Individual Details

BIRTH-DEATH: Headstone Inscription of Lucille Hawkinson, 1907-1995; Butte
Creek Cemetery, Garfield Co MT; ; Photographed May 1995 by Art Hawkinson,
Hudson WI.

BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-CHILDREN: Obituary of Lucille Hawkinson, The JORDAN
TRIBUNE; 1995;;;p4;Copied in 1995 by Nancy Hawkinson.

PARENTS-SIBLINGS-RESIDENCES:THE FRED KINNEY FAMILY, by Gladys Hilton Farri,
"Garfield County 1919-1969", published by the 1968-69 Montana History Classes
of Garfield County High School;1919-1969;; p162-165;Book in possession of Art
Hawkinson.

BIOGRAPHY: Letters from Lucille Hawkinson to Art & Nancy Hawkinson;;
1960-1995;; Copies in possession of Art Hawkinson.

NOPRINT:
THE FRED KINNEY FAMILY, by Gladys Hilton Farri, "Garfield County
1919-1969", published by the 1968-69 Montana History Classes of Garfield County
High School, p162-165.
My parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kinney, came from Kalamazoo, Michigan in
the year 1912, to Montana for my daddy's health. Daddy sold out in Michigan
and loaded a railroad box car with furniture, machinery and stock. It was
shipped to Miles City, Montana. A few days later Mother and we girls (Lucille,
3; Gladys, 9; Emile, 12; Leona, 16;) came by train. Daddy unloaded the car at
the Northern Pacific Stockyards on Friday the 13th, April, 1912. That night
some one stole the horses out of the corral. Mr. Dan LaValley was sheriff of
Custer County. After several weeks they found three of the horses.
The folks decided we had to go to school. We walked up town to get
school clothes. We were living in a tent at the stockyards. At this time
there was only one bridge across the Tongue River and we had to cross it to go
into town. Fort Keogh was about 3 miles west of the bridge-- a Cavalry
re-mount station-- and they used this bridge so there was constantly Cavalry
and horse frawn wagons crossing the bridge.
We bought our school clothes at Shore Newcome's Clothing Store. Mother
told Daddy he would have to write a check but he said he already had enough
money. She asked where he got it and he said, "Ifound it just as I crossed the
bridge, a twenty dollar gold piece." In those days it was a lot of money.
Now we were ready to go to school. The folks found a house to rent just
across from the old Washington School. It was a large red brick building. We
lived next door to a man by the name of Kelly who owned a saloon on the corner
just across from Foster's Drug Store. We entered school in April and stayed
until May. In the meantime, Daddy bought another horse and soon we left for
Jordan, 100 miles north.
Daddy had made a covered wagon to haul our provisions. We took our stock
this time. Daddy bought me a saddle at the Coggshall Saddlery. We were short
of horse power and Daddy put the chain harness and saddle on the horse and
hooked it to the end of the tongue and I rode in the saddle. Mother and the
girls drove the stock behind the wagons. We traveled with another family, Mr.
and Mrs. Wason and their two daughters, from Colorado. They went as far as
Cohagen with us; then settled east of Cohagen and called it Wason Flats. Mrs.
Wason always rode her saddle horse. She found a full quart bottle of whiskey
and got so excited you would have thought she had found a gold mine.
Being nine years old and seeing the wide open spaces for the first time,
was one of the most impressive times of my life. There were large numbers of
sagehens, prairie chickens, antelope, buffalo wallows-- with water still
standing in them, and buffalo heads with horns-- but we never saw any buffalo.
When we came to the Big Dry Creek south of Jordan, we had trouble. There
were no bridges at that time. The steep drop into Big Dry caused the chain
tugs to come loose from the singletree. The chains were flying all around my
head and this frightened my horse and she started to run away. A couple of men
who were camped beside the creek saw the trouble I was in and they ran and
caught the horse before she ran through the fence. I do not remember their
names-- but my thanks to them.
Jordan, in 1912, was a very small town. It had a post office, started in
1889; a hotel, called The Nergaard; a school house; a livery stable and rooming
house, owned by Lester Hash; a general store, owned by Mr. Baldwin, which
Henderson bought later. These seemed to be the most important men at this
time.
We stayed in Jordan a couple of days, then proceeded on northwest, 23
miles. Daddy found 320 acres that he liked. This land had never been
surveyed, so Daddy staked out the claim and took his horses abd plowed a wide
furrow around it. The grass was tall and thick. Anyone could cut their own
hay. In order to do this, you cut a circle around the area you wished to cut
for hay and no other person would bother this spot; so, hay was no problem for
the stock. We pitched our tent and lived in it for several weeks. In fact, we
girls continued to sleep in it until winter. Daddy went up into the "breaks"
and snaked out logs for our dugout. It had a dirt floor, two little windows
and a door. The roof was logs covered with gumbo. The room was 14x16.
Mother planted a garden. Daddy plowed and put in crops. He also bought
ten head of milk cows. Mother made butter and sold it around the country. We
were the first to have a cream separator in that part of the country; it came
from Sears, Roebuck.
Jordan was a little over 23 miles away and by this time there were several
families in the area. Daddy took the test for postmaster and started the first
post office, naming it Butte Creek. Naturally, this became a center for
families and cowboys for miles around.
We always had plenty to eat and wear. Mother was a good seamstress. We
looked forward to Fourth of July and Christmas, because this meant a new dress.
