Hannah was the daughter of Charles Shaner and Elizabeth Krebs (his first wife). Her mother died when she was about four and her father remarried a widow named Catherine Bartman Howe.
On March 3, 1860, Hannah married William Henry Howe, the son of her step-mother. She had 2 sons with William Henry prior to his enlisting in the Civil War.
According to newspaper accounts, William Henry Howe fought very bravely and heroically until he was taken ill in December of 1863. Unfortunately he made the decision to return home to recover without procuring the proper permissions. This decision had tragic consequences for him and his family.
According to newspaper accounts, an overly zealous enlistment officer decided to bring him in - preferably dead. He came to the Howe home late one night with rifles drawn. But William had been tipped off and he was lying in wait. William wound up firing the fatal shot, and the officer was killed. William contended it was self-defense, but the government did not agree. William was hanged for treason at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia in August of 1864. At the age of 26, Hannah became a widow with two young sons to raise on her own. She never remarried.
On March 3, 1860, Hannah married William Henry Howe, the son of her step-mother. She had 2 sons with William Henry prior to his enlisting in the Civil War.
According to newspaper accounts, William Henry Howe fought very bravely and heroically until he was taken ill in December of 1863. Unfortunately he made the decision to return home to recover without procuring the proper permissions. This decision had tragic consequences for him and his family.
According to newspaper accounts, an overly zealous enlistment officer decided to bring him in - preferably dead. He came to the Howe home late one night with rifles drawn. But William had been tipped off and he was lying in wait. William wound up firing the fatal shot, and the officer was killed. William contended it was self-defense, but the government did not agree. William was hanged for treason at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia in August of 1864. At the age of 26, Hannah became a widow with two young sons to raise on her own. She never remarried.
Hannah was the daughter of Charles Shaner and Elizabeth Krebs (his first wife). Her mother died when she was about four and her father remarried a widow named Catherine Bartman Howe.
On March 3, 1860, Hannah married William Henry Howe, the son of her step-mother. She had 2 sons with William Henry prior to his enlisting in the Civil War.
According to newspaper accounts, William Henry Howe fought very bravely and heroically until he was taken ill in December of 1863. Unfortunately he made the decision to return home to recover without procuring the proper permissions. This decision had tragic consequences for him and his family.
According to newspaper accounts, an overly zealous enlistment officer decided to bring him in - preferably dead. He came to the Howe home late one night with rifles drawn. But William had been tipped off and he was lying in wait. William wound up firing the fatal shot, and the officer was killed. William contended it was self-defense, but the government did not agree. William was hanged for treason at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia in August of 1864. At the age of 26, Hannah became a widow with two young sons to raise on her own. She never remarried.
On March 3, 1860, Hannah married William Henry Howe, the son of her step-mother. She had 2 sons with William Henry prior to his enlisting in the Civil War.
According to newspaper accounts, William Henry Howe fought very bravely and heroically until he was taken ill in December of 1863. Unfortunately he made the decision to return home to recover without procuring the proper permissions. This decision had tragic consequences for him and his family.
According to newspaper accounts, an overly zealous enlistment officer decided to bring him in - preferably dead. He came to the Howe home late one night with rifles drawn. But William had been tipped off and he was lying in wait. William wound up firing the fatal shot, and the officer was killed. William contended it was self-defense, but the government did not agree. William was hanged for treason at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia in August of 1864. At the age of 26, Hannah became a widow with two young sons to raise on her own. She never remarried.
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