Benjamin William Hanks

Relationship: Brother to Ephraim Knowlton Hanks

Benjamin William Hanks. This photo was given to Retta Arthella Hanks by Carrie Hanks

BWH, 1908 - Benjamin William Hanks. Door to the coal bin on the inside of the house (no longer used as such since natural gas became available). Photo courtesy of Tom Baster, March 2008.

Vitals

• Born: (28 Oct 1829) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
  
• Died: (15 Jul 1910) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
• Buried:

Spouse

Cornelia Ann Dewey m. (17 Mar 1867) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)

Children:

1. Martha Eliza Hanks; b. (10 Dec 1868) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
2. Frank Benjamin Hanks; b. (12 May 1872) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
3. Jay Benjamin Hanks; b. (27 May 1874) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
4. Mary Adelaide Hanks; b. (23 May 1875) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
5. Walter Dewey Hanks; b. (23 Jul 1878) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)

Guardian Father to:

1. Fred Elmer Hanks; b. (23 Sep 1864) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
2. Jane Knowlton Hanks; b. (4 May 1866) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)

Parents

Benjamin Hanks b. (12 Jun 1788) (Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA)
Martha Knowlton b. (16 Oct 1794) (Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, USA)

Siblings:

1. Mary Ann Hanks; b. (30 Aug 1812) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
2. Calvin Azariah Hanks; b. (1813) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
3. Knowlton Hanks; b. (2 May 1816) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
4. Marcia Hanks; b. (1818) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
5. Sidney Alvarus Hanks; b. (16 Aug 1820) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
6. Orson Hanks; b. (1822) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
7. Eliza D. Hanks; b. (May 1824) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
8. Ephraim Knowlton Hanks; b. (21 Mar 1826) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
9. Elijah Hanks; b. (10 Apr 1828) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
10. Benjamin William Hanks; b. (28 Oct 1829) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
11. Martha Knowlton Hanks; b. (Oct 1831) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)
12. Otis Holbrook Hanks; b. (10 Nov 1832) (Madison, Lake, Ohio, USA)

Image Gallery

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  1850 Census - research by Sherry Smith

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  Marriage Application of Benjamin William Hanks & Cornelia Ann Dewey Hanks - research by Patricia Brighton Rust

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  Marriage License of Benjamin William Hanks & Cornelia Ann Dewey Hanks - research by Patricia Brighton Rust

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  1880 Census - research by Sherry Smith

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  1900 Census - research by Sherry Smith

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  1910 Census - research by Sherry Smith

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  Hanks Property in Madison, Lake, Ohio. This home was built about 1910. Pictured Fred Elmer Hanks & Carrie Duesler Hanks, a neighbor boy and Cornelia Hanks, Fred's mother. Photo given to Retta Arthella Hanks by Carrie Hanks.

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  Funeral notice of Benjamin William Hanks, Telegraph, 7/22/1910, page 2 - research by Georgi Rolan

Links

• Obituary Death Index
• Index to 1874 Landowner Map Book, Geauga County, Ohio

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