Robert G. Hannah Biography


	This biography appears on page 854 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				ROBERT G. HANNAH. 

	Robert G. Hannah, a worthy representative of an honored pioneer 
family that was established in South Dakota about a third of a century 
ago, has since the fall of 1910 been a member of the firm of Hannah 
Brothers of Esmond, conducting an extensive business as dealers in 
grain and coal. His birth occurred in Belvidere, Boone county, 
Illinois, on the 3d of February, 1873, his parents being Robert D. and 
Anna Hannah. In 1882 the family came to South Dakota, settling on a 
homestead comprising the southeast quarter of section 4, township 109, 
range 57, and also taking up a tree claim and a preemption. The father 
farmed with excellent results until he retired in 1904 and turned over 
the active work of the fields to his sons. During the period of the 
Civil war Robert D. Hannah served as a soldier of the Union army for 
three and a half years, making a most creditable military record. His 
life has ever been upright and honorable in all relations and he is 
highly esteemed as one of the early settlers and valued citizens of his 
community. 

	Robert G. Hannah, who was a lad of nine years when he came to 
this state with his parents, obtained his early education in the 
district schools and also pursued a high-school course at De Smet. 
Subsequently he began farming in association with his brother and at 
one time had as many as a thousand acres in grain and owned seventy-
five dairy cows. In the fall of 1910 the two brothers purchased the 
elevator at Esmond from A. W. Barber & Son and have since conducted an 
extensive business as dealers in grain and coal. Robert G. Hannah still 
owns a section of land in association with his brother and enjoys an 
enviable reputation as an enterprising and prosperous business man and 
representative citizen. 

	On the 13th of February, 1908, Mr. Hannah was united in marriage 
to Miss Bertha Wigton. In politics he is a republican and his religious 
faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, while fraternally he 
is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He finds recreation 
and pleasure in motoring and in both business and social circles has 
won the high regard and esteem of those with whom he has come in 
contact.