The first school was on the Nels Ringheim sheep ranch. He donated a
building and a place for the teacher and children to live in. On weekends the
children went home. There were eight students in all. Next year the school
was moved to Chalk Butte. The lumber for the roof was shipped down the
Missouri River by barge from Fort Benton to Mr. Henshaw's ranch and freighted
overland by wagon, forty miles. Daddy and I hauled the lumber. This was the
time I learned to drive a four horse team.
The teacher and her husband, John Trotter, were very active in social and
political affairs. Mr. Trotter rode for days to get signers on a petition to
divide Dawson County into Garfield. They were both musicians. He fiddled and
she chorded on a little suitcase organ. They would put the organ on one side
of a pack horse and their suitcase on the other and travel for miles to
different dances and gatherings. I have in my possession this suitcase organ
that was made in 1906. When Jordan has a museum, I will place the organ there
with its' history.
My mother was a nurse and the demand for her was great. She delivered 64
babies, including two sets of twins. I might add that she never lost any of
her deliveries. She claimed every one of the 64 as her children. At one time
she was called to the home of Mrs. Joe Kemph, who was "expecting". Mother
always took care of the family while the woman was confined. Mrs. Kemph had
twin boys and this was of great interest to everyone.
Our teacher, Mrs. Trotter, was an exceptionally fine teacher. She
believed in a student earning their grades and also living by rules and
regulations agreed upon by teacher and parents. As I stated, we went home on
week-ends. This particular time that Mother was at Mrs. Kemph's house, we
decided to go and see the twins instead of going to our home. This was against
the school ruling. When we arrived at school the following Monday, we found
our names on the deportment list, five points down. Emile noticed it first and
began to cry. School was very important to us.
My two older sisters began to have boy friends. Their names were Harry
Vannest and Clarence Morton. I liked to tease, and Harry decided something
should be done about it. He tied me up tight and said, "Guess that will stop
you for awhile." But, I managed to get out of it in a short time. Leona and
Harry were married in 1917. The Justice of Peace, Mr. Parker, was wearing one
white sock and one black sock and we all got quite a chuckle out of it.
Emile's young man, Clarence Morton, was from Oklahoma, and his folks had
homesteaded about 10 miles from us. Clarence broke horses for Jack Mier over
on Hell Creek. He got $10 a head for breaking the broncos. Every chance he
had he would come over to see Emile. Brother Adkins lived on Blackfoot Creek.
He officiated at their wedding.
On Fourth of July they had a large celebration in Jordan. A lady by the
name of Mrs. Jane Reed owned a nice bay race horse. She had been taking all
the honors and money. Zeke Roberts had a little sorrel with white stocking
feet. He asked me if I would ride it in the race for him and advised me not to
get out there until the last minute. This race was run down the middle of Main
Street in Jordan. We won and when I collected the $10, I offered it to Zeke.
He was only interested in winning the race and told me to keep the money.
After school was out I went back with the Trotters to their ranch. They
did not have a well and had to get water from the river, which was always
muddy. They had two barrles on a stone boat, which was drawn by one horse. We
filled up the barrels with this muddy water and hauled it back to the house.
Then we cut up cactus and put it in the barrels. By morning all the mud would
be clinging to the cactus and we would have clear, good-tasting water.
In a week or so, I went home as my mother was expecting a baby in July.
On the 26th, Daddy had gone over to Mr. Morton's place to set up the binder. I
rode all that day after the bulls and did not get home until dark. Mother did
not feel well. At ten o'clock that night she woke me up and told me to get
Mrs. Vannest who was a midwife. She was living with her daughter, Mrs. Lottie
Butts, on a ranch 6 miles away. It was a real dark night and the only way I
could find my horse was by his snorting. I saddled and went after Mrs.
Vannest. When we arrived home, Mother said that she didn't want me to spend
any longer time in the saddle but she wished that Daddy was home, so away I
went again. When we got home Daddy put a fresh horse on picket, just in case
we should have to go for a doctor. This did become necessary, so after a short
rest, I again climbed into the saddle for a 23 miles ride into Jordan. When I
arrived in Jordan, I found that Dr. Baker was in Miles City. I went to the
Livery Barn and told Mr. Hash about my predicament. He sent me to the rooming
house where Mrs. Hash gave me food and had me lie down. Big Mike Wehinger (a
sheepman) came and told Mrs. Hash that we did not need the doctor, as I had a
little baby brother. Later, after it cooled off, I left for home. This had
been a lot of hours in the saddle for a fourteen year old girl.
One of the amusing things was the nicknames given to different men. For
instance: Porcupine Reynolds, Big Finger Jack, Snaky Jake, Montana Kid, Wild
Horse Pete, Captain Joe Parsons, Nigger Bob, Fatty Schultz, O.X. Kid, Turkey
Hash, Pug McMellon, Pen Hendershott, Big Mike, Harry Cant Cutter, Boots
Tollefson, Dutch Fred.
The philosophy of my parents was often expressed by both of them. Daddy
would say, "If a man's word is no good, he is no good." or "Do unto others as
you want them to do unto you."
Mother always said, "If you can't say anything good about anybody, don't
say anything at all."
What a wonderful way of life to live and they had 63 wonderful years
together.

