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DeWitt Clinton Hanks

Birth	:	18 Sep 1846 Cambridge, Story County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	18 Feb 1924 Cambridge, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Chestnut Hill Memorial Park, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1333008, -81.5177994
Inscription	:	"Father" front side of marker. CO. B. 17, IA. VOL. INFT.
Description	:	They had five children: Edward Clinton, Clara Bell, Lou Bessie, Alice, and Odessa Mamie. Hanks, Dewitt. (Veteran.) . Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted March 10, 1862. Mustered March 25, 1862. Wounded slightly May 16, 1863, Champion's Hill, Miss. Reenlisted and re-mustered April 22, 1864. Mustered out July 25, 1865, Louisville, Ky. DeWitt Clinton Hanks is a farmer and stock-raiser of Section 3, Union Township, Story County, Iowa, and was born in Boone County, Ill., on the 18th of September, 1847, being the sixth child in his parents' family . DeWitt C. received the advantages... Read More	They had five children: Edward Clinton, Clara Bell, Lou Bessie, Alice, and Odessa Mamie. Hanks, Dewitt. (Veteran.) . Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted March 10, 1862. Mustered March 25, 1862. Wounded slightly May 16, 1863, Champion's Hill, Miss. Reenlisted and re-mustered April 22, 1864. Mustered out July 25, 1865, Louisville, Ky. DeWitt Clinton Hanks is a farmer and stock-raiser of Section 3, Union Township, Story County, Iowa, and was born in Boone County, Ill., on the 18th of September, 1847, being the sixth child in his parents' family . DeWitt C. received the advantages of the common schools of Iowa, and in his youth, besides acquiring a fair practical education, he learned the details of farm work of his father, and has since put the knowledge thus learned into practical execution, and, as a result, is one of the well-to-do agriculturists of this region, being the owner of an excellently improved farm of 160 acres. This valuable property he, with the efficient help of his worthy wife, has accumulated through many years of toil, economy and frugality, and his career is an excellent example for the young men of the present day to follow. He has always been a patron of schools, in fact, of all good works, and for the past ten years has been intimately connected with their progress and development in Story County, and has always urged the paying of ample wages and the securing of competent instructors, He commenced life for himself at the age of fifteen years, and here a record of his war life will be in order, for at that age he donned his suit of blue, shouldered his musket and became a servant of " Uncle Sam." He enlisted in Company B, Seventeenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, but was afterward transferred to the Fifteenth Army Corps, and was mustered into service at Keokuk, Iowa, on the 10th of March, 1862, and was placed in the Western Department of the army under Gen. John A. Logan, afterward under Gen. McPherson, then Gen. Grant, and also under Gen. Sherman. His regiment and company were engaged in the following engagements: Shiloh, Iuka, the three days' fight at Corinth, second battle of Fort Donelson, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion's Hill, in which engagement his division was sent in double quick time, a distance of five miles, to the assistance of Gen. Grant's army, many of his brave comrades falling by the wayside of exhaustion and sunstroke. In this engagement lie received a terrible wound in the shoulder, by a piece of shell, and for about eight months was confined to the hospital. After spending the last days of his convalescence at home on furlough he returned to the field of duty, rejoining his regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn., where the troops were ordered for the campaign. The Seventeenth Regiment was ordered to Tilton, Ga., to guard army supplies, and here they were taken prisoners by the rebels, and were marched through Georgia to Alabama to a small prison, thence to the foul den—Andersonville—where so many brave Union boys suffered and died. After being kept here for about three months he was taken to Lawton, Ga., built on the same principle of Andersonville, but after a very short stay here, he, with his comrades, was hurried on to Savannah, Ga. Here the Confederates learned that Gen. Sherman was on his way to the assistance of their captives, and they were taken to Thomasville, Ga., where they were doubly guarded by the rebel cavalry, so that not a man could with any possibility escape. They were next taken to the thick pine forests of the State, but, finding that Gen. Sherman had changed his plans, they were taken back to Andersonville, a distance of fifteen miles. While on this terrible march many of the Union boys were shot, on account of their inability to keep up with the others. His second incarceration in Andersonville lasted four months, there being in all about 35,000 prisoners there at that time. He, with six others, made his escape from this prison while gathering wood, and by traveling by night, lying in the canebrakes during the day, and with the assistance of the negroes, they succeeded in reaching Savannah, Ga., where they were taken charge of by Gen. Sherman, who sent them to Washington, D. C., thence to the convalescent camp at Alexandria. Here he remained until the Grand Review, held at Washington, after which he went to Davenport, Iowa, and was there mustered out of service August 7, 1865. He had been veteranized at Huntsville, Ala., where his regiment had been detached to act as guard to Gen. McPherson. On the 16th of October, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Comfort Lemmons, a native of Indiana, born near Indianapolis, February 17, 1853, and to them a family of four children have been born: Edward C. , Clara , Lou Bessie and Alice May . Mr. Hanks has always been a Republican, and Lincoln received his first , presidential vote. He has always given his support to enterprises which have given promise of developing the county, and since his residence here he has seen the country changed from a primitive state to one of the finest agricultural regions in the State.

