Robert Hanna Papers 1811-1938 1811-1870

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Robert Hanna Papers 1811-1938 1811-1870

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Robert Hanna (1789-1854) was the first white child born in Lynchburg, (West) Virginia. His family moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1801. He became a circuit-riding minister for the Methodist Church. His great nephew, Marcus A. Hanna, became a United States Senator. The collection consists of an autobiography, a daily journal of his activities as a minister, clippings, genealogical material, sermons, scattered correspondence, a license to perform marriages, and scattered notes on the John Kersey Wharry branch of the family (ca. 1938).

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Hanna, Robert

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Robert Hanna (1789-1854) was Born in Lynchburgh, Virginia, on May 28, 1789, the son of Robert Hanna (born 1753 in Ireland) and Catherine Jones. Robert Hanna, Sr. co-founded and settled Lynchburgh, Campbell County, Virginia, and moved his family to Bull Creek, three miles north of Middleton, in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1801, and lived out his life in New Lisbon, Ohio. He also founded Clarkson, Ohio. Robert Hanna, Sr. died in 1834. Robert Hanna (1789-1854) was trained a...