Hawkins Farm (1836) - Marshall, MI
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N 42° 20.840 W 084° 59.758
16T E 665066 N 4690286
Located on the west side of 15 1/2 Mile Road, just south of N Drive North. Plentiful parking at the Cornwell's Turkeyville restaurant extravaganza. I assume the family name changed from Hawkins to Cornwell by marriage.
Waymark Code: WM19EB
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2007
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In 1836 the Hawkins family was among the first to settle Convis Township. Asahel Hawkins, who had emigrated from Vermont, began with eighty acres of government land and steadily increased his holdings until they reached 240 acres. After his death in 1881, his son Asahel Myron Hawkins, the first white baby born in Convis Township, took over the farmstead. He raised a variety of crops and livestock and held several civic offices, including township supervisor, clerk, highway commissioner and justice of the peace. His son Schubail Frank Hawkins ran the farm until 1933. In 1942 the farm was converted to turkey production, and in 1968 the fourth, fifth and sixth generations of Asahel Hawkins's descendants opened a turkey restaurant on the farm.
County: Calhoun
Is the Farm open to the public?: Yes
Website: [Web Link]
Parking nearby?: yes
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