the Military Academy Class of 1926 who received his diploma posthumously after dying in a polo match one month before graduation. His son-in-law Robert Lee Howze and two other grandsons were also West Point graduates. Hawkins and his wife Annie Gray Hawkins were buried in Section I of the West Point Cemetery. His son, daughter-in-law and grandson were buried in Section V. His daughter, son-in-law and grandson Hamilton Hawkins Howze were also buried in Section I. References 1834 births 1910 deaths People from Sullivan's Island, South Carolina United States Military Academy alumni People of South Carolina in the American Civil War Union Army officers Commandants of the Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy Commandants of the United States Army Command and General Staff College American military personnel of the Spanish–American War United States Army generals Burials at West Point Cemetery