In 1972, Lucille wrote about her parents and family:- "Father, Fred
Murray, was adopted into the Kinney family when he was 5 years old by Steven
Kinney. He married my mother, Nellie Boyce, in 1893 in Paw Paw, Michigan.
They spent 19 years in Michigan and came to Montana in 1912.

To them were born 4 girls as follows:-

Leona Ruth, born October 30, 1896, married Harry Vannest, April 2, 1914;
they had 3 boys, Clifford, Edward and Harry Jr.

Emily Emma, born August 10, 1899, married Clarence Morton, Nov. 29, 1916;
they had 2 boys, Wilbur and Frederick.

Gladys Carmelita, born Feb. 9, 1902 married Laurence Trudeau, April 29,
1918; to them were born two children, a girl, Victurine Caroline Delia born
1919, and a boy, Laurence Trudeau, Jr. born in 1923.

Lucille Julia, born Aug. 1, 1907, married to Carl E. Hawkinson, Nov. 5,
1924 and to us were born 4 children; Eleen Stanton, born Feb. 9. 1927, married
to James Ebert Stanton April 2, 1946; Harold Boyce Hawkinson, born June 6,
1928, married to Leone Hope Russell, Jan. 1, 1949; Elmer E. Hawkinson, born
Feb. 25, 1930, married to Peggy Ann Ferguson July 19, 1952; Dale William
Hawkinson, born July 25, 1944, married to Loita Grimsrud, Nov. 15, 1969.

Father and Mother belonged to the Spiritualist Religion.

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OBITUARY: The Jordan Tribune, 21 July 1995, p4

LUCILLE JULIA HAWKINSON

Miles City-- Lucille Julia Hawkinson, 87, of Miles City died late Tuesday
morning, July 11, at the Holy Rosary Hospital following an extended illness.

Mrs. Hawkinson was born August 1, 1907, at Lawton, Michigan, the daughter of
Fred and Nellie (Boyce) Kinney. The family moved to a homestead at Butte
Creek, north of Jordan, where she was raised and completed her schooling. On
November 5, 1924, she married Carl Hawkinson at Butte Creek where they farmed
and ran the Butte Creek Post Office. They moved to Jordan in 1936 to run the
Miles City mail route until 1946 when they purchased an irrigated farm at
Rosebud. They moved to Billings in 1967. Mrs. Hawkinson returned to Miles
City after her husband's death in 1973. She filled her life with her family
and friends, gardening, crocheting and playing the piano. She was a member of
the Seventh-Day Adventish Church in Miles City.

Mrs. Hawkinson is survived by one daughter, Eleen Stanton and her husband,
J.E., of Brusett; two sons, Elmer Hawkinson and his wife, Peggy, of Rosebud,and Dale Hawkinson and his wife, Loita, of Kirkland, Washington; seven
grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Carl; her son, Harold; her grandson, Alan; three sisters, Leona
Vannest, Emily Morton and Gladys Farra; and one brother, Raymond.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Bullis-Graves Memorial
Chapel, Miles City. Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the
Butte Creek Cemetery northwest of Jordan. A luncheon was served after the
services at Fairview Hall.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Bullis-Graves Memorial Chapel of Miles City was in charge of arrangements.

Birth	1 Aug 1907	Lawton, MI
Marriage	5 Nov 1924	Carl Emil Hawkinson
Death	11 Jul 1995	Miles City, Custer, Montana
Burial		, Garfield, Montana, Butte Creek

Spouse	Carl Emil Hawkinson (1896 - 1973)
Child	Florence Christine Hawkinson (1926 - )
Child	Eleen Mae Hawkinson (1927 - 2006)
Child	Harold Boyce Hawkinson (1928 - 1986)
Child	Elmer Emil Hawkinson
Child	Dale William Hawkinson (1944 - 2011)

Father	Frederick M. "Fred" Kinney (1870 - )
Mother	Nellie Boyce (1876 - 1959)
Sibling	Wills Leo Kinney (1894 - 1894)
Sibling	Leona Ruth Kinney (1896 - 1975)
Sibling	Emily Enima Kinney (1899 - )
Sibling	Gladys Carmelita Kinney (1902 - )
Sibling	Ralph Kinney (1903 - 1903)
Sibling	Raymond Kinney (1916 - )