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John Milton Hawks (November 26, 1826 – April 2, 1910) was an abolitionist, surgeon and organizer for the assistance of freed blacks and black soldiers during the U.S. Civil War as well as a businessman and Florida settler in Volusia County.
A newspaper article about Dr. John Milton Hawks (1826-1910), the founder of Hawks Park (present-day Edgewater). The article was written by Captain Charles Henry Coe (1856-1954), author of Red Patriots: The Story of the Seminoles and a friend of Dr. Hawks.
Hawks was a medical doctor who, with her husband, John Milton Hawks (1826-1910), also a doctor, treated African American soldiers during the Civil War; she also taught at Freedmen's Schools in South Carolina
Mar 28, 2024 · Doctor John Milton Hawks and his wife Doctor Esther Hawks are important names in the history of Volusia County. These influential Civil War era physicians and educators are credited with the...
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John Milton Hawks (1826 - 1910) was an abolitionist, surgeon and organizer for the assistance of freed blacks and black soldiers during the U.S. Civil War as well as a businessman and Florida settler in Volusia County.
Founder of Hawks Park, FL now known as Edgewater, Florida. Served in the Union Army as a surgeon in the 21st U.S. Colored Infantry.∼John Milton Hawks was born on 26 November 1826 in Bradford, New Hampshire to Colburn and Clarissa Brown Hawks. He passed the teacher's exam at age 15.
Apr 15, 2016 · After attending public schools in her home state, she worked as a teacher and was committed to women’s rights and abolition. On October 5, 1854, she married John Milton Hawks, a doctor who shared her reformist views. They traveled to Florida where Hawks taught black children in a small school.
