HANNON, ELAM

Elam Hannon was born to Frank and Mary Hannon in 1842.¹Elam Hannon Death Certificate: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/732153769:2469 : accessed 7Aug 2022. Throughout his long life, Elam’s name was routinely misspelled in censuses and city directories.²Elum: Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: White Oak, Wake, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1163; Page: 457A. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34505007:7163 : accessed 7 Aug 22. Original data:1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Elem: Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Durham Ward 3, Durham, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1108; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1375121. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20480178:7884 ; accessed 7 Aug 2022.

Hannan: City Directory: Year: 1911: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/732153769:2469 : accessed 7 Aug 2022.

Hannam: Year: 1900; Census Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina; Roll: 1193; Page: 9; Enumeration District: 0026; FHL microfilm: 1241193. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/68132983:7602 : accessed 7 Aug 2022.

Hanna: 1910 US Census Durham 0039.

Hannah: Durham, N.C. City Directory [1922]. CreatorHill Directory Company. Date (Text)1922. https://lib.digitalnc.org/record/25156 : accessed 27 Aug 2022. The same is true for his wife Corinna, daughter of Ephraim Ross.³Daughter: Corinna Hannon death certificate: Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9278&h=2285340&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=9278 : accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Corrine: Mary Fletcher death certificate: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 016001-019000. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5164&h=5019776&tid=&pid=&queryId=0c6994b46d2b1c3dd21613bc99cb7afd&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tyO2428&_phstart=successSource : accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Cornelia: City Directory Year 1897: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/600282117:2469: accessed 7 Aug 2022.

Corinne: 1870 US Census White Oak.

Carinna: 1910 US Census Durham 0039. We see the first evidence of the young couple’s life together in the 1870 Federal Census. They resided at 272 White Oak in Wake County NC. Elam drove a lumber wagon, and the pair welcomed their first child, Emma, into their home within the previous year.⁴1870 US Census White Oak. By the 1880 census, daughters Cinthia (9), Mary (7), Bettie (4), and son Orrin (1) joined the family. White Oak was now the Village of Cary, and Elam was working as a farm hand while Corinna was keeping house.⁵1880 US Census Cary: “United States Census, 1880,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXT-1QZ : 14 January 2022), Elam Hanna, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm: accessed 7 Aug 2022.

By the 1900 census, their home in the Village of Cary was annexed into Durham Township, and it was brimming with family. They now had a daughter Hortense (15), and sons Willie (13), Eddie (7), and Louis (6). Their daughter Emma, her husband Charlie Brandon, and their children, Freddie (8) and Bertha (4), also lived in the home. To support this large brood, Elam worked as a Drayman, Corinna worked as a cook, Emma strung sacks for tobacco, and Charlie was a fire station engineer.⁶1900 US Census Durham 0026.

As the family expanded, so did the geographical boundaries of where they chose to live. While all documents appear to indicate that Elam and Corinna remained married to one another until death separated them, Elam remained in Durham while Corinna traveled to the homes of their children. Corinna’s journey began in the home of her daughter Hortense.

The 1910 Federal Census for Durham shows Hortense as single, with two children, both bearing her last name.⁷1910 US Census Durham 0039. She went on to marry a longshoreman named Jimmie Ford in Norfolk VA, where her children George and Ruth were part of the household. Corinna also lived with them, as did Hortense’s brother Eddie.⁸Federal Census Year 1920: Census Place: Norfolk Jefferson Ward, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia; Roll: T625_1901; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 71. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/101051382:6061?tid=&pid=&queryId=4a7a3ac9f5b4ba074980cafe8d0d68ca&_phsrc=tyO2444&_phstart=successSource: accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Meanwhile, Corrina’s second-oldest daughter Mary had married George Pettigrew in 1888 in Durham.⁹Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/9277065:60548 : accessed 27 Sep 2022.Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. The 1900 Federal Census shows them living at 604 Ramseur Street with their three children, Pearl (12), George Jr. (9), and Littell (6).¹⁰Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Durham, Durham, North Carolina; Roll: 1193; Page: 16; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1241193. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/68145748:7602 : accessed 27 Sep 2022. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Ten years later, the census shows Mary in Allentown PA with second husband William Fletcher and her youngest son from her first marriage, Littel.¹¹Federal Census Year 1910: Census Place: Allentown Ward 9, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1364; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0151; FHL microfilm: 1375377. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24833968:7884: accessed 27 Aug 2022.

