Born the son of Joseph and Sarah Adair Hanna, he died in what was Ervin Twp, at that time, with burial listed as "Sugar Grove Cemetery", (now Zion Cemetery), Carroll Co, IN, with his stone down.

"Among the early ministers was one Harper Hanna, who preached the "Millerite" doctrine at Carrollton. He belonged to a denomination known as Radical Methodist, and if he was sincere in his belief of the doctrine he advocated he failed to impress the outside world with his sincerity.

One morning in April 1848, John Payton rode by Hanna's farm and saw him setting out an orchard. The inconsistency of his preceding at once struck Payton, who elected that a number of years must elapse, in any event, before he could expect any return of his labor, and if the final destruction of the world were so nearly at hand, was not his an unnecessary outlay of labor?

With this in mind, Payton addressed him: "How is this, Brother Hanna? This is April, and if your account is correct, the end of the world will come in June next. It scarcely looks consistent to be doing such work so nearly the borders of eternity."

"Oh well," replied Hanna, "we can't tell exactly: there may have been an error in the calculation." .......Helms, Thomas. History of Carroll County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1882.

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His marriage listing in an old family bible states: "RGH Hanna and Rebecca* Hanna were joined in Holy Wedlock by John Ewing, Esq., on the 6th day of Nov. 1817." (Bath, Franklin Co., IN.) 12 children were born of this union.

*Daughter of John Creek, b 1774, Shenandoah Co., VA, and Catarina Cart, b 1777, Montgomery Co., PA, Rebecca was born 12 Jul 1800 in Greenbriar Co, VA, and died 3 Dec 1876, Ervin Twp, Howard Co, IN; Burial: South Union Cemetery, Ervin, Twp, Howard Co, IN. (At age 70, Rebecca was listed as living with her daughter, Mary Ann Banfill in 1870, Marion Twp, Jasper Co, MO.)