Hannah Braxton

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• Name	Hannah Braxton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	12 May 1852 Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Ethnicity	American [7]
  Race	Colored [8, 9]
  Race	Mulatto [7]
  Name	Hanna B Braxton [8, 9]
  Name	Hanna Braxton Jones [4, 10]
  Name	Hannah Braxton
  Name	Hannah Jones [7, 8, 9, 11]
  Residence	1870 Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]  –  Residence Post Office: Harrisburg
  Residence	1880 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA  –  StreetAddress: Tanners Avenue; 27 Age: 27; Keeping House Occupation: Keeping House; EnumerationDistrict: 094; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife
  Residence	1900 Ward 8, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [5]  –  Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Head
  Residence	1910 134 Tanner's Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [7]  –  Age: 55; Occupation: Music Teacher; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0077; HomeMortgaged: Free; HomeOwnership: Own; Industry: Teacher; LiveOnFarm: House; NativeLanguageCode: English; NumberOfChildrenBorn: 2; NumberOfChildrenLiving: 2; MaritalStatus: Widowed; RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1920 Ward 4, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]  –  Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head: Head
  Job	Employer: Own Account [7]
  Died	1 May 1928 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8, 9, 10]
  	70 Age: 70
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8, 9, 10, 12]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	Hannah Braxton Jones My Contribution: I was a music teacher, church founder, and activist in the Eighth Ward. I fought for temperance and the right of women to vote. I was also one of the few Black women who owned property in the city in the early twentieth century. My Legacy: I helped to found Second Baptist Church in 1869, which still operates to this day. The home I owned in Harrisburg would be worth nearly $68,000 today. About Me: “Led by the Spirit of God, a few faithful soldiers of Christ saw a field for labor in this city, and in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the Second Baptist Church had its beginning ....with the following persons: Joseph Braxton (father of Hannah)...and Hannah Braxton...” - Second Baptist Church Mortgage Burning Ceremonies Program, 1944. Full Name: Hannah Braxton; Hannah Braxton Jones • Birth Date: May 12, 1852 • Death Date: May 1, 1928 • Place of Birth: Williamsburg, Virginia • Sex: Female • Race: Black (1870, 1900, and 1920 Federal Censuses) and “Mulatto” (1880 and 1910 Federal Censuses) • Places of Residence: Williamsburg, Virginia. Harrisburg: 134 Tanner’s Avenue, 232 Liberty Street. • Connection to the Old Eighth Ward: Resident on Tanner’s Alley from the time parents brought the family to Harrisburg in 1866 until the Capitol Extension caused its destruction. Taught music there as well. • Family Members: Father: Joseph Braxton (1820-1890). Mother: Charlotte Cole Braxton (died 1868). Siblings: Mrs. Susan Braxton Carrington (wife of Robert); Mrs. Ann Maria Braxton Taylor (wife of Reuben); Joseph Braxton, Jr. Husband: Min. George W. Jones, m. 1873. Children: James Joseph Jones (born 1874), Mary Ann Jones (born 1877), Alfred Braxton (adopted son). Grandchildren: Dr. George A. Jones, MD. of Steelton, Pennsylvania (known for his work in community health) and Mrs. Hannah Scott Cannon, Nurse. Great granddaughter: Mrs. Marian Cannon Dornell, author of a collection of poetry, Unicorn in Captivity. • Education: No formal education • Occupations: Music Teacher, Domestic Worker. • Church Membership: Second Baptist Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • Activism: Second Baptist Church (first lady, deaconess, Sabbath School organizer and administrator, choir organist). Club No. 1, Organized in 1879 (president for 48 years until her death in 1928; instrumental in bringing renowned opera singer, Ms. Marian Anderson, to Harrisburg). • Connections: Grandmother of Mrs. Hannah Scott Cannon.” ([“One hundred voices: Harrisburg's African-American community, 1850 -1920”, 2020, p. 73](zotero://select/groups/4659739/items/FNTXZGWX))
  Person ID	I5683 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Father	Joseph Braxton, I (Age 80 years) b. 1810, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Apr 1890, 134 Tanner's, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Charlotte Coles (Age 53 years) b. Abt 1815, Williamsburg, James City County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Feb 1868, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1586 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Jones b. 1845, Virginia, USA
  Married	Y  [4]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Jones (Age 66 years) b. 4 Apr 1876, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 Jun 1942, 232 Liberty street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)  [natural]   2. Joseph Jones b. 1875, Pennsylvania, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1899 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James J. Jones, I b. Abt 1845
  Children	1. James J Jones, II (Age 89 years) b. 12 Aug 1874, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Apr 1964, 1B North 14th Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F1901 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S36] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Harrisburg Ward 4, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1559; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 69. [S47] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1123; Page: 356D; Enumeration District: 094. [S69] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Harrisburg Ward 8, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1334; Page: 357B. [S555] Jackson, Calobe, One Hundred Voices, Jones, Hannah Braxton. p. 73. [S37] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrisburg Ward 8, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1402; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0070; FHL microfilm: 1241402. [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 052151-055150. [S5] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Harrisburg Ward 8, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1336; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1375349. Record for Hannah Jones https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=24354313&indiv=try [S170] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Record for Hanna B Jones https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5164&h=3634499&indiv=try [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. [S3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S74] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Harrisburg Telegraph; Publication Date: 11 Apr 1890; Publication Place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/44285262/?article=3ef4cab2-941f-4fdb-90ec-bd297f20851b&focus=0.1695106,0.6827898,0.27969575,0.806412&xid=3355. [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Hanna Braxton Jones 1 May 1928. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236719034/hanna-jones