Bio: Hannah, Charles J. (History - 1840)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: HANNAH NUGENT BOON HUGHS MCKIMM

----Sources: "Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties, WI," Lewis pub. co., 1891 pg. 132:

CHARLES J. HANNAH, of section 14, Weston Township, Clark County, was born in St. George, Canada East, August 17, 1840, the son of James G. and Jane (NUGENT) HANNAH, the former a native of England, and the latter of County Down, Ireland, who came to America with her parents when a child. The father came to America when thirty years old, settling in Canada, where he was clerk of his county, a merchant and Postmaster of St. George. He died there in 1851, and his wife died at the same place in 1861.

The subject of this sketch was educated in St. George and Kennebec, Canada, where he followed farming and logging in early days. He subsequently worked in the pineries of Maine, and after returning to his home in Canada came to this county, settling on the Ross farm on Black River, Weston Township, which is now the Andrews farm. He settled on his present place in the fall of 1879, which was then covered with timber. He now has a fine farm of 200 acres, seventy of which is cleared. He has also worked in the pineries some, but most of his time has been spent in clearing his land and farming.

Mr. Hannah was married November 3, 1862, to Mary Boon, daughter of Charles and Nancy (HUGHS) BOON, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hannah have eight children: Nancy J., Eliza L., James L., Robert A., William H., Ellen L., Cinda M. and Minnie P. Nancy married Robert McKimm, and has one child. Mr. Hannah was a member of the Town Board one year is a Republican politically, and religiously a member of the Presbyterian Church.

1880 Federal Census--Weston, Clark, WI

Charles Hannah @39, b. Canada, Farmer, Father b. England, Mother b. Ireland

Wife: Mary A. @39, b. Ireland, Parents b. Ireland

Dau: Nancy J. @16, b. Canada

Dau: Eliza J. @14, b. Canada, Student

Son: James E. @12, b. Canada, Student

Son: Robert A. @10, b. WI, Student

Son: William H. @8, b. WI, Student

Dau: Ellen M. @6, b. WI

Dau: Conda M. @4, b. WI

Grandmother: Nancy Boon @80, b. Ireland, Parents b. Ireland