Life History

Notes

• The elderly John Hance appears in the 1880 census in Jefferson County, Tennessee, with a much younger wife, reported as Hariet.  Their Jefferson County, Tennessee, marriage record reports her as Harriett Fuse.  The 1880 census clafiies that this was Harriett or Hannah Childs Few, widow of Marion Francis Few.
  
  Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
  John Hance
  Harriet Fuse [Few, married name]
  License issued 12 August 1871
  Marriage 13 Aug 1871 Jefferson, Tennessee, USA
  Ceremony performed by Andrew J Webb, Justice of the Peace
  Registered Jefferson County Marriage Book 1871, p 10
  
  In 1880, her two daughters, Jane Few and Emma Few, are in the household.  She was the widow of Francis Marion Few, who died some time before the 1870 census.  In other records she was reported as Hannah.  Some genealogies report that Hannah's real name was Harriet M Childs, and Hannah was a nickname.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 16 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271
  Hance, John  W M 80 Head Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1800]
  - page 32 -
  Hance, Hariet  M  W F 46 Wife Keeping House  SC SC SC [b abt 1834]
  Few, Jane W F 19 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC Cannot write [b abt 1861]
  Few, Emma T  W F 17 Stepdau Single At Home SC SC SC [b abt 1863]
  Hance, Proser (?) W M 7 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1873]
  Hance, Aaron W W M 1 Son TN SC SC [b abt 1879]

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Jefferson County, Tennessee
  • 16 June, District 177, page 31-32, Hse 267, Fam #271
• 2. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002