Hanks genealogical collection, 1861-1970.

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Hanks genealogical collection, 1861-1970.

Correspondence, documents, research notes and miscellaneous papers used for writing several studies of the Nancy Hanks family and for compiling the genealogy, "The Hanks Family of Virginia and Westward ... ". Traces the family from early 1600s, including families in Arkansas, the Carolinas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Includes a number of books about the Hanks family.

10.5 linear feet (11 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7753872

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Hanks family.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f573k3 (family)

Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm1hwb (person)

Baber, Adin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tn0124 (person)

Surveyor, cattleman, land holder, banker, and historian from Kansas, Illinois. His grandmother, Mary Ellen Hanks was a grandniece of Nancy Hanks, the mother of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Hanks genealogical collection, 1861-1970. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56434046 ...