Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Hanna, Joseph Washington 1841 - ************************************************ 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, 9:48 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOSEPH WASHINGTON HANNA. Joseph Washington Hanna, a retired farmer of Delphi, Indiana, is the scion of an old family in America and comes from patriotic stock. The family in Carroll county is descended from Robert Hanna, Sr., who was a brigadier-general in the American Revolution and his son, Robert Hanna, Jr., who was a brigadier-general in the War of 1812. Joseph Washington Hanna himself is a veteran of the great Civil War, having enlisted in 1864, in Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Company C, of this regiment, received the personal thanks of President Lincoln for valiant and meritorious service. Mr. Hanna was discharged by power of attorney during the latter part of 1864 on account of sickness. Mr. Hanna's father was a member of the Indiana Legislature for three terms, serving the first term in 1831 and the last when the new Constitution was adopted. He was also a colonel in the militia and held various offices, among which were those of county assessor and land appraiser. Joseph W. Hanna was born in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, in a log cabin six miles south of Delphi, December 9, 1841. His parents, Albert G. and Mary (Stoops) Hanna, were natives of North Carolina. The former came to Indiana about 1825 and located in Carroll county, entering land in Madison township. There he cleared and improved the farm but, subsequently, moved into Deer Creek township, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he also cleared and improved and where he reared his family. Finally, he moved to Jasper county, Illinois, where he died. His wife died in 1855 at the age of fifty-two years. They were the parents of eight children, John Thomas, deceased; Rachel Clarissa, deceased, who married Hiram Coan; James M., deceased, who died in Washington, D. C, and was buried in the Arlington cemetery, having been a soldier in the Civil War; Adelina B., deceased, who was the wife of Daniel Julian; Joseph W., the subject of this sketch; Albert G., Jr., who lives near Effingham, Illinois, and two who died early in life. The paternal grandparents of Joseph W. Hanna were Joseph W. and Sarah (Adair) Hanna, natives of North Carolina and among the early pioneers of Carroll county. They settled first on White Water, but soon afterward moved to Burlington township, where he cleared a small patch of ground and built a log cabin. He died on this farm, but his widow survived him several years and passed away at the home of her son, Albert G. Both Joseph W. Hanna and his father, Robert Hanna, Jr., were soldiers in the War of 1812. Joseph W. and Sarah (Adair) Hanna were the parents of a large family of children, among whom were Harper, John M., Hannah, Lake, Albert G., Jane Abernathy, Oliver P., Joseph W. and George. General Robert Hanna, Sr., not only was a general in the Revolutionary army but also furnished substantial means for the support of the Revolutionary cause. After the death of his first wife, Albert G. Hanna, the father of Joseph W. Hanna, was married, secondly, to Mrs. Charlotte White, a widow, and to them were born several children, among them being, Frank, Edward, Charity Hiatt and Lillie Cushman. Joseph W. Hanna has lived in Carroll county all of his life with the exception of the year he spent as a soldier in the Civil War. He grew up on his father's farm and attended the district school. After the war, he was married and returned to farming, working by the month. Later he rented land and then bought forty acres in Deer Creek township, to which he added eighty acres and which he still owns. Mr. Hanna lived on the farm until 1899, when he moved to Delphi. Four years later he built his present home at the east end of Franklin street, where he owns about two acres of ground, comprising a magnificent country home. On March 23, 1865, Joseph W. Hanna was married to Amelia D. Moore, the daughter of Alexander and Angeline (McFarland) Moore and who was born in Jackson township, Carroll county, Indiana. Mrs. Hanna's father was born in Butler county, Ohio, and lived to be eighty-three years old. He and his wife had six children, Emeline, Amelia D., Penelope, Lillie, Jessie and Cyrus. The last named child died in infancy. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Hanna was Jesse Moore, a native of Georgia and a pioneer in Jackson township, Carroll county, where he died of old age. Among his children were, Jonathan, Alexander and Nathan. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hanna were early settlers in Carroll county and among their children were, Perry, John, Delilah and Loretta. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hanna, Eva M., John L., Lola B., Pearl, Josephine, and two who died in early childhood. Eva M. married Dr. H. E. Tisch, of Wheatland, Wyoming. John L., a lawyer in Delphi, married Elizabeth E. Whistler and has three sons, Roger J., Ralph E. and Robert L. Lola B. and Pearl are at home. Josephine married George Margowski, of Detroit, Michigan, and have had two children, one of whom is now living, John L. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Hanna are members of the Christian church. Fraternally, Mr. Hanna belongs to Boothroyd Post No. 31, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a Democrat in politics. 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/hanna114bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb