John Hackney, Luzerne Twp., Fayette Co.

Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County by Gresham and Wiley,
1889, p341
 John Hackney, Jr.   The Hackneys originally came from England prior to the
Revolutionary War and were participants in the struggle for Independence.
 Aaron Hackney, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was
born in Berkeley county, Virginia, and came to Fayette county in early life
and settled near Heistersburg, Luzerne township.
 John Hackney Sr was born in Luzerne township March 20, 1783, was a farmer
and married Lydia Sidwell in 1812. They had eight children: James Hackney,
Aaron Hackney, Amy Hackney, John Hackney, Hiram Hackney, Samuel Hackney,
Lyida Hackney, Jane Hackney and Hannah Hackney.
 Lydia Sidwell Hackney was born in Virginia in 1787 and was a daughter of
James Sidwell, who was married to Amy Long, daughter of Dr Owen Long who
lived near Winchester, Virginia.
 John Hackney Jr was born August 15, 1920, on the old Hackney farm near New
Salem, Menallen township, and on December 5, 1844, was married to Isabella
Ebbert. They had ten children: James Hackney, Hiram Hackney and Mary Frances
Hackney, deceased, and Samuel Hackney, born July 9, 1851, is married to Anna
M Lickey/?Leckey, and lives in Harvey county, Kansas; John William Hackney,
born December 17, 1858, at home; Lydia Jane Hackney, born June 29, 1856, is
married to Aaron T Porter, and lives in Lyon county, Kansas; Alvin E
Hackney, born October 8, 1858, at home; Eliza Ellen Hackney, born December
29, 1861, music teacher; Laura Bell Hackney, born May 4, 1864; and George
Wyly Hackney, born June 21, 1867, and is now in the senior class in the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia.
 Mrs Hackney�s grandfather was George Ebbert, and was a merchant and has his
store on Main street in the early history of Uniontown. Her father, James
Ebbert, was born at Uniontown in 1792, and was a farmer and lived on the
farm now owned by John W Carothers near the County Home. Her maternal
grandfather was a Frenchman by the name of Devicman and settled near
Oakland, Maryland.
 Mr Hackney was raised on the home farm and is one of the best farmers of
the county. He was educated in the subscription schools of the neighborhood,
and also at Aaron Hague/?Hogue/?Hoge and Richard Taylor�s school. He is an
ardent republican and takes considerable interest in political matters. He
was raised a Quaker, but with wife and entire family are members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr Hackney is a conscientious, useful and
intelligent member of society, and an honest and successful businessman.