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In addition to his theological work, Hawks was an avid historian, author, and editor. Among his works was a
series of nine children’s books written under the name of “Uncle Philip” for Harpers & Brothers, and he also published titles under the pseudonym Lambert Lily. In 1855, he and Commodore Matthew Perry co-authored “Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas
and Japan,” and the following year was the editor of the American edition of “The Pictorial Cyclopedia of Biography” published by D. Appleton & Co. of New York.
Francis Tomes Hawks
Less has been written about Francis Tomes Hawks (1832- 1883), but a biography of the younger Hawks compiled by Lampe is included and indicates that he was born in 1832 to Dr. Hawks and his second wife, Olivia Trowbridge Hunt, in
New York City. In 1858, he was hired as an engineer for the construction and landscaping of Central Park in New York City. In 1861, Hawks was commissioned as a captain and was aide-de-camp to General Lawrence O’Bryan Branch until early 1862 and was then on the staff of Brigadier General James H. Lane and later Branch’s assistant adjutant general. General Branch wrote in his report of the Battle
of New Bern, “To Mr. Francis T. Hawks, who tendered his services for the occasion and was placed on my staff, I
was greatly indebted for services in bearing orders and rallying troops. He remained with me throughout the battle and subsequent retreat.” He resigned in January 1863 but then soon received a commission as a lieutenant in Company A of the 2nd Regiment, Engineer Troops (Corps of Engineers) in Wilmington, North Carolina, in August. He helped prepare the coastal defenses at the mouth of the
Cape Fear River under General W.H.C. Whiting. He became ill in January 1865 and was on sick leave when the Union attacked the coast of North Carolina.
In 1866 , he married Hannah Gaston Manley of New Bern
in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and the couple moved to the “Nihil” tobacco plantation owned by her sister which held 64 slaves prior to the Civil War. In 1870, he took a position as general freight agent for the Midland Virginia Railway in Alexandria, Virginia, and in July of 1882 was promoted to general freight and passenger agent. He died on July 27, 1883. “The Daily Journal” of New Bern, North Carolina, on June 29, 1883, indicated: “Capt. Francis T. Hawks, son of Rev. Dr. Francis L. Hawks, and son-in-law of the late Hon. M.E. Manly, died in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 27th, after an illness of two days.”
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