John Hanna
John Hanna, an enterprising farmer of Monroe Township, was born in South Fayette Township, Allegheny Co., Penn., November 12, 1828, a son of William and Mary A. (McCreary) Hanna, and a grandson of John Hanna, who moved to Allegheny from Chester County, Penn., when William was a child. William Hanna was a prosperous farmer of Allegheny County, and at his death owned 150 acres of valuable land. He had a family of six children: John, Sarah, William, Jacob, Joseph and Mary.
John Hanna, whose name heads this sketch, spent his early life in his native county, his education being limited to the common schools. He has always followed agricultural pursuits, first in Pennsylvania, and in 1868 he came to Holmes County, where he bought 160 acres of the John Hoyman property, to which he has since added, until he now owns 220 acres. He has been a hard working man, and his prosperity has been due to his enterprise and good management. He was married in 1851 to Eliza, daughter of Leonard Fryer, of Allegheny County, Penn., and they have seven children: Emory Judson; Mary Ellen; Charles C.; Jennie F. (Mrs. Martin, of Millersburgh); Roxy Ann (Mrs. Conner, of Ohio); Elmer Ellsworth and George W. In politics Mr. Hanna is a Republican.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889