Born: Indiana, 1839.
Died: Washington, D. C., 1882.
Brought with his father's family to Carroll County, Ill., in 1846. Educated in common schools and at Eureka Cole lege. First lieutenant of Company C, Ninety-second Regiment Illinois Volunteers, in 1862. Promoted to captaincy early in 1863. Lost his right leg in the battle of Raleigh, the day of Lee's surrender. Breveted major by President Johnson for meritorious service. Was county clerk of Carroll County from 1865 to 1878. Was elected to forty-sixth and forty-seventh Congresses from the Fifth District. On the night before the assembling of the convention of his district to nominate him for the third time, Major Hawk was stricken by apoplexy and died within a few hours at his rooms in Washington, D. C., at 11 P. M., June 29, 1882. General and Mrs. John A. Logan were with him at the time of his death.
Major Hawk was a large man in every way--physically, mentally and morally. He was a commanding personality, and commanded the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He was a faithful Christian man.