Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Hannon, John F. 1839 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  J. F. Hannon, of Olathe, has been a resident of Kansas since 1881 and is one
of Johnson county's most progressive citizens. He is a native of New Jersey,
born in Deerfield township, Cumberland county, November 5, 1839, and is a son of
George F. and Mary Ann (Cake) Hannon, natives of New Jersey. They were the
parents of fifteen children, as follows: David F., Hannah Moore, Susan,
Elizabeth, George W., Sarah, Lydia, Margaret, Amos, William, James, John F., the
subject of this sketch, and two children who died in infancy, and one died at
the age of six years. John F. Hannon was reared in his native State and received
a good common school education. At the age of twenty-one he began life as a
farmer in New Jersey, following that occupation there until 1881, when he came
to Kansas and located on a farm two miles west of Olathe. He purchased that
place at $40 per acre and two years later sold it at a fair profit, and then
farmed in various places in Johnson and Miami counties for a time and later
bought 170 acres west of Olathe. He was successfully engaged in farming there
until 1900, when he sold out and removed to Olathe. where he has since been
engaged in the stock business, and is now in partnership with one of his sons,
and the business is being conducted under the name of Hannon & Son. They are
among the most extensive cattle and hog breeders in Johnson county and do a
large business. Their place is well equipped with a large stock barn, with all
modern methods and conveniences for handling cattle and hogs. Mr. Hannon has
been twice married, his first wife being Miss Susanna Johnson, a native of Salem
county, New Jersey, who died eleven months after her marriage. Mr. Hannon's
second wife bore the maiden name, Alary Caster, and was a native of New Jersey.
Eight children were born to the second marriage, as follows: Julia Frances, died
in infancy; Jennie B., married James Heider and lives near Ottawa, Kan.; George
F. married Aliss Willa Wilcox and resides in Olathe; Jacob C., unmarried,
resides in Kansas City, Mo.; David N. married Grace Crook and lives in Franklin
county, Kansas; Archie, died at the age. of twenty-four years and his remains
rest in the Olathe cemetery; Winfield A. married Lillie Erwin and resides in
Olathe, and John married Rosa Hoover and lives at Lenexa. The wife and mother of
these children died in New Jersey in 1881 and her remains are buried in
Deerfield cemetery, Cumberland county. Mr. Hannon has practically made his own
way since early boyhood and what success he has attained is due to his own
industry and unaided efforts. He came from the far East, made a wise selection
for his future home and has made good.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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