When Hannah Bosserman was born on 14 October 1794, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Michael Bosserman, was 30 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Pfautz, was 27. She married John D. Hershey on 23 June 1812, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 13 April 1869, in Adams Township, Darke, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Covington, Miami, Ohio, United States.