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John HANAFEE

John HANAFEE

Male 1858 - 1919  (60 years)

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  • Name John HANAFEE 
    Buried SECT 1 ROW 6 LOT 9  Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Born 17 Jul 1858  Putnam Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Southern Railway passenger engineer  [4
    Residence New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Died 1 Mar 1919  New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Cause: stomach cancer 
    • John Hanafee, a Southern railroad passenger engineer and an old resident of the city, who lived at 1409 East Oak street, died at St. Edward's Hospital this morning. His death was due to cancer of the stomach after a long illness. Mr. Hanafee was 60 years old and had lived practically all his life in this city. For many years he had been in the employe of the Southern Railway Company.
      Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, William, Leo, and John Hanafee, of this city; Ensign Frank Hanafee, of the navy; and Eugene Hanafee, a student in St. Meinrad College.
      New Albany Daily Ledger 01 Mar 1919
    Notes 
    • John Hanafee, a Southern railroad passenger engineer and an old resident of the city, who lived at 1409 East Oak street, died at St. Edward's Hospital this morning. His death was due to cancer of the stomach after a long illness. Mr. Hanafee was 60 years old and had lived practically all his life in this city. For many years he had been in the employe of the Southern Railway Company. Besides his wife he is survived by five sons, William, Leo, and John Hanafee, of this city; Ensign Frank Hanafee, of the navy; and Eugene Hanafee, a student in St. Meinrad College.
      New Albany Daily Ledger, 1 Mar 1919
    Person ID I130430  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2021 

    Father John HANAFY,   b. 1815, County Galway, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Mary WARD,   b. 1825, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878  (Age 53 years) 
    Family ID F57052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Amelia BROECKER,   b. Nov 1867, New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1909, New Albany, Floyd Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Children 
     1. William C. HANAFEE,   b. 1893
     2. Frank Joseph HANAFEE,   b. 1895
     3. Leo Boleman HANAFEE,   b. 1897
     4. Eugene Robert HANAFEE,   b. 24 Mar 1901, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1932, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     5. John Thomas HANAFEE,   b. 1906,   d. 1978  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F57051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ellen KIRK,   b. CA 1857, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1933, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 1 May 1912  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Documents
    130430_JohnHanafee_EllaKirk_MarriageRecord_1May1912.jpg
    130430_JohnHanafee_EllaKirk_MarriageRecord_1May1912.jpg
    Family ID F57050  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    130430_HANAFEE_John_1858-1919_DeathCertificate.jpg
    130430_HANAFEE_John_1858-1919_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24717&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S1707] Obituary - Hospital, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104362986/john-hanafee.

    6. [S106] Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [database online], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=24717&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Hanafee, widowed, 48, b. Putnam Co Ohio, res. New Albany, Floyd Co Indiana, son of John & Mary Hanafee, and Ella Kirk, single, 48, b. & res. in Harrison Co WVa, dau of John & Ellen Kirk. Married May 1 1912 in Clarksburg, officiated by Joseph Gormley, a Catholic Priest.