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| Meshack Hannahs | |||
| Born: 20 May 1830 Greenup Co. KY
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| Married: 21 July 1868 Vermillion Co. IN
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| Died: 30 Nov 1911 Dana, Vermillion Co., IN
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"The funeral of Messhack Hannah took place the 2nd Inst. and burial at the Vermillion Chapel cemetery, four miles southwest of Newport. He was 81 years, 6 months and 10 days old. He was the only surviving member of triplets the other two, both of whom have passed to the great beyond were Abednego and Shadrach. Meshack is survived by his widow to whom he was married July 21, 1868." The Hoosier State Newport Indiana November 13, 1911 |
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| Buried: Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Newport, Vermillion Co., IN |
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FATHER
MOTHER
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Melvina Floyd b. Jan 1855 IN
Living in Portsmouth, Scioto Co. OH in 1860 census, married in Vermillion Co., IN in 1868 and died in Dana, Vermillion Co., IN in 1911
| Fought and was wounded in the Civil War |
 Civil War Pension Index |
In 1873 his sister, Ruth Hannahs Porter left a will giving him an annuity of $50 annually to be paid by his niece, Susan Hannahs.
(Newport Indiana) Hoosier State, Feb 11, 1875
"Fire in the Country.
Mesheck Hannahs, residing about seven miles south-west of here, met with a
severe loss on last Thursday evening. His house caught fire during the
absence of the family and burned down, consuming all his furniture, wearing
apparel and sixty dollars in money."
| 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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