Sarah Jane Claybourn
Second Child of William Divine Claybourn
27 July 1841 - 27 January 1913

Newt and Sally are pictured here, seated, with unidentified members of their family behind them.

Sarah Jane Claybourn (known to the family as "Sally") was born near Shawneetown, Illinois, where her parents lived for a while before moving to Jefferson County, Illinois. As a young woman she taught a "Subscription School." Just before turning twenty-six she married on 4 July 1869 to Jasper Newton ("Newt") Hawkins (born on 4 June 1843). The two lived about a mile from Dix, Illinois.

Sally and Newt would often visit Sally's father, William Divine Claybourn, by wagon, with chairs in the back of the wagon. Norah, Sally's niece, recalled visiting Newt and Sally for week-long intervals, returning home when Newt and Sally would visit William on Sundays. She also recalled that "Aunt Sally" baked a large tiered cake for a birthday celebration for her father, using a tin cup to bake the last little top layer.

In about 1884, Sally and Newt moved overland in covered wagons with seven other families to Kansas, settling in Rice County, near Raymond. Norah visited there for eight weeks in 1905, following a nervous breakdown brought about for unknown reasons. Harriette Threlkeld reports that Sally took such good care of Norah and she was so much improved that she decided to go on to Oklahoma City and marry her fiance, Mr. Heiserman, instead of returning to Illinois. Norah described her as a wonderful woman and one of the best she ever knew.

Together Sally and Newt had seven children, listed below [The bulk of information about Sally and Newt's children has been provided or confirmed by Jan Hawkins Biller, who corresponded with Joshua A. Claybourn in the summer of 2010.]. Sally died on 27 January 1913 and Newt followed on 16 September 1924. Both Jasper and "Sally" are buried in Hilltop Cemetery in Raymond, Kansas.

Pedigree Chart

						Joshua Clyburn 1758 - 1799
				Ephraim Claybourn 1788 - 1850
						Sarah
		William Divine Claybourn 1819 - 1896
				Mary "Polly" Browning 1792 - 1874
						Sally Browning
Sarah Jane Claybourn 1841 - 1913
				Reuben Hawker b. 1794
		Frances Alla Hawker 1820 - 1863
				Nancy Hawker b. 1796

Descendants

1. Ina Hawkins Herbold (click name for full biography) was born on 19 July 1868 in Salem, Illinois and died on 13 November 1946 in Great Bend, Kansas.

2. Ira Hawkins (click name for full biography) was born on 2 October 1899 in Dix, Illinois, and died 24 March 1943 in Jetmore, Hodgeman, Kansas.

3. Iva Hawkins was born on 8 October 1871 in Illinois and died shortly thereafter on 8 April 1872 in Jefferson County, Illinois.

4. Otto Hawkins was born on 27 August 1873 in Jefferson County, Illinois. He married Minnie Rogers (b. May 28, 1878) on 16 October 1900. The two lived in Kansas and Colorado. Otto died on Oct. 1975 and his wife Minnie followed in April of 1977, both in Pueblo, Colorado.

   1. Merle Clifford Hawkins was born on 22 July 1901 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas. He married Dovie Ethel Farris on 14 March 1925. Merle died in October of 1975 in Pueblo, Colorado.
      1. Dennis Eldro Hawkins was born on 30 March 1927.
      2. Curtis LeRoy Hawkins was born on 28 August 1930.

   2. Ralph Richard Hawkins was born on 30 September 1906.

5. Ala Hawkins was born on 20 November 1875 in Illinois. She married Hollice Fay Heminger on 18 February 1894. The two lived in Garden City, Kansas, and Oklahoma City.

   1. Orla Fae Heminger was born 8 October 1896. She married Delbert Hawk on 8 October 1914.
      1. Hollice Michael Hawk was born on 15 June 1915. He married Rosetta Mae ross (b. 31 March 1916) on 16 August 1936
         1. Janice C. Hawk was born in 1938.
         2. Phillip Michaek Hawk was born 14 June 1939.
         3. Thomas Steven Hawk was born on 30 August 1944.
      2. Ernest Delbert Hawk was born in December of 1917. He married Ruby Faye Herring (b. 24 October 1918) on 22 June 1940.
         1. Kerry Leonard Hawk was born on 21 November 1944.
      3. Leonard Fae Hawk was born on 17 May 1921. He married Mary Alice Brock on 20 November 1945. Leonard died on 20 July 1950 in a plane crash. He was one of the first to fly a jet plane.
         1. Michael Ray Hawk was born on 12 January 1947.
         2. Marilyn Kay Hawk was born on 6 May 1950.

6. Harry Hawkins (click name for full biography) was born on 4 October 1877 in Illinois. He married Cassie Maud Shippler on 12 November 1902 in Raymond, Rice, Kansas.

7. Elsie Hawkins was born on 6 January 1880 in Illinois. She married John J. Williamson on 22 June 1902 and the two lived at Sugar City, Colorado and in Kansas. Elsie is buried in Raymond, Rice, Kansas.

   1. Glenice Alta Williamson was born on 6 December 1903 in Kansas. She married William Hubert Miller on 30 October 1922. Glenice is buried in Arkansas City, Kansas. She and William two had three children, the first two of which were twins:
      1. Freddie LaVern Miller was born on 20 May 1924.
      2. Freida Maxine Miller was born on 20 May 1924.
      3. William Hubert Miller, Jr. was born on 22 July 1925.

   2. Rena Mae Williamson was born on 14 September 1906 in Kansas. She married John J. Rosenkranz on 8 December 1927.

   3. Neyman Orville Williamson was born on 26 April 1910 in Kansas, and died just a few months later on 5 July 1910.

   4. Norman Edward Williamson was born on 23 August 1911 in Kansas and married Lorena Holshousen on 19 October 1929. Norman died in September of 1982 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
      1. Joyce Eileen Williamson was born on 14 November 1930
      2. John Edward Williamson was born on 1 May 1934

   5. Hazel Fae Williamson was born on 14 July 1913 in Kansas and married James R. Ross on 16 June 1929.
      1. Robert Eugene Ross was born on 26 September 1930 and died less than a year later on 5 March 1931.
      2. Deloris Jean Ross, born 28 April 1932
      3. Norman Lee Ross, born 10 August 1934

   6. Reah Bell Williamson was born on 2 July 1915 in Kansas and married George B. McEvoy. Together they had at least one son, George B. McElvoy, born on 27 June 1935.

   7. Libbie Deloris Williamson was born on 27 March 1917 in Kansas and married Donald H. Eccles on 3 July 1935.