Daniel Friend Hanks was born 15 May 1799 in Hardin County, Kentucky to George Dewitt Hanks (1773-1859) and Lurane Hill (1773-1846) and died 21 October 1892 Paris, Edgar County, Illinois of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Elizabeth Johnston (1806-1864) 9 June 1821 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky.
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