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Joseph Hanks

1811 – 23 Sep 1845

Birth	1811
Death	23 Sep 1845
Cemetery	Crum Cemetery Harristown , Macon County , Illinois , USA
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31543690

Bio

Joseph Hanks is the son of William T and Elizabeth 'Hall' Hanks. His first wife is unknown. He married second, Mary Sarah Margaret Hunter, on July 28, 1836 by John Dawson in Sangamon Co., IL. He had 1 child by his first wife, Joseph William and 4 children by his second wife: Rachel, Margaret Jane "Maggie", Cecelia (Celia) and Mary Elizabeth. Joseph went first to IN and later to IL. On November 9, 1835 he purchased 40 acres lying between the farm of his brother-in -law, William Miller, Sr. and the forty his father, William Hanks Sr. had purchased the same year. The next year, 1836, he purchased a forty-acre tract south of the eighty his brother Charles owned. At his death, records showed that Joseph owned 120 acres in what is now Harristown Township, Macon Co., IL. He also owned 120 acres in Pleasant Grove Township, Des Moines, IA. Joseph was a sergeant in Captain Isaac Pugh's Rangers in the Black Hawk War and re-enlisted in Captain Elijah Iles's Company. Sgt in Blackhawk War, J Johnson Company, Enrolled in Decatur Illinois, Regiment 5, Whiteside Brigade - Source: Illinois State Archieves Database of Blackhawk Veterans

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Family

Parents

• William Hanks Sr 1764–1851
• Elizabeth Hall Hanks 1766–1844

Spouse

• Mary Sarah Margaret "Sally" Hunter Hanks 1818–1849 FaG

Siblings

• Nancy Hanks Miller 1794–1873
• James Hanks 1795–1856
• William T. Hanks Jr 1796–1846
• Charles Hanks 1798–1863
• Pvt John I. Hanks 1802–1889
• Elisabeth Hanks Dillon 1804–1885
• Sarah Hanks Brown 1810–1884
• Lucinda Hanks Douglas 1813–1890
• Cecelia Hanks Wright 1814–1844
• Andrew Jackson Hanks 1815–1889

Children

• Joseph William Hanks 1833–1914 FaG
• Margaret Jane "Maggie" Hanks Taggart 1842–1921 FaG

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