DARKE COUNTY OHIO 
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File contributed to the Montgomery County, Ohio Biographies Project  by:
Billy J. Baker
billybak@erols.com
April 24, 2000 
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William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas 
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

Franklin County -- (darke co.)

JUDGE JAMES HANWAY.

        The subject of this brief sketch was born September 4, 1809,
within fifteen miles of the far-famed "Bow Bells," London, England. His
father was Jonas Hanway, the noted English philanthropist, and his
mother a Quaker lady. James Hanway was educated at home by a governess,
then at school, and upon finishing his    collegiate education and
attaining his majority, becoming dissatisfied with the English form of
government, he emigrated to America, settling in Darke County, Ohio. He
was married, November 1, 1832, to Miss Rebecca Stitt, of Lebanon, Warren
Co., Ohio. While in Ohio, Judge Hanway wrote largely for the papers,
taking advance ground on the subject of American Slavery. He also took
an active part in politics, acting consistently with the Republican
party after it s organization at Columbus, Ohio, and was a delegate to
the Convention at Columbus, which organized it. He was also a delegate
to the Convention, which at Pittsburgh nominated Hale and Julian,
respectively, for President and Vice President of the United States. 
        In 1856, he moved to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie Township,
Franklin County. Here he took an active part in the struggle to make
Kansas a Free State; and was one of the managers of the Underground
Railroad. He was chosen to fill numerous positions of honor and trust;
being the first Superintendent of Public Instruction in Franklin county;
a member of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention in 1859; a member of
the Senate in 1860, and of the House of Representatives in 1864, and
again in 1869. 
        He wrote largely also during his residence in Kansas, on a great
variety of subjects, and always with force and elegance of diction.
Among those subjects were Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry,
Temperance, Finance, Politics, Natural Science, Metaphysics and
Religion, bringing to bear upon all great learning as well as sturdy
common sense; a rare combination, especially with writers upon the
latter subject. He believed in liberty, not only of the body, but also
of the mind, in freedom of thought, and was as much opposed to the
shackles of creeds as of chains. In character he was a pure, honest,
upright man, loved by his relatives and friends, honored by all. 
        His death occurred on Tuesday, May 9, 1882, and his burial on
Wednesday, May 10, in Grove Hill Cemetery, four miles east of Lane, Rev.
S. L. Adair conducting the services. 
        Judge Hanway was the father of six children - William Henry
Brougham Hanway, born August 5, 1833; John S., born November 1, 1834;
Martha B., born November 3, 1836; Samuel, born February 11, 1840; Sarah
H., born May 11, 1842, and William Henry Brougham born September 27,
1844.