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35. HANNA: DAVID, Died May 25, 1868, In the 58 year of his age.

1850 Census of Fairfield:
141-143. DAVID HANNAH 36 m Laborer born Va.
CAROLINE “ 26 f “
ROBT M. “ 12 m “
GEO. “ 7 m “
NANCY A. “ 7 f Ill.

Fairfield Ledger
Jan. 4, 1888
Page 3 col. 6

DEATH OF MRS. CAROLINE HANNA. The death of MRS. CAROLINE HANNA occurred at
the home of her son, R. M. HANNA, in Peoria, Ill., on the morning of January 3,
1888, aged 70 years. The remains will arrive here this evening and be buried
in the old cemetery by the side of her husband sometime tomorrow. MRS. HANNA
was a resident of our city for many years, coming here in 1843, and lived with
her husband, DAVID HANNA, in a house on the ground now occupied by the LEGGETT
house. MR. HANNA died in 1868. The family consisted of two boys and two girls.
The two sons, ROBERT M. and GEORGE D., survive and are here with the corpse
of their mother. MRS. HANNA had resided with her children since her removal
from Fairfield in 1869. She was a member of the Christian Church, but was never a
regular attendant, having been an invalid for over 20 years. She was a good
mother, and highly esteemed by those acquainted with her.

Fairfield Ledger
Sept. 11, 1907

ROBT. M. HANNA Golden Wedding.


Burlington Hawkeye
Sunday June 16, 1912

ROBERT MARSHALL HANNA WAS AN IOWA PIONEER, LEARNED HIS TRADE IN FAIRFIELD.
Passed away at Peoria last year…Editor of the Peoria Evening Journal….was born
in Braxton County, Va., in 1839, a descendant of one of the fine old families
that made the history of Virginia. When he was six years old his father and
mother, DAVID and CAROLINE HANNA, moved to Fairfield, Iowa, and again in 1849 to
California, lured by the discovery of gold, returning again to Peoria in a
few years. When fourteen years old he entered the office of the Fairfield
Sentinel to learn the newspaper business…he was married to MISS SARAH KNEFF in 1856.
During the war he and his wife, lived in Burlington, Ia., where he was on the
staff of the Burlington Hawkeye…

http://www.rootsweb.com/~iajeffer
Jefferson County, Iowa

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