Wood County, West Virginia          Biography of CURTIS MILLER HANNA

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
pg. 536
Wood

CURTIS MILLER HANNA. A brainy lawyer of Parkersburg
who has in a brief number of years earned a high rank in his
profession, Curtis Miller Hanna has also been interested to
some extent in politics, in public questions affecting his
community and state, and for over a year was in the service
of his country during the World war.

He was born on a farm near Charleston, West Virginia,
October 6, 1886, only son and child of Russell K. and
Katharine (Pfeiffer) Hanna. The parents were native West
Virginians and his father for many years conducted a mer-
cantile establishment in one of Charleston's suburbs. He
died in 1891 and the widowed mother is still living.

Curtis Miller Hanna grew up in the vicinity of Charleston,
attended public schools, and finished his law course in the
University of West Virginia. He passed the bar examinations
in 1908, and for about five years practiced at Parsons in
Tucker County. From June, 1913, to March, 1915, he was
assistant insurance commissioner of the state, resigning that
work to come to Parkersburg and achieve a permanent and
substantial place in his profession.

Mr. Hanna left his office and on February 25, 1918, enlisted
as a private in the Ordnance Department of the United States
Army and in July of the same year was sent overseas. Some
eight months later, after the armistice was signed, he was
returned home and received his honorable discharge April 15,
1919. Mr. Hanna is a republican in matters of politics, and
has kept in close touch with political issues and movements in
his home state. Besides his law practice he is secretary and
counsel for the Rainelle Oil Company and the North and
South Railway Company.

Mr. Hanna is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks and the Loyal Order of Moose. On November 11,
1917, he married Mildred Dare, daughter of J. M. Dare.