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Where is DeWitt Clinton Hanks's memorial?
DeWitt Clinton Hanks's memorial is located at: Chestnut Hill Memorial Park, Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA.
When did DeWitt Clinton Hanks death?
DeWitt Clinton Hanks death on 18 Feb 1924 in Cambridge, Story County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the DeWitt Clinton Hanks's memorial?
Latitude: 41.1333008
Longitude: -81.5177994

Family Members:

Parent

Warren N. Hanks

(1806 - 1886)

Julia Hutchins Hanks

(1818 - 1855)

Spouse

Comfort Lemmon Hanks

(1851 - 1907)

Siblings

Laura Ann Hanks Netterfield

(1837 - 1892)

Miami Phebe Hanks Netterfield-Cross

(1844 - 1908)

Henry Hutchins Hanks

(1849 - 1887)

William Erastus Hanks Sr.

(1851 - 1897)

Children

Edward Clinton Hanks

(1873 - 1948)

Clara Belle Hanks Brown

(1876 - 1958)

Lou Bessie Hanks Harrison

(1880 - 1910)

Alice Marie Hanks Huff

(1888 - 1951)

Mamie Odessa “Dessie” Hanks Scott

(1891 - 1973)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Chestnut Hill Memorial Park
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1333008, -81.5177994

2. Grace Cathedral Churchyard
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1475890, -81.5091940

3. Oakwood Cemetery
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1425018, -81.4878006

4. Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1369110, -81.4845210

5. Harrington Cemetery
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1618996, -81.5083008

6. Northampton Cemetery
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1657982, -81.5419006

7. Mount Peace Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0970993, -81.5322037

8. Bettes Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1029950, -81.4851020

9. Saint Pauls Memorial Gardens
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1056137, -81.5606537

10. Saint Vincents Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0924988, -81.5361023

11. Glendale Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0847015, -81.5282974

12. Saint Bernards Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0848198, -81.5315170

13. Infirmary Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0975370, -81.5634870

14. Grace Park Memorial
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0838500, -81.5094400

15. Old Dublin Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0813904, -81.5191727

16. Botzum Cemetery
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1618200, -81.5825200

17. Spicer Cemetery (Defunct)
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0758018, -81.5108032

18. Stow Cemetery
Stow, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1572200, -81.4459500

19. Infirmary Cemetery
Tallmadge, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1003340, -81.4492790

20. New County Home Cemetery
Tallmadge, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1301400, -81.4327300

21. First Congregational Churchyard
Tallmadge, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1018880, -81.4412870

22. Tallmadge Cemetery
Tallmadge, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0989990, -81.4420013

23. Middlebury Cemetery
Akron, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0733986, -81.4784012

24. Northlawn Memorial Gardens
Cuyahoga Falls, Summit County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1997986, -81.5045013