Eliza Eck was born in Germany in 1820 to John Eck and his first wife whose name is unknown. She had a sisiter named Kate. Her father was a cobbler and a Lutheran and came to this country in 1852. He is buried in Pennsylvania. John Eck had a brother named George and a sister named Maggie who married a man named Eckman. Following the death of his first wife, he was married to a woman named Martha while still in Germany.
Eliza Eck came to this country at the age of ten. (Note that this would be about twenty-two years before her father. The reason for this is unknown. Eliza is said to have had long, red hair. She was married to Samuel Hawk, whose birthplace is not known, but he spoke both English and German and had an elementary education. He, too, was Lutheran and a cobbbler. The early days of their marriage were spent in Pennsylvania where their children were born. Among the couple's thirteen children was Mary Martha Hawk who later became Mrs. Henry Harison Fisher. About 1862, Eliza and Samuel Hawk moved to Iowa and settled near Cresco in Howard County. Two of their children, Catharine and George, remained in Pennsylvania where they reared families, descendants of whom are living in the same area to this day.
Eliza Hawk passed away on April 29, 1885 and Samuel Hawk on January 6, 1885. Both are buried in the New Oregon Cemetery near Cresco, but there are no grave markers. She was 65 at the time of her death and he was 76 being born in 1809.
This story was taken from a booklet prepared by Carol Fisher Briggs in 1970 for a family reunion in Nashua Iowa.
Eliza Eck came to this country at the age of ten. (Note that this would be about twenty-two years before her father. The reason for this is unknown. Eliza is said to have had long, red hair. She was married to Samuel Hawk, whose birthplace is not known, but he spoke both English and German and had an elementary education. He, too, was Lutheran and a cobbbler. The early days of their marriage were spent in Pennsylvania where their children were born. Among the couple's thirteen children was Mary Martha Hawk who later became Mrs. Henry Harison Fisher. About 1862, Eliza and Samuel Hawk moved to Iowa and settled near Cresco in Howard County. Two of their children, Catharine and George, remained in Pennsylvania where they reared families, descendants of whom are living in the same area to this day.
Eliza Hawk passed away on April 29, 1885 and Samuel Hawk on January 6, 1885. Both are buried in the New Oregon Cemetery near Cresco, but there are no grave markers. She was 65 at the time of her death and he was 76 being born in 1809.
This story was taken from a booklet prepared by Carol Fisher Briggs in 1970 for a family reunion in Nashua Iowa.
Eliza Eck was born in Germany in 1820 to John Eck and his first wife whose name is unknown. She had a sisiter named Kate. Her father was a cobbler and a Lutheran and came to this country in 1852. He is buried in Pennsylvania. John Eck had a brother named George and a sister named Maggie who married a man named Eckman. Following the death of his first wife, he was married to a woman named Martha while still in Germany.
Eliza Eck came to this country at the age of ten. (Note that this would be about twenty-two years before her father. The reason for this is unknown. Eliza is said to have had long, red hair. She was married to Samuel Hawk, whose birthplace is not known, but he spoke both English and German and had an elementary education. He, too, was Lutheran and a cobbbler. The early days of their marriage were spent in Pennsylvania where their children were born. Among the couple's thirteen children was Mary Martha Hawk who later became Mrs. Henry Harison Fisher. About 1862, Eliza and Samuel Hawk moved to Iowa and settled near Cresco in Howard County. Two of their children, Catharine and George, remained in Pennsylvania where they reared families, descendants of whom are living in the same area to this day.
Eliza Hawk passed away on April 29, 1885 and Samuel Hawk on January 6, 1885. Both are buried in the New Oregon Cemetery near Cresco, but there are no grave markers. She was 65 at the time of her death and he was 76 being born in 1809.
This story was taken from a booklet prepared by Carol Fisher Briggs in 1970 for a family reunion in Nashua Iowa.
Eliza Eck came to this country at the age of ten. (Note that this would be about twenty-two years before her father. The reason for this is unknown. Eliza is said to have had long, red hair. She was married to Samuel Hawk, whose birthplace is not known, but he spoke both English and German and had an elementary education. He, too, was Lutheran and a cobbbler. The early days of their marriage were spent in Pennsylvania where their children were born. Among the couple's thirteen children was Mary Martha Hawk who later became Mrs. Henry Harison Fisher. About 1862, Eliza and Samuel Hawk moved to Iowa and settled near Cresco in Howard County. Two of their children, Catharine and George, remained in Pennsylvania where they reared families, descendants of whom are living in the same area to this day.
Eliza Hawk passed away on April 29, 1885 and Samuel Hawk on January 6, 1885. Both are buried in the New Oregon Cemetery near Cresco, but there are no grave markers. She was 65 at the time of her death and he was 76 being born in 1809.
This story was taken from a booklet prepared by Carol Fisher Briggs in 1970 for a family reunion in Nashua Iowa.
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