FATHER

Benjamin Barkelow

MOTHER

Ruthy Stout

HUSBAND

John Hannahs

CHILDREN

1. Ruth S. Hannahs  b. 25 Nov 1816  Greenup Co., KY

2. Ira Allen Hannahs b. Abt. 1820

3. James Hannahs  b. 16 Dec 1822  Greenup Co. KY

4.  Sarah Jane Hannahs  Abt. 1826 Greenup Co., KY

5. Elizabeth Susan Hannahs  b. 1829 Greenup Co., KY

6. Meshack Hannahs  b. 20 May 1830  Greenup Co. KY

7. Shadrach Hannahs b. 20 May 1830  Greenup Co., KY

8.  Abednego Hannahs b.20 May 1830 Greenup Co. KY

Susannah Barklow
by Susan Brooke
Sep 2023

Susannah Barklow was born 25 Feb 1794. (1) In 1810 her widowed mother was listed next to her son, Edward Barklow in Greenup County, KY. (2) Susanna was about 16 at that time.  John Hannahs moved to Greenup the next year and on  5 Mar 1812 she married John Hannahs in Greenup County, KY. (3) They moved to Portsmouth, OH about 1830 and her husband died shortly thereafter. (4)  She had 8 children. Her oldest daughter Ruth was about 14 and her triplets were newborns. 
Susannah died 15 May 1843 in Portsmouth. (5) She was only 49 and she still had young children. Her daughter Ruth would have been about 27.  Ruth must have taken over the raising of the younger children.

Sources

(1) Tombstone reads Susannah, wife of John Hannahs, born Feb 25 1794. 

The obituary for her grandson, James M. Hannahs says "James McKoy Hannahs was born in Greenup county, Ky., December 16, 1822. His father was John Hannahs, a brick-layer and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Susan Barklow, a daughter of Benjamin Barklow.  His father and mother had eight children: Ruth, married Richard H. Porter of Newport, Ind.; Ira Allen; James; Sarah Jane, married Joseph Cook, M.D., of Newport, Ind.; Susan married James Ross the tailor; the next three were triplets, Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego born, May 20, 1830. All three grew to maturity. Shadrack died in 1885 at the age of 25; Abednego died in 1880 and Meshack is living in Newport, Ind. the latter was in the Civil war in the 14h Indiana Infantry and was wounded at Antietam."

(2)  1810 census Greenup County, KY

(3) Marriage Record of all the Hannahs in Greenup County, KY

(4) Obituary of her son James Hannahs
Valley Sentinel July 23, 1902
"James McKoy Hannahs was born in Greenup county, Ky., December 16, 1822. His father was John Hannahs, a brick-layer and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Susan Barklow, a daughter of Benjamin Barklow. His father and mother had eight children: Ruth, married Richard H. Porter of Newport, Ind.; Ira Allen; James; Sarah Jane, married Joseph Cook, M.D., of Newport, Ind.; Susan married James Ross the tailor; the next three were triplets, Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego born, May 20, 1830. All three grew to maturity. Shadrack died in 1885 at the age of 25; Abednego died in 1880 and Meshack is living in Newport, Ind. The latter was in the Civil war in the 14h Indiana Infantry and was wounded at Antietam.
James, our subject, came to Portsmouth when he was eight years old, and has made Portsmouth his home ever since."

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(5) Died: 15 May 1843  Portsmouth, Scioto Co.

Portsmouth Tribune May 19, 1843

From scrapbook of her granddaughter, Susan Hannahs "On the same day, and within a few minutes of the same time, our excellent sister, Mrs. Susan Hannahs was taken from us. For about twenty-five years she had lived in the service of God, and had been wonderfully sustained through many and sore trials. She, with her departed husband, are said to have been two of the four white persons who formed the first class in Greenup county, KY. Her death scene can never be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Calling her children around her she gave them her dying charge, and then told them to recollect, whenever they were tempted to sin, that there was not a place about the house where their mother had not knelt for them in prayer. She died in the 50th year of her age. Portsmouth, Ohio June 24, 1843"

Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH Next to the gravestone for Susannah Barklow Hannahs is a stone for Ida E Barklow