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Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born on September 24, 1837, in New Lisbon ( in 1895 renamed Lisbon ), Ohio, to Dr. Leonard and Samantha Hanna.

Leonard's father, Benjamin Hanna, a Quaker of Scotch-Irish descent, was a wealthy store owner in New Lisbon.

Dr. Hanna practiced in Columbiana County, where New Lisbon was located, until he suffered a spinal injury while riding.

After the accident, he joined the family business, B., L., and T. Hanna, by now a major grocery and goods brokering firm.

Samantha, née Converse, and her parents had journeyed west from Vermont when she was 11 ; she was of English, possibly Irish, and French Huguenot descent.