Edward Clinton Hawks and Amanda Smith appeared on the census of 2 June 1900 at Page 4A, District 200, Buffalo Ward 24, Erie County, New York.

Edward Hawks, age 53, had his wife Amanda S. Hawks, age 54; his daughter Hester, age 10; his nephew Preston R. Smith, age 29 (lawyer); and a servant Bianca Conrad, age 28, living with him. Edward was an attorney. He and Amanda had been married for 21 years. Amanda has had 3 children, with 1 still living. They were living at 165 Summer Street.

Edward Clinton Hawks died on 2 February 1906 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York, at age 59.

Mr. Hawks was graduated from the Central High School in 1865, read law in the office of Sprague & Fillmore, and for seven years was their managing clerk, having charge of the real estate transactions of their client, the Erie County Savings Bank. He was admitted to the bar in 1869, and since 1871 has been in active and successful practice.

He was city attorney of Buffalo in 1880-81, was once tendered the nomination for congressman from this district, and has been Grand President of the State of the I. O. O. F. He is an able lawyer, a man widely respected and esteemed and largely interested in land and grain elevators, being one of the builders of the International Elevator at Black Rock.

He has given much attention to the subject of good roads, upon which he has published several notable articles, and is an honorary member of the Art Students League, a member of the Merchants Exchange, and a fellow of the Buffalo Society of Artists. He was also a member of old Hesper Lodge, I. O. O. F., which sent thirty-seven of its sixty six members into public office.

June 5, 1879, he married Amanda Smith, of Buffalo, a lineal descendant of Richard Smith, Jr., the crown patentee of Smithtown, L.I. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hawks are members of the Society of Mayflower Descendents. Their children are Maurice Fitch and Hester.