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| Abednego Hannahs | |||
| Born: May 20, 1830 Greenup Co. KY | |||
| Died: 26 Sep 1881 Danville, IL |
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FATHER
MOTHER
| WIFE 1st. Hannah Davis m. 28 Nov 1854 Hamilton Co., OH 2nd Malinda b. Abt 1836 IN 3rd Jane Hollingsworth (1850-1930) m 20 Dec 1874 Vermillion Co.,
IN 4th Theresa Noyes b. Abt 1844 IN, m. 26 May 1879 Vermillion Co. IN |
Hoosier State, Wednesday, May 28, 1879 "Her 4th Man At about 9 o'clock on last Sunday night Abednego Hannahs and Mrs. Theresa M. Noyes were united in matrimony by Esq. Fred Hiberly. The couple sat up and sparked until 3 o'clock the next morning, when they took conductor Burk's train for Terre Haute, where they intend to make their future home. Mrs. Noyes, although yet a young woman, has now her fourth husband, and Mr. Hannahs his third wife." |
CHILDREN with MALINDA
1. Richard M. Hannahs b. Abt. 1867 Edgar Co. IL
2. John Hannahs b. Abt. 1868 Edgar Co. IL
These two children were living with their Aunt Ruth Hannahs Porter in Vermillion Co. IN in the 1880 census. Begnego and Theresa were living in Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN in the 1880 census.
Abednego had a smoke house. The Hoosier State of May 20, 1875 reads, "Abednego Hannahs' smokehouse was visited by a meat thief on last Sunday morning between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock. He got a good look at the scamp and says he knows who he is."
| Abednego was mentioned in the Hoosier State out of Newport,
Indiana in the August 31, 1876 edition.
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| Abednego is also mentioned in "Newport & Vermillion Township, The First 100 years 1824-1924 by Harold L O'Donnell 1969 pg 46 | At least one of Newport's citizens became a river sailor. Abednego Hannahs was reported in the Hoosier in 1878 as working on the steamer Mary Houston running from Evansville to New Orleans. The following year he was on the steamer A. C. Donnelly which wrecked and burned on the Mississippi. This seems to have ended his river activities as he was next reported as being a railroad detective. Abednego had a brother Meshack, but as far as is known, there was no Shadrack to complete the trio of 'Hebrew children in the fiery furnace.' " |
| Home News Hoosier State June 29, 1881 "Abednego Hannahs, a
former citizen of this place, passes away about two-thirds of his precious
time in the Danville, Ill., calaboose."
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| Hoosier State Jan 19, 1881 "Charley Watson, a policeman of Terre Haute, and formerly a typo in this office, was in town over Sunday. He came up here to bring home Abednego Hannah's two little boys, Johnny and Richard, aged about 12 and 14 years, who ran off from their aunt one day last week and went to Terre Haute where they were picked up by the police. The little fellows dead-headed their way on the train to Clinton and then hoofed it from there." |
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| An account appeared in the Cincinnati papers recently of a
re-union of triplets, the brothers Block, in that city, and mention was made
of the fact that this was the only case on record where triplets were known
to reach the age of maturity. This is a mistake. Most of our middle-aged
citizens will remember the three Hannahs boys, two of whom are living yet,
and one of whom died at the age of twenty-five. These boys were born in
Greenup county, KY in 1830, but their parents came to Portsmouth when the
children were in their infancy and continued to reside here until their
death. The twins were named respectively "Meshack," and "Shadrak" and "Abednego," and resembled each other so closely in features, form and voice and disposition as to make it almost impossible for one not accustomed to them to tell t'other from which. They were smart, bright and healthy, and their distinguishing characteristic was deviltry, with a dash of audacity which was rather attractive, and made them marked characters not only among their youthful associates, but to every one in the place. Everyone knew the "Shacks," as they were familiarly called, and many of our elderly citizens, who were then merchants in the prime of life, will remember the antics of these devil-may-care youths. A favorite trick of theirs was, when one of their number was caught in a piece of mischief and held to account by some irate citizen, to protest, with the greatest appearance of innocence, that it was one of his twin brothers who was the guilty party, and the citizen would have to be sharp-eyed indeed if he could swear that the boy before him was the offender. They were not vicious, but would fight at the drop of the hat, especially for one another, so that it passed into a maxim that if anyone whipped any one of the "Shacks," he was pretty sure to have to whip all three of them. They attended the Fourth street school and obtained a fair education, and when they became older on the river and became popular river stewards. Shadrack died in 1855, aged twenty-five, and the other two are married and living near Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr. James Hannahs is one of our best known citizens, and is the only surviving brother of the triplets, but they have a sister residing in Indiana. Another sister was the first wife of James F. Ross." Portsmouth Times April 10, 1880 |
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