Lucian Albert Hanks

b. 13 July 1842, d. 16 January 1896
Lucian Albert Hanks|b. 13 Jul 1842\nd. 16 Jan 1896|p95.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|

Uncle of Louise Underwood.
Great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     Lucian Albert Hanks was born on 13 July 1842 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.1 He was the son of John Armstrong Hanks and Euphemia Matthias Morris. He married Lucy Mallory after 1 June 1880.1 He died on 16 January 1896 in Pittsboro at age 53.1,2 He was buried in Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery.2 Click to view image
     
     Lucian was a medical student when he enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861.3 After the War, he completed his medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.4 He practiced medicine in partnership with his father in Pittsboro and took over most of the arduous tasks in 1880 when his father's health failed.4

Additional Data

Lucian A. Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Lower Regiment, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of his father John A. Hanks.5 Click to view image

Lucian Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of his father John A. Hanks.6 Click to view image

Lucian Hanks enlisted as a Private on 15 April 1861 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, (or Raleigh, Wake County, according to one muster roll) and mustered into Company M, 5th Regiment, 15th North Carolina Infantry (Volunteers) on 4 June 1861 for a period of twelve months from 15 April. By special order dated 4 July 1862, Companies L and M were transferred to the 32nd Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), and Company M became Company I of that regiment. On 6 March 1863 he was appointed Hospital Steward and served the remainder of the war in that capacity in hospitals in North Carolina and Virginia.7,3

Lucien Hanks appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of North side Pittsboro Road, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of his father Jno A. Hanks, and stepmother Kate.8 Click to view image

Lucian Albert Hanks graduated in 1872 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. The title of his essay was "Typhoid Fever."4

Lucian A. appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Centre township, Chatham County, North Carolina, enumerated 1 June 1880, with his sisters Kate Hanks and Laura E. Horne, and Laura's daughters Maggie Horne and Lou U. Horne, listed as living with him.9 Click to view image

Citations

  1. [S267] Adin Baber, Nancy Hanks, of Undistinguished Families; a genealogical, biographical, and historical study of the ancestry of the mother of Abraham Lincoln (Kansas, Illinois: Adin Baber, 1960).
  2. [S194] Lucian A. Hanks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, North Carolina; photographed by Joe U. Munson Jr.
  3. [S1142] Historical Data Systems, comp., American Civil War Soldiers (Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999).
  4. [S195] Completed questionaire from Mrs. J.P. Taylor (Pittsboro, NC) to Dr. Ewing Jordan, 17 July 1915; University of Pennsylvania (North Arcade, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Questionaire completed by Mrs. Taylor per request of Dr. Ewing on behalf of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The subject was Mrs. Taylor's father.
  5. [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.
  6. [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.
  7. [S1259] Lucian A. Hanks, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina, M270 (Washington: National Archives).
  8. [S198] Jno Hanks household, 1870 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, North Side Pittsboro Road, Pittsboro Post Office, page 7/154, dwelling 46, family 46; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 1129.
  9. [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.