We can find no trace of Mary’s two older children after 1900, but Littell would go on to travel to Europe as a result of his enlistment in the Army during World War I.¹²WWI Service Card: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., World War I Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/818103:60884: accessed 27 Aug 2022. Original data: World War I Veterans Service and Compensation File, 1934–1948. RG 19, Series 19.91. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He left Hoboken NJ on 15 June 1918 on the USS George Washington.¹³US Army Transport- The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 442. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61174&h=3993711&tid=&pid=&queryId=81c5ef4acc976ec68ca9f9c1559fbd4d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tyO2509&_phstart=successSource : accessed 27 Aug 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_George_Washington: accessed 27 Aug 2022. When he arrived in France he was sent to the front and fought in the deadliest battle in the history of the US Army, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.¹⁴Veteran’s Compensation Application- Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., World War I Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/818103:60884: accessed 27 Aug 2022. Original data: World War I Veterans Service and Compensation File, 1934–1948. RG 19, Series 19.91. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg Pennsylvania.

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/ww1/meuse-argonne: accessed 27 Aug 2022. On 19 February 1919, Littell returned to Hoboken NJ via the USS Leviathan and re-established himself in civilian life.¹⁵US Army Transport: The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 146. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61174&h=7314227&tid=&pid=&queryId=81c5ef4acc976ec68ca9f9c1559fbd4d&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tyO2511&_phstart=successSource : accessed 27 Aug 2022. Littell went on to work for several upscale hotels; including Hotel Traylor and Hotel Bethlehem before passing away on 29 September 1950.¹⁶Hotel Traylor history: https://www.thetraylorhotel.com/history: accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Hotel Bethlehem history: https://www.hotelbethlehem.com/history/:accessed 27 Aug 1022.

Littell at Hotel Traylor: The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1951. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3542527:1002: accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Littell at Hotel Bethlehem: The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania 30 Sep 1950, Sat • Page 17. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108510989/the-morning-call/#: accessed 27 Aug 2022.

Death: Littell Pettigrew Death Certificate- Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 072301-074850. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=5164&h=7006301&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1002 : accessed 27 Aug 2022.

By 1926, Corrina’s journey had taken her to Allentown to be near Mary.¹⁷City Directory Allentown PA: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/170227861:2469: accessed 27 Aug 2022. Mary passed away on 1 February 1926 from lobar pneumonia.¹⁸Mary Fletcher death certificate. Corinna remained living with William Fletcher until she returned to Norfolk VA around 1935.¹⁹Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/684323054:2469: accessed 27 Aug 2022. Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information. At various points in time, Corinna lived independently, with her grandchildren George and Ruth, and finally with her son Eddie.²⁰George and Ruth: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/569978030:2469: 27 Aug 2022. Original data:Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.

Eddie: Corinna Hannon death certificate. Corinna died at the Municipal Hospital in Prince Anne County from arteriosclerotic heart disease on 23 March 1942.²¹Corinna Hannon death certificate.

Elam passed away on 22 May 1927, while Corinna was still living with Mary’s widowed husband, William Fletcher. Elam was 85 years old.²²Elam Hannon death certificate.

BORN: 1842.²⁴Elam Hannon death certificate.

DIED:  22 May 1927.²⁵Elam Hannon death certificate.

BIRTH PLACE: Unknown.

DEATH PLACE: Durham NC.²⁶Elam Hannon death certificate.

SPOUSE: Corinna Ross.²⁷1870 US Census White Oak.

PARENTS: Frank and Mary Hannon.²⁸Elam Hannon death certificate.

CHILDREN: Emma, Cinthia, Mary, Bettie, Orrin, Hortense, Willie, Eddie, Louis.²⁹Emma: 1870 US Census White Oak. Cinthia, Mary, Bettie, Orrin: 1880 US Census Cary. Hortense, Willie, Eddie, Louis: 1900 US Census Durham 0026.

OTHER FAMILY: Grandchildren George Hannon and Ruth Hannon.³⁰1920 US Census Norfolk.

FAMILY BURIED IN GEER CEMETERY: N/A

OCCUPATION: Drayman.³¹1900 US Census Durham 0026.

CHURCH: N/A

AFFILIATIONS: N/A

ADDRESS: 803 Fayetteville Street.³²Elam Hannon death certificate.

MILITARY SERVICE: N/A