Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Hanna, John L. 1871 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 27, 2006, 9:41 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOHN L. HANNA. When a man has so impressed his personality on his fellow citizens as to win their confidence and attains the front rank of his profession, he becomes a conspicuous figure. Such a man is John L. Hanna, the senior member of the firm of Hanna & Hall, well-known lawyers of Delphi, Indiana. Mr. Hanna is a self-made man, having earned the money with which he was enabled to attend school. He read law at night and, since his entrance into the profession has supplemented his education and training by wide and practical reading. Like many of the successful men now living in Delphi, he was born and reared in the country and came to the county seat after attaining maturity. Mr. Hanna is a native of Deer Creek township, born on February 15, 1871. His parents, Joseph W. and Amelia D. (Moore) Hanna, were born in Carroll county and lived there all their lives. They own one hundred and twenty acres of land in Deer Creek township, where they lived until ten or twelve years ago, when they removed to Delphi and retired. Joseph W. Hanna was a valiant soldier in the Civil War, but served only a short time, being mustered out on account of sickness. Joseph W. and Amelia D. (Moore) Hanna are members of the Christian church. They have had seven children, of whom two, Earl and Lillian, are deceased, the former dying at the age of three years and the latter at the age of six. Eva M. is the wife of Dr. Henry E. Tisch, of Wheatland, Wyoming. John L. lives in Delphi and is the subject of this sketch. Lola B. is unmarried. Pearl lives at home. Josephine M. is the wife of George S. Margowski, of Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Hanna's paternal grandfather was a member of the Indiana Legislature and an officer in the state militia. He was a farmer by occupation and reared a family of five children, John, James, Joseph, Albert and Rachel. The maternal grandfather, Alexander S. Moore, was an early settler in Carroll county. He was a carpenter and. farmer and built nearly all of the old grain elevators in this part of the county. At one time he operated a pottery at Delphi. He died at the age of eighty-three years and his wife some years younger. They had six children, Emeline, Amelia D., Penelope, Lillie B., Jessie and Cyrus. Reared on a farm, John L. Hanna remained at home with his parents until he was grown. In the meantime he had received a good common-school education in the public schools of Deer Creek township. Later he attended the Normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana, and still later was a student at Purdue University. He taught school for four years and, on May 26, 1897, was graduated from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis. Having been admitted to the Carroll county bar and to practice law in the state and federal courts, Mr. Hanna began practicing in Delphi on June 5, 1897. Previously, he had read law for one year under N. J. Howe and one year under M. A. Ryan, now of Indianapolis, Indiana. For eighteen months Mr. Hanna practiced law alone and then formed a partnership with Gus A. Hall, the style of the firm being Hanna & Hall. On June 29, 1898, John L. Hanna was married to Elizabeth E. Whistler, the daughter of William T. and Melvina H. (Harner) Whistler, who was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, east of the city of Delphi, April 2, 1875. Mrs. Hanna's father died in 1898 but her mother is still living. The father was a farmer and a stock dealer. He and his wife had five children, Lucy, Florence. Elizabeth E., Fannie and Georgia. Mrs. Hanna's father had first married a Miss Wolf, by whom he had one child, Ora F. To Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hanna have been born five children, three of whom are living, Roger J., Ralph E. and Robert L. Mr. and Mrs. Hanna and the two elder children are members of the Christian church. Mr. Hanna is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons and of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He also belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and to Lafayette Lodge No. 143, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Hanna was deputy prosecuting attorney for two years and was also master commissioner for three years. He is at present the county attorney of Carroll county, having been appointed by the board of county commissioners. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/hanna113bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb