Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 63.

	BURT E. HAWKINS has for only a comparatively brief period made his home in 
Klamath county but during this time has demonstrated his right to be classed 
with the representative agriculturists of the community, owning and cultivating 
one hundred and thirty-five acres of land not far from Klamath Falls.  He was 
born in Ottumwa, Iowa, February 15, 1875, his parents being James E. and Martha 
A. (Wright) Hawkins, who were natives of Ohio but who were married near 
Ottumwa.  They afterward removed westward to Nebraska and the father was 
connected with the G. H. Hammond Packing Company.  He met his death on a farm 
in Nebraska in a cyclone, June 12, 1901.  The other members of the family were 
all injured.  His widow, however, still survives and is now a resident of 
Klamath Falls.  The family numbered three children: Enola A., who is with her 
mother; James A., of Klamath Falls, and Burt E.
	The last named was but a young lad when his parents removed to Nebraska, 
where he resided until he came to the northwest.  The public schools afforded 
him his educational privileges and his training was that of the farm so that he 
had practical experience when he began farming on his own account.  He arrived 
in Klamath county in 1906, and for a year thereafter cultivated a tract of 
rented land.  He then purchased his present place of one hundred and 
thirty-five acres, all under ditch, and he is making a specialty of dairying 
and the raising of hogs.  His methods are practical and his untiring industry 
and unfaltering diligence are bringing to him a substantial measure of success.  
He is closely studying the problem of the best methods of developing this part 
of the country and cultivating the soil and has already gained a place among 
the foremost farmers of Klamath county.
	In 1905 Mr. Hawkins was united in marriage to Miss Anna C. Ackerman, who 
was born in Herman, Nebraska in 1878, a daughter of Leonard Ackerman.  Their 
children are Dorothea Adeline, Dehlia Alice, John Lewis and James Lyman.  Mr. 
Hawkins belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but largely 
concentrates his time and energies upon his business affairs, knowing that 
close application and unfaltering energy are the basis of honorable success.  
Laudable ambition brought him to the northwest and he is working his way upward 
through persistent and intelligently directed effort.

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