Wayne Co, Iowa Democrat May 3, 1900
Microfilm record at Iowa State Historical Library, Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa
OBIT--
MR ISAAC HANKS who has been ill the past three weeks died Monday, April 20, at 4 pm at his home one half mile east of Ovid. It was difficult to fix the cause of his death, which was ascribed to the general term of heart failure. His children and others are of the opinion that it was due largely as the result of an injury sustained from being knocked over by a cow two years ago, he never having felt well since. There was also a complication of other diseases. His funeral was held Wednesday at his home conducted by Rev Smith the Baptist minister of Cambria and the burial was in the Hogue Cemetery. Besides a wife, he leaves four sons and three daughters to mourn his loss.
The services held at Fry's Chapel Sunday at 3pm May 6, although not so largely attended, was enjoyed to the uttermost by those present. Rev Shea of Corydon having won the admiration of his audience by his charming manner and fluent delivery. Come again, Rev Shea.
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From the Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne & Appanoose Counties, Iowa(my corrections in ()). The name Hanks is often found as spelled Hauks, Hawks, Halks due to poor handwriting. This is one case of bad handwritten translation.
Isaac(George) HAUKS(HANKS), section 19, Union Township, post office New York, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 15, 1828, a son of Starks(Stiles) and Sarah(Newhouse)(Nancy Ann Newhouse) Hauks(Hanks), natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Ohio.
When sixteen years of age, our subject came West to Illinois and located in Clarke County, where he worked as a farm hand by the month, split rails by the thousand and labored in a way that falls to the lot of few.
He leased a farm of 200 acres in Edgar County which he carried on seven years and while living there exchanged live-stock valued at $500 for eighty acres of his present farm, to which he moved in 1865. A discouraging prospect confronted him and he was inclined to return to Illinois, but finally bought an old log house which he moved to his land and rebuilt and into this he moved his family and concluded to try his fortune in the new country.
He began working by the day at odd jobs, planted a garden, and in 1866 had a few acres of his ground broken. He split rails to fence his land and steadily improved it, and as a result of twenty years hard work now has 160 acres of valuable land, a good house, built in 1881, protected from the winds and storms by trees of his own planting, has a fine young orchard and an abundance of small fruits.
Mr. Hauks(Hanks) has been twice married. His first wife was Lydia Knight, of Edgar County, Illinois. At her death she left one daughter --Leah.
His second and present wife was Keziah E.(Ellen) Knight, a sister of his first wife. They have had seven children, five born in Edgar County, Illinois, and two born in Wayne County, Iowa -- Emily, Stella(Estella), James R., Thomas, John, Dora and Charles F. Dora died aged two years.
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WPA early records at IOWA STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Des Moines, IA notes that there was a GAR icon on his gravesite. It is no longer there.
Edited 16 Jan 2016, Military Record Index found, showing Paris Twp, Edgar Co, IL, Line 15.
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1850 census shows Isaac living with Firman James and wife Mary Ann Hanks James(dau of Jeremiah Hanks who is brother to Stiles Hanks) and therefore Isaac's uncle.) They are listed as family #268 of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL. This family is right in the middle of the Knight family of which he married into. 1861 Firman James dies of injuries suffered in the Civil War.
1860 census of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL shows Isaac and Keziah with a child that is not mentioned anywhere except here and by my grandmother Zelphia Ross Leverich. His name was Isaac George and called I G. He is between 6-12 months old. I know only from Zelphia that he died. There will be a grandson called Isaac George in the next generation.
The date of birth Feb 14 is given by my grandmother Zelphia Leverich. The age of death on the death certificate gives his age as 70 yrs, 2 mo, 16 days which matches my grandmother's date.
Microfilm record at Iowa State Historical Library, Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa
OBIT--
MR ISAAC HANKS who has been ill the past three weeks died Monday, April 20, at 4 pm at his home one half mile east of Ovid. It was difficult to fix the cause of his death, which was ascribed to the general term of heart failure. His children and others are of the opinion that it was due largely as the result of an injury sustained from being knocked over by a cow two years ago, he never having felt well since. There was also a complication of other diseases. His funeral was held Wednesday at his home conducted by Rev Smith the Baptist minister of Cambria and the burial was in the Hogue Cemetery. Besides a wife, he leaves four sons and three daughters to mourn his loss.
The services held at Fry's Chapel Sunday at 3pm May 6, although not so largely attended, was enjoyed to the uttermost by those present. Rev Shea of Corydon having won the admiration of his audience by his charming manner and fluent delivery. Come again, Rev Shea.
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From the Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne & Appanoose Counties, Iowa(my corrections in ()). The name Hanks is often found as spelled Hauks, Hawks, Halks due to poor handwriting. This is one case of bad handwritten translation.
Isaac(George) HAUKS(HANKS), section 19, Union Township, post office New York, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 15, 1828, a son of Starks(Stiles) and Sarah(Newhouse)(Nancy Ann Newhouse) Hauks(Hanks), natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Ohio.
