in Red Bay, Alabama and is buried next to the three Pike graves with pyramided stones.
DR. JOHN HAWKINS 'HAWK' PIKE was born 15 August 1842 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, according to the James Tilfred Pike Family Bible. He is the son of JAMES TILFRED PIKE and wife, MARY JANE VAWTER, and the grandson of JOHN PIKE and wife, MARY CHOAT, and JOHN LEWIS VAWTER and wife, RHODA MCGUIRE. HAWK married MARY FRANCES GREENHILL on 13 November 1872 in Franklin County, Alabama, said date according to Widow's Application for Pension. He died on 5 July 1909 in Navarro County, Texas and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in the city of Corsicana.

During the War Between the States, John H. Pike served as a private and was a doctor in Company H, 26th Mississippi Infantry and later after the reorganizing of units, he served in Davenport's Battalion, Company B, Mississippi State Cavalry Troop. After being wounded in the leg and hip, he was honorably discharged. He later drew a pension for his service. Being a doctor, it is believed that his teacher was Hawkins Choat, who was a doctor in Tishomingo County, Mississippi and the brother of his grandmother, Mary Choat Pike.

CHILDREN OF JOHN HAWKINS AND MARY FRANCES PIKE ARE:
James Arthur Pike, John Luther Pike, David Edgar Pike, Olley Pike, Oscar Clayburn Pike, Winnie Frances Pike Payne, Edward Urchial Pike, and Carl H. Pike. Olley died while they lived in Red Bay, Alabama and is buried next to the three Pike graves with pyramided stones.


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