Wiley Hanks

Aft 1889 - Abt 1896  (~ 6 years)

• Name	Wiley Hanks  [1]
  Birth	Aft 1889  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1896	White County, Illinois   [1]
  Burial	Seal Cemetery, White County, Illinois   [1]
  Notes	On FindAGrave Ron Hanks notes: Family tradition is that Wiley Hanks died as an infant in 1896 in White Co., Illinois and is buried at 'Seals Chapel' Cemetery. It appears there is no known marker for this grave. There is a Seal Cemetery in White County.
  Person ID	I25493	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Steward Hanks,   b. 8 Jul 1865, Indiana d. 15 Nov 1940, Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Anna Bell "Annie" Brown,   b. 21 Jun 1870, Gibson County, Indiana d. 5 Aug 1958, Littlefield, Lamb County, Texas (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1889	Gibson County, Indiana   [2]
  	John and Annie appears to have adopted or fostered other children throughout the years of their marriage. Family records show them as the parents of only five children born to them. Other children are listed on various census records as either "adopted son" or "daughter", when no indication exists that any of them were born to this couple. In an email dated September 4, 2006, Ron Hanks states that: the "5 children / 3 living" would account for; living, Alvin Roscoe, James Arvil and Perry and dead; Wiley & Zola Faye. As for the other mystery children my best guess is that they are all adopted. We know that a 3 year old Phillip Hanks is listed as adopted in 1920. I had overlooked the 7 year old Rosalie Dagley in 1910. Between the fact that John & Annie married in 1889 and their oldest son was only 19, this could not be a grand-daughter (unless John had a daughter from a previous marriage, but I've seen nothing to indicate that. Even so, she is listed as a daughter, not grand daughter) I had always assumed that Dora Jones was a daughter based on the 1930 census (but had wondered where she was in the earlier census.) Dora, Rosalie and Phillip are not listed as children in SueAnna's info. That information stated 5 children, 2 that died young in IL which is consistant with the 1910 census data. The only thing that seems to make sense would be that they were all adopted children (perhaps orphans?). Considering John's father died when he was 5 and his mother died when he was 7 he may have been inclined to help orphaned children.
  Family ID	F8307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.). [S508] Hanks, Ron--Family Researcher (Ronhanks@earthlink.net).