Greene-Jackson-Lawrence County IN Archives Biographies.....Hanna, Joseph T. 1811 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   REV. JOSEPH T. HANNA, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hammers) Hanna, is a
native of Greene County, Penn., born February 7, 1811. When nine years old, his
parents removed to Jackson County, Ind., where his father died in 1834. In
Jackson County, the subject of this sketch was reared to manhood's estate, and,
being endowed with a bright mind, he early espoused the cause of Christianity,
and in 1836 was ordained a minister of the Gospel, his first charge being at
Gilgal Baptist Church, in Lawrence County. In 1849, he came to Greene County,
and, purchasing property in Wright Township, has ever since made it his home.
For forty-eight years, he has been preaching Christianity throughout Greene and
neighboring counties, and besides this has looked after his farming interests,
and for ten years taught public school. On his first location in the county, or
shortly thereafter, he obtained possession of 500 acres of land, but he has
since decreased this by giving to his children, until he now owns but 260 acres.
On the 19th of May, 1831, he was joined in marriage with Lucy Mitchell, who was
born in Ashe County, N. C., June 27, 1814, a daughter of Levi and Celia (Davis)
Mitchell. To this union have been born the following family: Ambrose, Levi,
Jesse, Elizabeth, Lemuel and Doctor, living; and Isaac, Rebecca J., Celia, Abram
and one unnamed, deceased. Mr. Hanna is one of the prominent men of northwestern
Greene County, and is always identified with the progress of his community. He
takes an active interest in educational matters, and besides affording his own
children proper advantages for a good schooling, he has partially educated five
others.


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Wright Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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