When sixteen years of age, our subject came West to Illinois and located in Clarke County, where he worked as a farm hand by the month, split rails by the thousand and labored in a way that falls to the lot of few.
He leased a farm of 200 acres in Edgar County which he carried on seven years and while living there exchanged live-stock valued at $500 for eighty acres of his present farm, to which he moved in 1865. A discouraging prospect confronted him and he was inclined to return to Illinois, but finally bought an old log house which he moved to his land and rebuilt and into this he moved his family and concluded to try his fortune in the new country.
He began working by the day at odd jobs, planted a garden, and in 1866 had a few acres of his ground broken. He split rails to fence his land and steadily improved it, and as a result of twenty years hard work now has 160 acres of valuable land, a good house, built in 1881, protected from the winds and storms by trees of his own planting, has a fine young orchard and an abundance of small fruits.
Mr. Hauks(Hanks) has been twice married. His first wife was Lydia Knight, of Edgar County, Illinois. At her death she left one daughter --Leah.
His second and present wife was Keziah E.(Ellen) Knight, a sister of his first wife. They have had seven children, five born in Edgar County, Illinois, and two born in Wayne County, Iowa -- Emily, Stella(Estella), James R., Thomas, John, Dora and Charles F. Dora died aged two years.
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WPA early records at IOWA STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Des Moines, IA notes that there was a GAR icon on his gravesite. It is no longer there.
Edited 16 Jan 2016, Military Record Index found, showing Paris Twp, Edgar Co, IL, Line 15.
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1850 census shows Isaac living with Firman James and wife Mary Ann Hanks James(dau of Jeremiah Hanks who is brother to Stiles Hanks) and therefore Isaac's uncle.) They are listed as family #268 of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL. This family is right in the middle of the Knight family of which he married into. 1861 Firman James dies of injuries suffered in the Civil War.
1860 census of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL shows Isaac and Keziah with a child that is not mentioned anywhere except here and by my grandmother Zelphia Ross Leverich. His name was Isaac George and called I G. He is between 6-12 months old. I know only from Zelphia that he died. There will be a grandson called Isaac George in the next generation.
The date of birth Feb 14 is given by my grandmother Zelphia Leverich. The age of death on the death certificate gives his age as 70 yrs, 2 mo, 16 days which matches my grandmother's date.
Wayne Co, Iowa Democrat May 3, 1900
Microfilm record at Iowa State Historical Library, Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa
OBIT--
MR ISAAC HANKS who has been ill the past three weeks died Monday, April 20, at 4 pm at his home one half mile east of Ovid. It was difficult to fix the cause of his death, which was ascribed to the general term of heart failure. His children and others are of the opinion that it was due largely as the result of an injury sustained from being knocked over by a cow two years ago, he never having felt well since. There was also a complication of other diseases. His funeral was held Wednesday at his home conducted by Rev Smith the Baptist minister of Cambria and the burial was in the Hogue Cemetery. Besides a wife, he leaves four sons and three daughters to mourn his loss.
The services held at Fry's Chapel Sunday at 3pm May 6, although not so largely attended, was enjoyed to the uttermost by those present. Rev Shea of Corydon having won the admiration of his audience by his charming manner and fluent delivery. Come again, Rev Shea.
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From the Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne & Appanoose Counties, Iowa(my corrections in ()). The name Hanks is often found as spelled Hauks, Hawks, Halks due to poor handwriting. This is one case of bad handwritten translation.
Isaac(George) HAUKS(HANKS), section 19, Union Township, post office New York, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 15, 1828, a son of Starks(Stiles) and Sarah(Newhouse)(Nancy Ann Newhouse) Hauks(Hanks), natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Ohio.
When sixteen years of age, our subject came West to Illinois and located in Clarke County, where he worked as a farm hand by the month, split rails by the thousand and labored in a way that falls to the lot of few.
He leased a farm of 200 acres in Edgar County which he carried on seven years and while living there exchanged live-stock valued at $500 for eighty acres of his present farm, to which he moved in 1865. A discouraging prospect confronted him and he was inclined to return to Illinois, but finally bought an old log house which he moved to his land and rebuilt and into this he moved his family and concluded to try his fortune in the new country.
He began working by the day at odd jobs, planted a garden, and in 1866 had a few acres of his ground broken. He split rails to fence his land and steadily improved it, and as a result of twenty years hard work now has 160 acres of valuable land, a good house, built in 1881, protected from the winds and storms by trees of his own planting, has a fine young orchard and an abundance of small fruits.
Mr. Hauks(Hanks) has been twice married. His first wife was Lydia Knight, of Edgar County, Illinois. At her death she left one daughter --Leah.
His second and present wife was Keziah E.(Ellen) Knight, a sister of his first wife. They have had seven children, five born in Edgar County, Illinois, and two born in Wayne County, Iowa -- Emily, Stella(Estella), James R., Thomas, John, Dora and Charles F. Dora died aged two years.
