Hiram Hawk grew up in Wayne County, Ohio (1850 census) and then Emerald Township, Paulding County, Ohio. He was there in the 1860 census with his parents, Joseph and Mary, and possibly a twin brother, Alfred. Both Alfred and Hiram were fifteen.
Hiram enlisted in the 38th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company F on February 2, 1864. He mustered out on July 12, 1865, having served 1 year, 5 months, and 10 days, according to his reporting on the 1890 Veterans Census. He reported no disability.
On Christmas Eve, 1868, he married Caroline Miller, who was either 15 or 16 at the time. In the 1870 census, they are found living with his father, Joseph, who was a stone mason, and mother, Mary. With them were Caroline, his wife, 18, and children, Alfred, 5 months and Mary 7. Hiram was a stone mason, like his father.
In 1880, the family settled on the Holgate Pike and three children were added. Over the years, the couple would have 12 children and, as they reported on the 1910 census, just five were living. Hiram continued to work as a stone mason and they remained in Defiance. He was active in the Brick Layers Union and often held office.
Caroline Miller Hawk died in July, 1911. She had suffered several strokes, one in 1905 and 1906.
In 1920, Hiram Hawk, Sr., 76 and widowed, lived with his youngest daughter, Lottie, 21, and Hiram Jr. at 416 North Clinton Street. Hiram was still listed as bricklayer for houses and buildings on the census. Sadly, just two years after this, in April, 1922, Hiram Jr. died at age 32, after an illness of several weeks. His funeral was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Oscar Page, on Wabash Avenue and his burial was in Riverside.
Hiram Sr. lived a few more years, until August, 1926.
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