Laura Euphemia Hanks

b. 25 December 1848, d. 17 August 1925
Laura Euphemia Hanks|b. 25 Dec 1848\nd. 17 Aug 1925|p70.htm|John Armstrong Hanks|b. 19 Apr 1812\nd. 27 Apr 1889|p87.htm|Euphemia Matthias Morris|b. 10 May 1822\nd. 29 Mar 1850|p88.htm|John Hanks|b. 1770\nd. 29 Jun 1839|p99.htm|Jane D. Armstrong|b. bt 1768 - 1769\nd. 22 Nov 1851|p100.htm|Enos Morris|b. c 10 Apr 1773\nd. 18 Feb 1832|p1929.htm|Elizabeth (—?—) (Hough-Morris)|b. c 1785\nd. 25 Aug 1824|p1930.htm|

Aunt of Louise Underwood.
Great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
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Laura Hanks
     Laura Euphemia Hanks was born on 25 December 1848 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.1 She was the daughter of John Armstrong Hanks and Euphemia Matthias Morris. She married Captain Henry W. Horne of Fayetteville, North Carolina, on 30 November 1868 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.2 She died on 17 August 1925, probably in Pittsboro at age 76.3 She was buried in Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery.3 Click to view image
     

Additional Data

Laura Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Lower Regiment, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of her father John A. Hanks.4 Click to view image

Laura Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of her father John A. Hanks.5 Click to view image

Laura E. Horne appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Centre township, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of Lucian A. Hanks, her brother, with her children Maggie and Lou U., and a sister Kate Hanks.6 Click to view image

Laura Horne appeared on the 1 June 1900 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 1 June 1900. Her children Margaret W. and Lou U. were listed as living with her, as were her sister Kate M. Hanks and half-brothers C. Walker Hanks and Thomas A. Hanks.7 Click to view image

Laura E. Horne appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 16 April 1910. Her daughter Lou H. was listed as living with her, as were Lou's husband George H. Brooks with their children George and Louisa M., Laura's sister Kate Hanks, and her half-brother C. Walker Hanks.8 Click to view image

Laura E. Horne appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 12 January 1920. Her daughter Maggie W. was listed as living with her, as were her half-brother Walker C. Hanks and her son-in-law George H. Brooks with his children George H., Louisa M. and Margaret H.9 Click to view image

Laura Horne was named in Joseph P. Underwood's will.10 "After my debts are paid I want Three Hundred Dollars first paid to Mrs. Laura E. Horne, if she is living at the time this will is executed. but in the event that she should be dead I want the Three Hundred Dollars paid to Maggie Horne, should Maggie Horne be dead when this will is executed I want the Three- Hundred dollars to revert to my estate". Click to view image

Children of Laura Euphemia Hanks and Captain Henry W. Horne

Citations

  1. [S268] Laura E. Horne household, 1900 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 2B, dwelling 37, family 37; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 1188.
  2. [S634] "The Petersburg Index" Film 128: page 2, column 4, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, A proper name and subject index covering more than 40 newspaper titles primarily published in Petersburg, Va., 1797-1877.
  3. [S194] Laura E. Horne tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, North Carolina; photographed by Joe U. Munson Jr.
  4. [S59] John A. Hanks household, 1850 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lower Regiment, page 451B-452A, dwelling 4, family 4; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 624.
  5. [S58] John A. Hanks household, 1860 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Eastern Division, Pittsboro post office, page 13/7A, dwelling 105, family 101; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 892.
  6. [S199] Lucian A. Hanks household, 1880 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 3C/90, dwelling 28, family 29; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 957.
  7. [S268] 1900 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, ED 6, sheet 1A/72, dwelling 5, family 7.
  8. [S269] Laura E. Horne household, 1910 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 2B, dwelling 37, family 37; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1102.
  9. [S270] Laura E. Horne household, 1920 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 5A/78, dwelling 103, family 108; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1289.
  10. [S48] J.P. Underwood, Probate file no. 2100, County Clerk's Office, Angleton, Texas.