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Mary Henrietta <I>Irwin</I> Hannum

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Mary Henrietta Irwin Hannum

Birth
Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Mar 1920 (aged 75)
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
Section E, Lot 074
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MRS, JOHN HANNUM DIES
Pneumonia Fatal to Mother of Attorney General Schaffer-
Mrs. John B. Hannum, mother of Attorney General William I. Schaffer, of Pennsylvania, died this morning. Of pneumonia at her house, Fourteenth and Walnut streets, Chester. She was seventy -five years old and was ill only ten days. She was the wife of John B. Hannum, a widely known lawyer in Chester.
Mrs. Hannum was born in Lewistown, Pa., November 16, 1844, a daughter of General Willilam H. Irwin and Mary Edmiston Irwin. Her father was for many years adjutant general of Pennsylvania. He commanded a brigade in the Civil War and fought in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
Mrs. Hannum was twice married, the mother of ten children, eight of whom survive, Besides Attorney General Schaffer these are John B. Hannum, Jr., former district attorney of Delaware county ; Mrs. I. Hazleton Mirkil, of 2204 De Lancey street, this city; Mrs. George M. Carter, Howard E. Hannum and Miss Elsie B. Hannum, of Chester; Mrs. George L. L. Davis, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Wharton L. Donaldson, of Scarsdale, N. Y.
She was a prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Chester and greatly admired for her Christian kindliness and good deeds

Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1920.
MRS, JOHN HANNUM DIES
Pneumonia Fatal to Mother of Attorney General Schaffer-
Mrs. John B. Hannum, mother of Attorney General William I. Schaffer, of Pennsylvania, died this morning. Of pneumonia at her house, Fourteenth and Walnut streets, Chester. She was seventy -five years old and was ill only ten days. She was the wife of John B. Hannum, a widely known lawyer in Chester.
Mrs. Hannum was born in Lewistown, Pa., November 16, 1844, a daughter of General Willilam H. Irwin and Mary Edmiston Irwin. Her father was for many years adjutant general of Pennsylvania. He commanded a brigade in the Civil War and fought in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac.
Mrs. Hannum was twice married, the mother of ten children, eight of whom survive, Besides Attorney General Schaffer these are John B. Hannum, Jr., former district attorney of Delaware county ; Mrs. I. Hazleton Mirkil, of 2204 De Lancey street, this city; Mrs. George M. Carter, Howard E. Hannum and Miss Elsie B. Hannum, of Chester; Mrs. George L. L. Davis, of St. Louis, and Mrs. Wharton L. Donaldson, of Scarsdale, N. Y.
She was a prominent member of the First Presbyterian Church of Chester and greatly admired for her Christian kindliness and good deeds

Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) March 9, 1920.

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