ESTHER JANE HAWKS
Esther was born on August 5, 1833, the fifth child of Parmenas and Jane (Kimball) Hill, in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
After she finished public school she went on to an academy at Kingston, New Hampshire to become a teacher.
She and Dr. John Milton Hawks married on October 5, 1854, in Manchester, N.H. They honeymooned in the small town of Manatee, south of Tampa.
Esther studied medicine and worked in her husband's office. She received her medical degree from New England Female Medical College, Boston, Class of 1857. In 1862 Esther volunteered as a teacher for the New York Freeman's Society. She was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina. When her husband started a military hospital there for colored soldiers, Esther assisted him as a surgeon's assistant and nurse.
Drs John and Esther Hawks treated the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment when they were defeated at Fort Wagner. The exploits of the 54th were made famous in the movie "Glory". Drs John and Esther Hawk transferred to Jacksonville and treated the wounded from the Battle of Olustee.
In 1864 Esther opened a school for both black and white children in Jacksonville. Esther and John lived in Port Orange from 1866-1870 while he was establishing a black community. When her black school was torched in Port Orange, Esther moved back to Lynn, Massachusetts and practiced medicine there the rest of her life.
She died in Lynn, Ma. on 6 May 1906 and is buried in the family plot of her parents in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Esther was born on August 5, 1833, the fifth child of Parmenas and Jane (Kimball) Hill, in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
After she finished public school she went on to an academy at Kingston, New Hampshire to become a teacher.
She and Dr. John Milton Hawks married on October 5, 1854, in Manchester, N.H. They honeymooned in the small town of Manatee, south of Tampa.
Esther studied medicine and worked in her husband's office. She received her medical degree from New England Female Medical College, Boston, Class of 1857. In 1862 Esther volunteered as a teacher for the New York Freeman's Society. She was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina. When her husband started a military hospital there for colored soldiers, Esther assisted him as a surgeon's assistant and nurse.
Drs John and Esther Hawks treated the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment when they were defeated at Fort Wagner. The exploits of the 54th were made famous in the movie "Glory". Drs John and Esther Hawk transferred to Jacksonville and treated the wounded from the Battle of Olustee.
In 1864 Esther opened a school for both black and white children in Jacksonville. Esther and John lived in Port Orange from 1866-1870 while he was establishing a black community. When her black school was torched in Port Orange, Esther moved back to Lynn, Massachusetts and practiced medicine there the rest of her life.
She died in Lynn, Ma. on 6 May 1906 and is buried in the family plot of her parents in Manchester, New Hampshire.
ESTHER JANE HAWKS
Esther was born on August 5, 1833, the fifth child of Parmenas and Jane (Kimball) Hill, in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
After she finished public school she went on to an academy at Kingston, New Hampshire to become a teacher.
She and Dr. John Milton Hawks married on October 5, 1854, in Manchester, N.H. They honeymooned in the small town of Manatee, south of Tampa.
Esther studied medicine and worked in her husband's office. She received her medical degree from New England Female Medical College, Boston, Class of 1857. In 1862 Esther volunteered as a teacher for the New York Freeman's Society. She was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina. When her husband started a military hospital there for colored soldiers, Esther assisted him as a surgeon's assistant and nurse.
Drs John and Esther Hawks treated the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment when they were defeated at Fort Wagner. The exploits of the 54th were made famous in the movie "Glory". Drs John and Esther Hawk transferred to Jacksonville and treated the wounded from the Battle of Olustee.
In 1864 Esther opened a school for both black and white children in Jacksonville. Esther and John lived in Port Orange from 1866-1870 while he was establishing a black community. When her black school was torched in Port Orange, Esther moved back to Lynn, Massachusetts and practiced medicine there the rest of her life.
She died in Lynn, Ma. on 6 May 1906 and is buried in the family plot of her parents in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Esther was born on August 5, 1833, the fifth child of Parmenas and Jane (Kimball) Hill, in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
After she finished public school she went on to an academy at Kingston, New Hampshire to become a teacher.
She and Dr. John Milton Hawks married on October 5, 1854, in Manchester, N.H. They honeymooned in the small town of Manatee, south of Tampa.
Esther studied medicine and worked in her husband's office. She received her medical degree from New England Female Medical College, Boston, Class of 1857. In 1862 Esther volunteered as a teacher for the New York Freeman's Society. She was sent to Beaufort, South Carolina. When her husband started a military hospital there for colored soldiers, Esther assisted him as a surgeon's assistant and nurse.
Drs John and Esther Hawks treated the survivors of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment when they were defeated at Fort Wagner. The exploits of the 54th were made famous in the movie "Glory". Drs John and Esther Hawk transferred to Jacksonville and treated the wounded from the Battle of Olustee.
In 1864 Esther opened a school for both black and white children in Jacksonville. Esther and John lived in Port Orange from 1866-1870 while he was establishing a black community. When her black school was torched in Port Orange, Esther moved back to Lynn, Massachusetts and practiced medicine there the rest of her life.
She died in Lynn, Ma. on 6 May 1906 and is buried in the family plot of her parents in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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