Person:Adam Hanna (1)

Both parents b. in Kentucky

Weik's history of Putnam County, Indiana Jesse W. Wek, A.M. 1910, B F. Bowen & Company Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Andrew B. Hanna

One of the representative business men of Putnam county, and a man whose sound discretion and business judgment is universally recognized, is Andrew B. Hanna, the well-known furniture dealer and undertaker of Greencastle.

Mr. Hanna’s ancestry is that of people of the most sterling worth, men and women who delighted in keeping untarnished the good records of the earliest members of both branches of the family.

In tracing this genealogy we find that Mr. Hanna’s grandfather, William Hanna, was a Kentuckian, in which state he was born, reared and received some schooling in the primitive schools of the early days. He came to this section of Indiana at a very early date, being a hardy pioneer, and he established his home here in the midst of the forest, and from him sprang the later generations that have made this a familiar name in all circles in Putnam and adjoining counties.

One of the best representatives of the family is Andrew B. Hanna, who was born in Warren township, this county, May 31, 1865, the son of Adam Hanna, now living retired in Greencastle at the advanced age of seventy-seven years. He was born in Brown township, Montgomery county, Indiana, where he grew to maturity on the old Hanna homestead. He moved to Putnam county in 1862 and located on a farm in Warren township, devoting his life to farming and stock raising, also bought large numbers of live stock from time to time, being very successful in both line of endeavor. He shipped more stock to the markets from Putnam county than any other man up to those days. He was always well know as a stock man and he was a good farmer, laying by an ample competence for his old age. In 1869 he moved to Greencastle, where he has since resided. He engaged in the stock and livery business here for many years, and from 1875 to 1882 he was in the furniture and undertaking business.

Adam Hanna married Amelia Black, who was born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery county, Kentucky. She was an excellent, whole-souled woman and she passed to her rest in February 1909, at the age of sixty-six years. They became the parents of only one child, Andrew B. of this review.

Adam B. Hanna was four years old when his parents moved to Greencastle. He spent his youth much in the same manner as other lads of these days in town, attending the public and high schools, later DePauw University, where he made an excellent record and from which institution he was graduated in 1885. He soon afterwards turned his attention to farming, but in 1890 went into the furniture and undertaking business, opening an establishment alone in October of that year, on the east side of the public square. He prospered from the first and had built up an excellent patronage when, in 1897, he sold out and bought in his present place, the firm name being Black & Black, and in 1900 Mr. Hanna bought the entire stock. He is now erecting one of the finest business blocks in Greencastle, at the corner of Indiana and Walnut streets. It is modern in every detail and will be elegant in all its appointments. He will have an up-to-date and well equipped office in the same and will carry a large and carefully selected stock.

Mr. Hanna belongs to the Masons, having attained the thirty-second degree; he also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men, also the Woodmen and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Politically he is a Republican. He is usually too busily engaged with his individual affairs to take must interest in politics: however, his support may always be depended upon when movements are promulgated looking to the betterment of the county politically, socially or materially. He is regarded by all as upright and honest in all his business relations and he has the confidence and respect of a wide circle of acquaintances and friends throughout the county.

Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 Name: Adam Hanna Date: 20 Nov 1916 LOCATION: Greencastle Age: 84 yr Gender: Male Race: W Source Location: County Health Office, Greencastle Source Notes: The source of this record is the book H-21 on page 77 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=indeaths_ga&h=455068&indiv=try&o_iid=012077&o_lid=012077&o_it=012077&offerid=0%3a7797%3a0

Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~inputnam/cem_foresthill.htm?o_xid=9872&o_lid=9872&o_xt=31936496 HANNA Cathrine, 7 Jan 1832 - 17 Jul 1878Lydia H., 18 May 1802 - 16 Oct 1844 James P., 1801 - 25 Aug 1840Elinor Vestal, 1866 - 1 Mar 1944 Homer W., 1 Apr 1874 - 2 Aug 1875John, 3 Sep 1827 - 24 Oct 1882 Mahala S., 27 Dec 1827 - Apr 1870Kittie, 19 Dec 1866 - 2 Apr 1885 Emaline H., 184? - 22 Jan 1925Walter P., 1856 - 10 Jul 1927 Belle S., 1860 - 30 May 1931Eva, 4 May 1819 - 19 Aug 1881 Celia, 7 May 1847 - 17 May 1883Katie H.,9 May 1877 - 18 Jan 1878 Josie, 31 Jul 1874 - 13 Jan 1878Baby, 17 Jan 1870 - 18 Jan 1870 Mellinda, 11 Feb 1820 - 19 Dec 1890Thomas (dates unreadable on transcription)

1870 Greencastle Ward 2, Putnam, Indiana Census Name: Adam Hanna Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833 Age in 1870: 37 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Greencastle Family and neighbors: Adam Hanna Greencastle Ward 2, Putnam, IN abt 1833 Indiana White Male Amelia Hanna Greencastle Ward 2, Putnam, IN abt 1845 Kentucky White Female Andrew Hanna Greencastle Ward 2, Putnam, IN abt 1865 Indiana White

1880 Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana Census Name: Adam Hanna Age: 48 Estimated birth year: <1832> Birthplace: Indiana Occupation: Furniture Store Relationship to head-of-household: Self Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Spouse's name: Amelia Hanna Father's birthplace: KY Mother's birthplace: KY

1910 2-Wd Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana Census Name: Adam Hanna Age in 1910: 77 Estimated birth year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Neighbors: Virginia Black 2-Wd Greencastle, Putnam, IN abt 1850 Kentucky White Female Adam Hanna 2-Wd Greencastle, Putnam, IN abt 1833 Indiana White Louisa Renick 2-Wd Greencastle, Putnam, IN abt 1833 Kentucky White Female Willis M Renick 2-Wd Greencastle, Putnam, IN abt 1893 Indiana White

National Register of Historic Places KENTUCKY - Shelby County

Hanna, Adam, Farm (added 1988 - Building - #88002893) Hanna Rd. near jct. with KY 362, Todds Point Historic Significance: Event Area of Significance: Agriculture Period of Significance: 1875-1899 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic Current Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ky/Shelby/state2.ht

Shelby County Kentucky GenWeb Hanna Cemetery http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyshelby/cemetery.html

????? Cemetery closest to DePauw Univ (Greencastle, IN) is the Hanna St Cemetery, also called the Blackstock Cemetery and the "old" cemetery.

1. ↑ 1850 IN Census.
2. ↑ Handwritten Note.

   Handwritten Note. Photocopy of note in Laura's Moore Black's handwriting, given to Brenda by Janie Black Scheutz (2001) Laura spelled "Hannah"

3. ↑ 1880 US Census.
4. ↑ Raymond Finley Hughes and Howard Clift Black. William Black and his Descendents A Genealogy of the Descendents of William Black of Augusta County, VA and la. (Unpublished. Copyrighted 1973 by Hughes).
5. ↑ 1910 IN Census.
6. ↑ Indiana Bioraphies.