Thomas Jefferson Hannah 1846-1889 Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1889 Thomas J. Hannah, a prosperous farmer of Sebastian County, Ark., is a son of Samuel W. and Rebecca M. (Gilliam) Hannah, both of whom were born in East Tennessee, in 1816 and 1820, respectively. They were married and resided in their native State until 1849, when they moved to Texas, and after residing in Hopkins, Hunt and Fannin Counties for about nine years, came to Sebastian County, Ark. The father was a soldier in the Florida War, a farmer by occupation, and was justice of the peace for many years both in Texas and Arkansas. He was a Democrat, and the last vote he cast was against the secession of his State, but from some unknown cause he had made enemies, and while returning home from a neighbor's one Sunday morning in 1863 was shot at from the brush along the road, and was afterward stabbed with a knife, from the effects of which he died. He was ever a man of peace, and had the confidence and esteem of his neighbors. His widow and four of his nine children survive him. Thomas J. Hannah was his third child, and was born in Bradley County, Tenn., October 29, 1846. being reared on a farm. January I0. 1864, he enlisted in Company F. First Arkansas Volunteer Infantry, United States Army, and served until August 10, 1865, being a participant in the battles of Prairie De Hand and Saline River. He was honorably discharged at Fort Smith, and returned to the peaceful pursuit of farming. In 1868 he was married to Susan J. Seamans, who bore him six children, two of whom are living: Albert W. and br>Jacob A. After the death of his first wife he married Parlee McNabb, by whom he has three children: Maudie, Thomas A. and James L. This wife died on the 29th of January, 1887, an earnest and devoted Christian and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Hannah is a stanch Republican, and a member of the G. A. R., and the owner of 163 acres of land, with ninety under cultivation. James M. Hannah, his brother, was born in Fannin County, Tex., February 16, 1857, and was educated in the common schools and by personal study. He owns a good farm of 160 acres, with sixty under cultivation, and, like his brother, is a stanch Republican in politics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Hannah