John Samuel Hanks age 75
Teacher, Insurance agent
http://archives.utah.gov/indexes/data/81448/4093770/4093770_0084.jpg" 1956 Utah Death Certificate. Stroke

1900 Census Paragonah, Iron, Utah
Elizabeth Hanks 50, 8 children, 5 living
William D Hanks 26, day labor
Heber T Hanks 23, school teacher
John S Hanks 19
Sarah Edwards 81, 8 children, 5 living

1910 Census Beaver East Ward, Beaver, UT
John S Hanks 28, teacher, public school
Mabel W Hanks 23, 2 children, 2 living
Ilene Hanks 4
Maurine Hanks 2
Renting; living near William Noyes

1918 Milford, Beaver, Utah
WWI draft registration
John Samuel Hanks age 39. Self employed, Building business block
Employed: Milford, Utah. Short, small, brown eyes, brown hair
Nearest relative: Mrs Mabel Hanks
Sept 10, 1918

1920 Census Star, Beaver, Utah
John Samuel Hanks 38, life insurance agent
Mabel Hanks 33
Ilene Hanks 14. Maurine Hanks 12
Elizabeth Hanks 6. J Whitney Hanks 1 year 11 months
Own home 25 North Stoddard; free

1924 Paragonah, Utah
Paragonah Notes
Samuel Hanks of Salt Lake is here, having come to bring his mother home and to attend to other business.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/icr&CISOSHOW=11202&CISOPTR=11007 Iron Co. News Feb. 29, 1924, P 12.

1930 Census Salt Lake City, Utah
John S Hanks 48, Insurance agent
Mabel Hanks 43
Elizabeth Hanks 16. J Whitney Hanks 12. Mabel J Hanks 7
Own home 1172 Second Avenue; Radio

1936 Milford, Utah
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
J S Hanks--W 1/2 Lots 2 and 3, Block 24, Milford Heights.
href="http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/milford1/id/103508/show/103459/rec/64"Milford News, 1936-04-09, page 5.

1940 Census Salt Lake City, Utah
John S Hanks 58
Mabel W Hanks 53
Mabel Jean Hanks 17. J Whitney Hanks 22
Own home, 968 Military Drive

1942 Salt Lake County, Utah
WWII draft registration
John Samuel Hanks, age 61, retired
Height: 5 7; Wt: 180. Eye: Gray; Hair: Gray. Complexion: Dark. glasses

1956 Death Notice Salt Lake City, Utah
1902 U of U Grad, 75, Dies in SL Home
John Sanuel Hanks 75, 1780 Harrison Ave. (1355 South), died Friday at 3:50 p.m. in his residence after an illness.
He was Beaver County superintendent of schools 1913-17 and later special agent for Continental Life Insurance Co. and Montana Life Insurance Co.
Valedictorian of the 1902 graduating class, University of Utah, he was a member of the U. of U. Emeritus Club.
Mr. Hanks was an educator in Beaver and Iron counties for 15 years after 1902, part of the time as principal of Belnap School, Beaver.
A teacher in Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organization, he was a high priest in Colonial Hills Ward at the time of his death.
Mr. Hanks was born May 21, 1881, in Paragonah, Iron County, to George W. and Eliza Edwards Hanks. He married Mabel Whitney Sept. 7, 1904, in Parowan, Iron County. The marriage later was solemnized Salt Lake LDS Temple.
Surviving are widow; son, Dr. J. Whitney Hanks, Salt Lake City; daughters, Mrs. Ronald L. (Ilene) Kingsbury, Mrs. Farrel S. (Maurine) Johnson, and Mrs. Clayton F. (Mabel Jean) Wilkinson, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Roy P. (Beth) Walker, North Hollywood, Calif.; 19 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services Tuesday 12:15 pm. 124-4th East where friends may call Monday 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday prior to funeral.
Burial Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Salt Lake Tribune, Sat. October 13, 1956

Siblings:
George Edward Hanks 1866-1932
Elizabeth Jane Hanks Hoyle 1868-1894
Sarah Ann Hanks Barton 1871-1949
Heber Thomas Hanks 1876-1938
William David Hanks 1874-1951