Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of MAYNARD P. HANNA

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 239-240

MAYNARD P. HANNA

The Hanna family is of Irish descent. Joseph Hanna was the pioneer of West 
Virginia, but Albert J. Hanna, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, 
lived on the farm now owned and occupied by M. W. Walton. He reared a large 
family, five sons and five daughters, all living now but two of the girls. 
His son, J. Harvey Hanna, born March 29, 1847, married Elizabeth Agnes Walkup 
on July 3, 1873. He spent three years farming in Ne-braska and railroading on 
the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, but in '895 he came back to Renick.  His 
wife (see sketch of the Walkup family) died March 15, 1916. Five children 
came of this union, all living but one. They are Maynard P., Iron Lipps, wife 
of O. P. Kinsley, Sarah Ann, wife of H. L. McCoy, Joseph, Albert, and 
Pinkney M., wife of W. F. Knight, all residents of Renick.
Maynard P. Hanna is a meniber of tlic firm of Hanna & Kinsley, doing a large 
mercantile business in Renick (see sketch of 0. P. Kinsley). He was born 
April 16. 1874, and spent eight years in Ashland, Neb., working on a farm and 
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. In 1894 he cameback to Renick, 
and after farming two years, he began clerking in the store and continued 
work in that way until i908, when he became a partner of the firrn. The store 
has a large trade, and in connection with the farms an extensive business is 
done by the company.  On Virginia, but Albert J. Hanna, the grandfather of 
the subject of this sketch, lived on the farm now owned and occupied by M. W. 
Walton. He reared a large family, five sons and five daughters, all living 
now but two of the girls. His son, J. Harvey Hanna, born March 29, 1847, 
married Elizabeth Agnes Walkup on July 3, 1873. He spent three years farming 
in Ne-braska and railroading on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy, but in 1895 
he came back to Renick.  His wife (see sketch of the Walkup family) died 
March 15, 1916. Five children came of this union, all living but one. They 
are Maynard P., Iron Lipps, wife of 0. P. Kinsley, Sarah Ann, wife of H. L. 
McCoy, Joseph, Albert, and Pinkney M., wife of W. F. Knight, all residents of 
Renick.
Maynard P. Hanna is a meniber of the firm of Hanna & Kinsley, doing a large 
mercantile business in Renick (see sketch of 0. P. Kinsley). He was born 
April 16. 1874, and spent eight years in Ashland, Neb., working on a farm and 
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. In 1894 he came back to Renick, 
and after farming two years, he began clerking in the store and continued 
work in that way until 1908, when he became a partner of the firm. The store 
has a large trade, and in connection with the farms an extensive business is 
done by the company.  On January 1, 1902, Maynard P. Hanna married Miss 
Maggie R. Mann, daughter of J. P. Mann, and from this union came two 
children, Sydney J. and Gladys.