BIOGRAPHY

J. PRESCOTT HAWKS - OF GENEVA, NY

J. Prescott Hawks, born in Geneva, October 2, 1833, is a son of Porter and Sophia (Prescott) Hawks, natives respectively of Deerfield, Mass., and Phelps, N. Y. Porter Hawks was born July 4. 1804, and died August 7, 1841. He was a merchant in Geneva until his death. He left four children, viz.: J. Prescott, Caroline Sayre, Henry, of Galva, Ill., and Harriet. Mrs. Sophia (Prescott) Hawks married for her second husband James B. Darrow, by whom she had three children, James P., George M.., and Mary S. Compson. The grandfather of J. Prescott was a doctor at Phelps, N. Y. J. Prescott Hawks remained in Geneva until the age of 12 years, when he came to Roanoke, where he was educated, and removed to Pavilion in 1864. He married, March 8, 1855, Amanda A., daughter of Marcus and Margaret (Hamilton) Mason. They have four children, Fred P., Helen H. Pinney, Carrie M. Sampson, and Stella.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890