Person:Joseph Hanks (3)

Name	Joseph Hanks, Jr.
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1769	Hampshire County, Virginiaguesstimate
Other`^?`	1793	Nelson, Kentucky, United Statesnamed in Will of Joseph Hanks, father
Residence^[1]	From 1793 to 1794	Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia, United Statesmoved with his mother following the death of his father
Residence^[1]	1798	Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United Statesworked in carpentry shop with Thomas Lincoln, father of Abraham Lincoln
Marriage	10 Nov 1810	Kentuckyto Mary "Polly" Young
Residence^[1]	1815	Crawford, Indiana, United States
Residence^[1]	1825	Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Death`^?`		Sangamon, Illinois, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Joseph Hanks, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Last retrieved Feb 2016.

... Joseph moved with the family in his youth, moved with his mother move to Virginia after the death of his father. He was raised by his older brother, either Joshua or Thomas, following his mother's death in 1794. In 1798 he moved to Kentucky and worked in an Elizabethtown carpentry shop where Thomas Lincoln also worked. He married Mary Young in 1810. He moved to Crawford County, Indiana in 1815 and to 10 years later moved to Sangamon County, Illinois. ...
Cognate families of Lincoln. Lee family by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, 1930.

[Letters to Mrs. C.H. Hitchcock from grandchildren of Joseph Hanks, Jr.:

26 Jan 1895: "Grandfather (Joseph Hanks, Jr.) told me that an estate of 660 acres was rightfully his having been unlawfully held by his elder brother, who I think was named Joshua." - from Mr. J.M Hanks of Florence, Colorado.

25 Feb 1895: "My grandfather, Joseph Hanks, Jr. was the youngest or near the youngest of the family, was left an orphan at an early age and went to live with an older brother in Virginia, was mistreated by his brothers wife and ran away from Virginia to Kentucky." - from Mrs. M.A. Wilson of Cannon City, Colorado.]