Captain John Fruit Hannah

Captain, Company D, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Confederate States Army, CSA

Find A Grave contributor, Lisa Winn added (24 Aug 2012): John Fruit Hannah served in the Civil War, was made Captain of the first company raised in Polk County, Tennessee for service of the Confederate Army, which was organized into Co.D, 3rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry.

The Hannahs moved to Blount County and from [there] to Ocoee Purchase in Benton County. He was one of the surveyors of Ocoee Purchase and a great friend of the Cherokee tribe. He was intersted in the gold mine at Dahlongega, Georgia. The family left Tennessee in 1867 relocating to Arkansas to join his son Thomas and he unfortunately lost his wife in Kentucky on the way there. --- Genealogy of the Hannahs

John Fruit and Annie Grace had eight children:

William Milligan Hannah - . . . b.1823 - d. 1841 Thomas Alexander Hannah - . . . b. 14 Jan 1825 - d. Sept 1886 . . . Find A Grave Memorial#42146076 Andrew Vance Hannah - . . . b. 1831 - d. 1889 . . . Find A Grave Memorial #30839243 Miriam Elizabeth Hannah - . . . b.1834 d.18 Apr 1906 Jane McConnell Hannah - . . . b. 24 Mar 1836 - d. 21 Nov 1880 John Harvey Hannah . . . b. 2 May 1838 d.11 Jan 1880 . . . Find A Grave Memorial #40968392 George Whitfield Telford Hannah . . . b. 30 june 1841 d.Feb 1906 . . . Find A Grave Memorial #24761207 Robert Owen Hannah . . . b. 1 Nov 1844 d. 8 May 1921 . . . Find A Grave Memorial #41358291

On 30 September 2012, Kimberly Hannah sent an email stating "John Fruit and Annie had 9 children, their last being Mary A. Hannah (1847) . . ."

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Parents:

 William Moses Hannah (1770 - 1810)

 Jane McConnell Hannah (1774 - 1859)

Spouse:

 Annie Grace Telford Hannah (____ - 1867)*

Children:

 Andrew Vance Hannah (1831 - 1909)*

 George Whitfield Telford Hannah (1841 - 1906)*

 Robert Owen Hannah (1844 - 1921)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Howell Cemetery Prairie Grove Washington County Arkansas, USA

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 30 2017, 3:47:42 UTC