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Dr. Anthony B. Hannum was appointed assistant surgeon of the post at Galveston, November 28, 1836, and for many years has been a most popular and successful physician. He served as a lieutenant in 1840 under General Albert Sydney Johnston. Their company rescued two children, Rebecca and William, after their parents, Johnstone and Mary Barbour Gilleland were killed by Comanches near Refugio. Residents of Matagorda were riding with them. Also participating were a Capt. Price, Adjutant Murphy of the Mustang Gray Regiment, Col. Kerry Purser of the Texas Navy, Mr. Dallam, author of Digest of Texas Statutes. Nearby were ex-President Mirabeau B. Lamar. After rescuing the children, the boy, who was lanced or shot through the side, was treated by Dr. Hannum and Dr. Hammond. Dr. A. F. Axsom of New Orleans later published the case in the Medical Journal. The Gilleland family had sailed from Pennsylvania to Galveston c 1837 and then moved on to Brazoria or Matagorda County. Mr. Gilleland was a member of Capt. Tumlinson's company. Dr. Hannum was later the President of of Board of Health in New Orleans. At Matagorda Drs. H. H. Dexter, A. M. Levy, A. B. Hannum, A. F. Axson and T. S. Waddell published a schedule of charges for their community. Day visits were$5, consultations were $15, bleeding $2, Cupping $5. Labor cases were $30. The notice concluded with the statement that immediately on the termination of the case settlement will be required. --Colorado Gazette & Advertiser, July 10, 1841 Dr. Hannum first married Mary Ann Bailey on May 29, 1842 in Matagorda County. By December, 1842, he was living in Washington County and wrote a petition to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas asking for a divorce from Mary Ann, whom he said refused to live with him. The petition was filed on December 14, 1842. A supporting document accompanying the divorce petition was written by Dr. Thomas S. Waddell. Dr. Hannum married again to Louisa Hodgkins (May 24, 1845 England - January 15, 1921 Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama). She is also buried at Florence Cemetery, Flroence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. Their son, Henry Fisher Hannum (August 19, 1885 - November 24, 1922) is also buried at Florence Cemetery.
1880 Census - Tennessee - Wayne The death of Dr. Anthony B. Hannum, aged 89 years, on September 1, 1900 in Hines, Alabama was reported in The Medical Review of Reviews: an International Monthly Review of Current Medical Literature Edited by Daniel Lewis, A. M., M. D., Volume 6, January to December 1900, New York. Anthony B. Hannum, M. D., died September 1, at Hines, Ala., aged 89 years. He was a native of Kentucky, graduated in 1860 at the University of Nashville, medical department, went to Western Texas and then moved to Alabama, where he practiced for many years. --Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 35, Issue 12, September 22, 1900
Budget of News From Florence Was a Pioneer of Texas and Told Harrowing Tales Dr. A. B. Hannum, aged 89 years, and one of the best known and most highly respected men in the county, died last night at Hines. Dr. Hannum was a native of Kentucky but went to Texas as a young man and lived in Western Texas when it was overrun with Indians and greasers. He was in a number of Indian fights and recalled the early characters of Texas with whom he was associated, many of whom help to make the history of that State. Dr. Hannum was a fluent talker and was well informed on the early history of the South. He came from Alabama from Texas many years ago to join relatives here.
Age-Herald (Birmingham, Alabama), September 3,
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