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| From the Marckel Scrapbook, 1921 |
JOHN HANE
"John Hane was born Feb. 13, 1841, in Coshocton Co., Ohio, where he spent his boyhood days with his parents on a farm.
On May 12, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Engle. To this union were born six sons and seven daughters.
Six of the family preceeded the father in death. His wife, Elizabeth, March 24, 1904. Three sons, John in infancy, Daniel W., 1899; Anna M., wife of Clarence Tittle, 1919.
On Saturday morning, February 12, the father had a sudden stroke of appoplexy followed by hemorrhage of the cerebrum, retaining consciousness for four hours thereafter. Then he fell in a quiet slumber, and in the silence of the midnight hour (12:10), on his eightieth anniversary, the eventide of a long and useful life, quietly and peacefully faded away and the soul passed from its earthly habitation.
From early childhood, the deceased was a Christian. During the past thirty years, he was a member of the Church of the Brethren. He was a man of quiet tastes, liberal views and thrifty habits; one who aided humanity, gave to charity and believed in safety and in peace; a lover of home, family, and friends; a citizen who won the esteem, confidence and respect of his neighbors and the foremost business men of the city and surrounding country.
During the trying days of the Rebellion in the early 60's when the fate of a nation hung in a balance, he proved his loyalty and devotion to his country by enlisting in Co. H., 80th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later was in Sherman's Famous March to the Sea.
Fifty years ago, October 18, the family, then of eight, started on a long and weary road from Coshocton county, Ohio, for Defiance county, then a wilderness. The goal was well worth the toil and privations. It took a stout heart and sturdy hand to persevere until the destination was reached and a home cleared in the forest.
His next effort was to be one of the number to help organize the Banner School District, always taking an active part in the development of the schools of the township.
The following of the family are those who are surviving and can look out over the same fields which produce many a golden harvest, and with fond recollections and pleasant memories, they can recall the associations of those who have gone before:
Five daughters are Mary M., wife of Samuel Kintner; Amanda, wife of George Hornish; Miss Clara V., who has assisted her father in the homekeeping in his last declining years; Mrs. Emma Goddard; Bertha, wife of William Deepe; and three sons, Alexander, Henry W. and Harmon O., also his granddaughter, Grace, the wife of George Bishop, who was reared in the home from infancy. Twenty-eight grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren survive.
His was a life of service and worthy of emulation."
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The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 standard time from the home, and interment will be made at the Dunkard Cemetery on the North Ridge. Rev. Mr. Flory will officiate."
(The cemetery is now known as the Poplar Ridge Cemetery.)
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