1.JesseTurnerHanks1, born June 26, 1830 in Mansfield, CT; died August 01, 1872 in Downieville, CA\ (of pneumonia). He was the son of 2. Captain EdmundHanks and 3. AchsahLoomisTurner. He married (1) MaryJaneOlmsted2 April 15, 1869 in New York City, NY. She was born February 24, 1837 in New Haven, CT\ (or Rutland, VT), and died March 05, 1914 in Decoto, CA\ Masonic Home. She was the daughter of Richard Montgomery Olmstead and Hester Janet Mix.
More About Jesse Turner Hanks:
Burial: California
Comment: November 02, 1934, Henry or Harry Hanks, a cousin at Willimantic, told Edgar Hanks Evans on Nov. 2, 1934, that his father was boss of a gang of longshoremen in NYC and on being threatened by a worker, picked up a stick and drove the man away.
Description: According to Edgar Hanks Evans, who was told by Mr. William Letts Oliver, his father was "barely taller than his son, but much more rugged. He bore no special resemblance to his son."
Occupation: 1869, In the Fall of 1869, Jesse Turner Hanks was offered $5000 per year in gold as superintendant of the largest gold mine in California, the "Reise Mines" owned by William Letts Oliver.
More About Mary Jane Olmsted:
Burial: California
Comments: Mary and Jesse were married at a church on 47th or 49th St. in NYC, just around Easter Season; her parents & Mr. and Mrs. Shea were witnesses.
Occupation: Mary taught school and tutored children of Horace Greeley at NY home and country place, Chappaqua, NY. She also authored a book entitled "Scientific Physiognomy" that went thru 8 editions, pub. by a Philadelphia house and sold on subscription.
Published: 1881, Mary (Olmsted) (King) (Hanks) Stanton's first book was entitled "Scientific Physiognomy" or "How to Read Faces" (publisher Argonaut Press, later by Davis), which went through eight editions.
