Article regarding George R. Hanks, speaks of his parents:
"... his parents being Warren and Julia Hutchens) Hanks , the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York.
They were married in the Empire state and afterward removed to Wisconsin, settling near Kenosha, while subsequently they established their home in Boone county, Illinois, where they lived until 1852, when they journeyed across the country with ox teams to Iowa.
George R. Hanks drove one of the ox teams, while his father drove the cattle.
The mother died while the family was residing at Rockville and was laid to rest in the cemetery there.
Soon afterward the father went with his family to Jones county, Iowa, and still later to Linn county, while subsequently he removed to Story county, where his death occurred in 1886, when he was seventy-nine years of age.
In the fall of 1861 he had gone to Colorado and at Denver he enlisted for military service, becoming a member of the Eighth Colorado Cavalry, doing active duty in fighting the Indians. Subsequently he returned to Story county."
Article regarding George R. Hanks, speaks of his parents:
"... his parents being Warren and Julia Hutchens) Hanks , the former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York.
They were married in the Empire state and afterward removed to Wisconsin, settling near Kenosha, while subsequently they established their home in Boone county, Illinois, where they lived until 1852, when they journeyed across the country with ox teams to Iowa.
George R. Hanks drove one of the ox teams, while his father drove the cattle.
The mother died while the family was residing at Rockville and was laid to rest in the cemetery there.
Soon afterward the father went with his family to Jones county, Iowa, and still later to Linn county, while subsequently he removed to Story county, where his death occurred in 1886, when he was seventy-nine years of age.
In the fall of 1861 he had gone to Colorado and at Denver he enlisted for military service, becoming a member of the Eighth Colorado Cavalry, doing active duty in fighting the Indians. Subsequently he returned to Story county."
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement