Yolo-El Dorado County CA Archives Biographies.....Hannum, W. W. 1828 - 1885
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

W. W. HANNUM, deceased, formerly a farmer near Cacheville, was born April 23,
1828, in Robertson County, Tennessee, a son of Miffin Mayppen and Nancy (Pitt)
Hanuum, natives of Tennessee. The senior Hannum was a farmer and remained in
Tennessee until his death. Mr. Hannum, our subject, was brought up on a farm,
and at the age of twenty-one years he went to Morgan County, Missouri, where he
was employed most of the time as a farm hand until he came to California in
1850. He came overland, with ox teams, being about three months on the road.
Until 1853 he followed gold mining in El Dorado County and vicinity, and then
went down to the valley in Yolo County and commenced agricultural pursuits upon
land he had purchased two miles from Cacheville. He sold this out and in 1879
rented land until his death, which occurred in 1885, when he was fifty-seven
years of age. He was a member of Yolo Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. M., for twenty-six
years. The mention of his name revives tender memories and kind recollections
among all who were acquainted with him.

  August 18, 1857, he married Mrs. Eunice Mateer, a native of Illinois, who died
May 6, 1866. By that marriage there were four children, three of whom are now
living: Charles H., Martha E., wife of A. G. Mitchum, and James A. Mr. Hannum
was again married May 24, 1870, to Miss Priscilla Hill, a native of Missouri,
and by this marriage there were also four children, namely: Albert S., Eunice
C., Warren H. and William C. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Hannum came
down into the valley and purchased her present home, in 1887, consisting of
twenty-eight acres, two miles south of Woodland. It is principally devoted to
the production of alfalfa, which is here a very profitable crop. She also has a
small vineyard, and manages to support herself, with the aid of her children.
Their home is one which shows neatness and comfort.


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Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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