Source:
History of Vanderburgh County, Indiana
Brant & Fuller, c.1889
Pages 91-92

      Anthony C. Hawkins, deputy clerk of the circuit court of Vanderburgh county, was born in Union county, Ky., August 31, 1851, and is the son of Anthony S. and Elizabeth J. (Hopgood) Hawkins, natives of Kentucky, born in 1814 and 1816, respectively. He was the fourth of seven children, six of whom survive.

      His boyhood was spent on the farm and in the country schools. At the age of eighteen years he entered Princeton Academy, and after three years' study, was engaged as a teacher for a short time. While at Princeton, Ky., he read law in the office of Judge William Bradley.

      Coming to Evansville in 1873 he entered the law office of Luke Wood, a prominent attorney at that time, and there continued his studies until admitted to the bar in 1874. A partnership was then formed with his recent preceptor, under the firm name of Wood & Hawkins, which was pleasantly and profitably continued for some time. For five years from 1876 Mr. Hawkins pursued the practice alone, and at the end of that period formed a partnership with S. R. Hornbrook, which continued until November, 1884, since which time he has served as deputy clerk.

      In politics he has always been a staunch republican, and a potent factor in the achievement of that party's successes. In May, 1876, he became a Knight of Pythias and has taken an active part in the work of the order. For five years he has been district deputy.

      He was married June 26, 1879, to Mollie E. Brown, born in Hamilton, Ohio, April 19, 1854, daughter of Lyman B. and Mary (Doellinger) Brown. Of this union two children have been born: Electa D., and Allen C.