School: Maryland
Hagerstown Jacob was born in 1785 or 1786, the third son of Christian Hawken Sr. He was employed at the National Armory at Harpers Ferry and after the War of 1812 he proceeded west and by 1818 was in St. Louis. With the death of his father in 1821 he returned to Hagerstown and married Catherine Allison in March of 1822. Returning to St. Louis he once again came home when he and a George Hawken disposed of the tract known as “Hit The Mark” on January 19, 1829. Jacob and his brother Samuel T. continued to make the famous half stock frontier guns in St. Louis. For further reference, see Arms Makers of Maryland. For additional information see Maryland Longrifles Hartzler/Whisker.
