Ancestry of
Ann Hawkins

(1791–1870)

Ann Hawkins

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Nicholas Hawkins 
  • Mother:
  • Ann Robinson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 21 Jan 1791 
  • Birth Location:
  • Madison County, Kentucky 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Jan 1870 
  • Death Location:
  • Boone County, Missouri 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri 
  • Notes: 

  • Ann (Hawkins) Gentry is said to be the first woman to ever hold the position of postmaster. She was appointed to the position in Columbia, Missouri, after her husband's death in 1837.

    Some sources list Ann's given and middle names as Nancy Ann.

• Marriages for Ann Hawkins

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  • Spouse:
  • Richard Gentry
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Feb 1810
  • Marriage Location:
  • Madison County, Kentucky

• Sources for Ann Hawkins

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A044140.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
  • ³ Gentry, Richard, The Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909: Including Notes on the Following Families Related to the Gentrys . . ., New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 94-111.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Richard Gentry", (accessed 05/26/2015).