When Lewis Sanford Hawkins was born on 27 October 1882, in Vernon, Missouri, United States, his father, Valentine Hawkins, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elisabeth Thompson, was 23. He married Ada Ella Neal on 24 December 1904, in Vernon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Washington Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 November 1946, in Walker, Vernon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States.