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WPA early records at IOWA STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Des Moines, IA notes that there was a GAR icon on his gravesite. It is no longer there.
Edited 16 Jan 2016, Military Record Index found, showing Paris Twp, Edgar Co, IL, Line 15.
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1850 census shows Isaac living with Firman James and wife Mary Ann Hanks James(dau of Jeremiah Hanks who is brother to Stiles Hanks) and therefore Isaac's uncle.) They are listed as family #268 of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL. This family is right in the middle of the Knight family of which he married into. 1861 Firman James dies of injuries suffered in the Civil War.
1860 census of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL shows Isaac and Keziah with a child that is not mentioned anywhere except here and by my grandmother Zelphia Ross Leverich. His name was Isaac George and called I G. He is between 6-12 months old. I know only from Zelphia that he died. There will be a grandson called Isaac George in the next generation.
The date of birth Feb 14 is given by my grandmother Zelphia Leverich. The age of death on the death certificate gives his age as 70 yrs, 2 mo, 16 days which matches my grandmother's date.
Microfilm record at Iowa State Historical Library, Des Moines, Polk Co, Iowa
OBIT--
MR ISAAC HANKS who has been ill the past three weeks died Monday, April 20, at 4 pm at his home one half mile east of Ovid. It was difficult to fix the cause of his death, which was ascribed to the general term of heart failure. His children and others are of the opinion that it was due largely as the result of an injury sustained from being knocked over by a cow two years ago, he never having felt well since. There was also a complication of other diseases. His funeral was held Wednesday at his home conducted by Rev Smith the Baptist minister of Cambria and the burial was in the Hogue Cemetery. Besides a wife, he leaves four sons and three daughters to mourn his loss.
The services held at Fry's Chapel Sunday at 3pm May 6, although not so largely attended, was enjoyed to the uttermost by those present. Rev Shea of Corydon having won the admiration of his audience by his charming manner and fluent delivery. Come again, Rev Shea.
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From the Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne & Appanoose Counties, Iowa(my corrections in ()). The name Hanks is often found as spelled Hauks, Hawks, Halks due to poor handwriting. This is one case of bad handwritten translation.
Isaac(George) HAUKS(HANKS), section 19, Union Township, post office New York, was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, February 15, 1828, a son of Starks(Stiles) and Sarah(Newhouse)(Nancy Ann Newhouse) Hauks(Hanks), natives of Virginia, but early settlers of Ohio.
When sixteen years of age, our subject came West to Illinois and located in Clarke County, where he worked as a farm hand by the month, split rails by the thousand and labored in a way that falls to the lot of few.
He leased a farm of 200 acres in Edgar County which he carried on seven years and while living there exchanged live-stock valued at $500 for eighty acres of his present farm, to which he moved in 1865. A discouraging prospect confronted him and he was inclined to return to Illinois, but finally bought an old log house which he moved to his land and rebuilt and into this he moved his family and concluded to try his fortune in the new country.
He began working by the day at odd jobs, planted a garden, and in 1866 had a few acres of his ground broken. He split rails to fence his land and steadily improved it, and as a result of twenty years hard work now has 160 acres of valuable land, a good house, built in 1881, protected from the winds and storms by trees of his own planting, has a fine young orchard and an abundance of small fruits.
Mr. Hauks(Hanks) has been twice married. His first wife was Lydia Knight, of Edgar County, Illinois. At her death she left one daughter --Leah.
His second and present wife was Keziah E.(Ellen) Knight, a sister of his first wife. They have had seven children, five born in Edgar County, Illinois, and two born in Wayne County, Iowa -- Emily, Stella(Estella), James R., Thomas, John, Dora and Charles F. Dora died aged two years.
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WPA early records at IOWA STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY, Des Moines, IA notes that there was a GAR icon on his gravesite. It is no longer there.
Edited 16 Jan 2016, Military Record Index found, showing Paris Twp, Edgar Co, IL, Line 15.
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1850 census shows Isaac living with Firman James and wife Mary Ann Hanks James(dau of Jeremiah Hanks who is brother to Stiles Hanks) and therefore Isaac's uncle.) They are listed as family #268 of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL. This family is right in the middle of the Knight family of which he married into. 1861 Firman James dies of injuries suffered in the Civil War.
1860 census of Elbridge Twp, Edgar Co, IL shows Isaac and Keziah with a child that is not mentioned anywhere except here and by my grandmother Zelphia Ross Leverich. His name was Isaac George and called I G. He is between 6-12 months old. I know only from Zelphia that he died. There will be a grandson called Isaac George in the next generation.
The date of birth Feb 14 is given by my grandmother Zelphia Leverich. The age of death on the death certificate gives his age as 70 yrs, 2 mo, 16 days which matches my grandmother's date.
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