tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966719458663792108.post2923721025207897009..comments2013-01-07T00:14:31.456-08:00Comments on I Love to Tell the Story: James Hanna, Revolutionary War HeroMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09931711457440774379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966719458663792108.post-82120876701916780272013-01-07T00:14:31.456-08:002013-01-07T00:14:31.456-08:00Hi Melissa,
Here's some more information on y...Hi Melissa,<br /><br />Here's some more information on your ancestor James Hanna.<br /><br />I went and found my great-great-great-great-great grandfather's obituary yesterday. His name was Abraham Reed, Sr. I knew nothing about his parents or his siblings.<br /><br />The obituary stated that he was born August 29, 1819 at Dayton, Ohio. He was the youngest of five children and that his father died when he was 13 months old and that he relied on his own resources at a very young age.<br /><br />This was the first I had heard about siblings and a father.<br /><br />I did some digging today and found a probate file of an Abraham Reed of Dayton, Ohio that died in 1820. A James Hanna was the administrator.<br /><br />What sealed the deal for me was a guardianship record, however.<br /><br />James Hanna was the guardian of five children of the deceased Abraham Reed in 1821.<br /><br />The youngest of the five children listed was Abraham Reed, two years old. My ancestor!<br /><br />I now know that my ancestor is not indeed Abraham, Sr., but Abraham Jr. and his son is now Abraham Reed III.<br /><br />I have no idea what the connection is between your ancestor, James Hanna, and my ancestor Abraham Reed. Maybe they were related in some way? I wonder what happened to the mother of my ancestor. She was alive when Abraham I died.<br /><br />In any event, James Hanna watched over my ancestor when he was a boy and had some part in his rearing.<br /><br />Very cool!Cole Charboneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267967065859484587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966719458663792108.post-33762685761069343562011-08-01T21:12:24.827-07:002011-08-01T21:12:24.827-07:00Hi Christopher. I do know that James fought in the...Hi Christopher. I do know that James fought in the Revolutionary War, because one of his descendants in my line cited him in her application to the DAR. Somewhere I have more information but it's buried in a box and I can't seem to find it. All I can tell is that James didn't marry till after the war, and I've always assumed the war interrupted plans that would have lead to an earlier marriage if not for the war, but I have no evidence for that.<br /><br />Recently I've discovered some snippets of info on James from the Dayton library. He was one of the first elders of one of the early Presbyterian churches in Dayton, and was one of the incorporators of the Dayton Academy (1807). He ran a weaving business at the south end of Main Street and had a farm west of the river. His second wife's name was Elizabeth and she pre-deceased him (1816). In 1853 his body and those of both his wives were moved to the Woodland Cemetery -- you can see info in the cemetery's online database.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09931711457440774379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966719458663792108.post-80301526360502265262011-08-01T20:24:49.707-07:002011-08-01T20:24:49.707-07:00I liked your article. I am also a decendent of Ja...I liked your article. I am also a decendent of James, but through one of his other sons, James Jr. who went on to Crawfordsville, IN and was a founder of Wabash College. I have been looking into James and his twin brother as of late and have been trying to find out how they were involved in the Revolutionary War. Just wondering if you have found any more information.Christopher Holstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075478073324158651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966719458663792108.post-17569553297041316022009-12-05T18:18:31.555-08:002009-12-05T18:18:31.555-08:00I love researching our family history. I don't...I love researching our family history. I don't have as much time anymore now that I'm writing novels, but I keep my genealogy website up at Our Carolina Roots.Jennifer Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360330085131177132noreply@blogger.com