Hannah Hibbs

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Hibbs was born on 9 January 1819, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William Hibbs, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Weaver, was 23. She married Thomas J Wallace Sr in 1836, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 15 September 1875, in Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Warrensburg, Johnson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas J Wallace Sr
1816–1898
Hannah Hibbs
1819–1875
Marriage: 1836
Elisabeth Wallace
1838–1922
Aurelia Millicent Wallace
1840–
William Wallace
1842–1914
Nancy Wallace
1844–1894
Joseph Thomas Wallace
1846–1927
Tobitha Wallace
1847–1863
Hannah Ann Wallace
1850–1935
Nancy Frances Wallace
1853–1879
Benjamin Franklin Wallace
1855–1928
Louisa Jane Wallace
1857–1946
Thomas Aldridge Wallace
1859–1940
Siotha Ann Wallace
1864–1964

Sources (7)

  • Hannah Wallace in household of Thomas Wallace, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Hibbs - birth: 17 January 1818; Anderson, Tennessee, United States
  • Hannah Hibbs Wallace, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.

1834

Historical Boundaries 1834: Johnson County created from VanBuren (now Cass) and LaFayette counties

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Ibb or Ebbe, pet forms of Isabel , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s and prosthetic H-. Compare Ebbs and Hipps .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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