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INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
Purchased 40 acres of land in Randolph County, Missouri on November 2, 1837.
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1840 Randolph County, Missouri census:
- Page 288
- Robert Hannah head of household
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (William)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 (James, Joseph)
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (Robert)
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 (Louisa, Juliann)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 (Sarah, Margaret)
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 (Malinda)
- Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
- Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 9
- Total Slaves: 2
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
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Based on census records and births of children, Robert and Malinda moved from TN to MO between 1840-1848
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1850 Randolph County, Missouri census:
- HH # 1027, Union Township
- Given name was "Robt"
- Age 50, married to Malinda
- Occupation was farmer
- Value of real estate was $3,000
- Born in Tennessee
Note: F. Cunningham, relationship unknown, age 12, living in household
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1860 Randolph County, Missouri census:
- HH # 595, Union Township
- Age 63, married to Catherine
- Occupation was farmer
- Value of real estate was $3,000
- Value of personal estate was $1,700
- Born in Tennessee
- Married within the year
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1870 Randolph County, Missouri census:
- HH # 104, Union Township
- Given name was "Robt."
- Age 71, married to Catherine
- Occupation was farmer
- Value of real estate was $4,500
- Value of personal estate was $800
- Born in Tennessee
Note: Had 3 black domestic servants living in household; Nancy age 23, Henry age 14 and Rhonda age 12.
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Excerpt from the biography of Joseph A. Hannah published in the History of Randolph and Macon Counties, Missouri, Page 654:
Joseph A. Hannah
(Farmer and Stock-raiser)
If one had been on the road between Missouri and East Tennessee in 1835, he might have seen a mover's covered wagons slowly but surely wending its way out to this State. In the wagon here reffered to was Robert Hannah and wife, formerly a Miss Melinda Jenkins, both young then and immigrating to this new country to establish themselves in life. They came on and settled in Randolph county, and here, as the seasons came and went and decades grew into almost half a century, their industry and perseverance prospered them abundantly in the affairs of the world and Heaven blessed them with numerous family of children. The father became one of the substantial and influential farmers and stock-raisers of the county and one of its large landholders. He died here in a green old age on the 4th of March 1876, honored for the long and useful life he had led and deeply mourned, now that the intent come. His good wife, worthy to have been the life companion of such a man, preceded him to the grave in 1855. Both sleep beneath the sod of the county for which they have done so much and in which they will long be remembered for the valued and blameless lives they lived. Such parents children may cherish the memory of with the sweet sadness and sacredness of a happy dream. Six of their family of children are living; James M., now of California; Joseph A., the subject of this sketch; E. Sharp; Julia A., the wife of S. R. King, of Saline county; and Emily E., the wife of E. H. Jett. Margaret F. grew to womanhood and became the wife of J. S. Howard, A. B. and A. M., a professor in Oxford Female College, of the State of Mississippi. She died in 1866. Joseph A. Hannah, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Lincoln county, Tennessee, August 5, 1830, emigrated to Missouri in the spring of 1835 and was reared on his father's farm.
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