J.
W. HAWTHORN, miller and farmer, post-office Stoneboro. Among the
prominent, enterprising business men of Sandy Lake Township is the
gentleman whose name heads this biography. He was born July 26, 1849,
in Jefferson Township. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Ross) Hawthorn,
were natives, the father of Mercer and the mother of Allegheny County,
Penn. The father is dead and the mother lives in Findley Township.
Their children were: J. W., A. J., of Jefferson Township; Samuel H., of
Pymatuning Township; George R., John F. and Joseph, of Findley
Township; Alexander S. and Charles E. The parents worshiped at the
Baptist Church, and the father was a Republican. Our subject was
educated principally at the Pearson school-house, in Jefferson
Township. He began for himself when reaching his majority. He was
married April 14, 1875, to Mary A., daughter of George I. Slater, of
Fredonia, by whom he has had three children: Lizzie M., deceased;
infant, deceased, and Montie, living. He settled at his marriage in
Fredonia, where he worked in a saw-mill two years. He then rented a
mill in Fairview Township, which be operated two years, after which he
purchased a mill, moved it to New Vernon Township, ran it two years,
and the following eighteen months operated the same in Lake Township.
In 1883 he located his mill in Sandy Lake Township on his farm, and
employs a number of men in the manufacture of lumber. He is a member of
the A.F.M. of Sandy Lake. He and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and he is an earnest, energetic Republican, a clever gentleman,
a public-spirited, intelligent and honorable citizen.
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages 1058.
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