Jane Hawkins Andrews

b. 4 November 1874, d. 5 December 1952
  • Jane Hawkins Andrews was born on 4 November 1874 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
  • She married William Mathews Marks, son of Spencer Crain Marks and Laura Hall Snodgrass, on 10 April 1901 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
  • The following appeared on 11 April 1901 in The Times: (Raleigh, April 10) One of the most brilliant and fashionable marriages celebrated in North Carolina this season was that of Miss Jane Hawkins Andrews, daughter of Col. A. B. Andrews, vice-president of the Southern Railway Company, to Mr. W. M. Marks, a prominent cotton broker of Montgomery, Ala., at 9 o'clock in the Church of the Good Shepherd, this city. The church was profusely decorated and thronged with an audience of Raleigh's most fashionable folk and distinguished people from all parts of this and neighboring States.
         The ceremony was very simple. There were no bridal attendants save ushers. They were Messrs. John, William, Alexander and Graham Andrews, brothers of the bride, and Mr. Watkins Robards, of this city.
         After the ceremony a reception was in progress at the residence of Colonel Andrews, on Blount Street, until 11 o'clock. Nearly five hundred guests attended, and the affair was on a magnificent scale.
         The following were among the guests: Col. A. S. Buford, Mr. W. R. Johnson, Richmond; T. G. Gannon, wife and daughter, Washington, D. C; Colonel and Mrs. John S. Cunningham, N. C; Col. Julian S. Carr, Durham.
         Mr. and Mrs. Marks left on a special train at 12:30 o'clock for a northern tour.
  • William Mathews Marks and Jane Hawkins Andrews appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 525 South Perry Street and one female domestic servant.. Other members of the household included Julia Andrews Marks, William Mathews Marks Jr., Alexander Andrews. Marks and Laurence Hall Marks.
  • William Mathews Marks and Jane Hawkins Andrews arrived in the Port of New York on 29 August 1925, accompanied by Julia Andrews Marks, William Mathews Marks Jr., Alexander Andrews. Marks and Laurence Hall Marks aboard the SS Lapland, having departed Cherbourg on the 21st.
  • Jane Hawkins Andrews became a widow at the 28 May 1928 death of her husband William Mathews Marks.
  • Jane Hawkins Andrews appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 525 South Perry Street. Other members of the household included William Mathews Marks Jr., Alexander Andrews. Marks and Laurence Hall Marks.
  • Jane Hawkins Andrews died on 5 December 1952 at age 78 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • She was interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Last Edited: 10 Jul 2014

Family: William Mathews Marks b. 30 July 1863, d. 28 May 1928