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BIOGRAPHIES
History
of
Montgomery County
together with
Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley,
Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts,
Private and Official Correspondence, and Other
Authentic, Though, For the Most Part,
Out of the Way Sources.
By H. W. Beckwith,
of the Danville Bar;
Corresponding Member of the Hsitorical Societies of
Wisconsin and Chicago
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With Map and Illustrations
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Chicago:
H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers.
1881
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T. L. HANNA,
merchant, Waveland, is one of Montgomery county’s prominent and
successful business men. He is a native of the county,
born in 1835, and is the son of William Hanna, who is one
of the pioneers, having come to the county in 1827. The
subject of this sketch served a short time in the rebellion, in
the 78th Ind. Vol. Inf. He was elected county commissioner
in 1877, and reelected in 1879. He owns 620 acres of fine
land in the county, and a first-class dry-goods establishment in
Waveland, where he does an extensive business. He buys all
kinds of grain and produce, and is a useful man to have in any
community.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 348 |
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WILLIAM HANNA,
retired, Waveland. In writing sketches of old settlers of
Montgomery county we find William Hanna, who was born in
Shelby county, Kentucky, July 5, 1805. He remained at home
working on his father’s farm until a man grown. In 1826 he
came to Montgomery county, and entered eighty acres of land in
Brown township, and in 1827 moved to it and bought two eighties
adjoining and added thereto until he owned 900 acres. He
improved 300 acres, being the first stock farm in that part of
the county. When he began life his capital consisted of
$200, but by hard work and economy he accumulated quite a
property. He has always been a strong advocate of
temperance and practiced what he preached, having never used
tobacco, or intoxicating drinks as a beverage. His first
wife was Elizabeth Glenn, of Kentucky. She died in
1837. He married again, in 1839, Mary Watson,
also of Kentucky. She died in 1874. He has six
children by first wife: William G., Adam, Tyre
L., James T., Lindsey, and Margaret E.,
and by second wife eight: Joseph T., Henry C.,
Philip P., Josephine, Nancy A., Jennie,
Daniel W., Albert A. Mr. Hanna
is one of Montgomery county’s most respected citizens and has
been a constant member of the Baptist church since his sixteenth
year. He voted with the whig party until the organization
of the republican, since which time he has cast his vote with
the latter.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 349 |
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JOSEPH HENDRICKSON,
shoemaker, Waveland, was born in Warren county, New Jersey,
1830. At the age of seventeen he went to learn the
shoemaker's trade, and in 1858 came to Waveland, where he
engaged in his business until 1862, when he returned east, and
in 1863 enlisted in the late rebellion in the 52d Penn. reg.,
Co. B, and served till the close of the war. In 1868 he
returned to Waveland and resumed his former occupation. He
has been twice married and both wives are deceased. His
first wife was Mary C. Welch, of New Jersey, and second
wife was Mary A. Houck, of Pennsylvania. He has
five daughters by second wife: Margaret, Louisa, Annie K.,
Ora E. and Gertrude.
Source: History of Montgomery
County, Illinois - Part 2 - Publ. 1881 - Page 359 |
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