Hanon, Martin

Born: 1799-04-XX Tennessee

Died: 1879-01-25 Christian County, Illinois

Flourished: Christian County, Illinois

Hanon's parents moved to Kentucky when he was a small boy. In 1812, they moved the family to Gallatin County, Illinois, where his father died in 1817. In 1818, Hanon and his widowed mother settled in Christian County. He operated one of the early mills in the county. In 1850, he was a farmer in Christian County and owned $1,000 worth of real estate.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Christian County, IL, 131; History of Christian County, Illinois (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, 1880), 30, 159, 160, 203.