San Joaquin County Biographies
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Transcribed by: Linda Diane Jackson 1/29/2010
JOHN W. HANNAN
A member of the legal fraternity of Stockton who had been a resident of this city practically all his life was the late John W. Hannan, city attorney of Stockton almost up to the time of his death. Mr. Hannan was a native of Nevada, and was born there in Esmeralda County on November 19, 1879. His parents were John C. and Ethel (Roscot) Hannan, the former born in Tuolumne County, Cal., while Mrs. Hannan, who has passed away, was a native of Montreal, Canada, but moved to Minnesota.
In 1885 Mr. Hannan accompanied his parents to Stockton and here he was educated in the public schools, St. Mary's College, and also had a course in the Stockton Business College. In 1907 Mr. Hannan joined the Stockton Police Department, where for some time he was desk sergeant and later a patrolman. During these years his ambitions led him to take up the law and he spent four years in the study of law under Charles De Legh, one of Stockton's well-known attorneys. As a reward for his years of diligent study he was admitted to the bar in 1915, and on October 4 of that year he was admitted to practice in the U.S. Circuit Court. In the following year, 1916, Mr. Hannan was appointed prosecuting attorney for the city of Stockton, a post he occupied with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituency until he resigned, January, 1922, to devote all his time to private practice, but he was not permitted to long continue in his ambition for he was stricken suddenly by death, March 10, 1922.
Mrs. Hannan before her marriage was Miss Anna Laura McGinnis, a native daughter of California, born in Santa Clara County, and one child was born to them, a son, Merlin F.C. Hannan. Mr. Hannan was always a Democrat in his political views and fraternally was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Knights of the Maccabees.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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