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From Social Security Records. SSN 513-38-1363

According to Tazewell County Clerk, a birth certificate is on file at Illinois state offices. Office of Vital Records, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Ill. 62702-9986. Attn: Birth Records. However, the state office declined to search because the date of birth is earlier than 1916. 1916 is the earliest "official" records on file at the state, they say.

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Social Security Records say he died Apr 1980 in Leoti, Kansas.

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This info is attributed to August Hahn, Jr in "Pioneer Life Of the Fairview Community" in 'History of Kearny County,Kansas': When I started to school I could not speak English which made it hard for the teacher to instruct me at first, but soon she was able to make the rest of the pupils understand what I was trying to tell them. There were a lot of children in the Fairview neighborhood, so we had a lot of fun. Had a lot of parties where the young and old ones all attended.
In 1922, the 22nd day of March, Laura Downs and I were married at Lakin. That year, the day before I was to start harvesting, we had a big hailstorm which pounded the wheat into the ground, broke out windows, killed some chickens and even knocked holes in the side of Walker's frame house as the hailstones were real large. At that time, Laura and I were living in the old Al Wilson place, three quarters of a mile east of my folk's place....
May 30, 1923 our first son, Orval, was born, then November 26, 1924, our daughter Dorothy was born. In September 1926, our second daughter, Lois, was born. We got a bunch of milk cows and milked them along with the farming to make ends meet.
In the spring of 1927, we moved over in the edge of Wichita County on the Bill Page farm, where more pasture was available for our cattle. Then, in the spring of 1929, we moved back to Kearny county on the Charley Bush homestead. We stayed there two years, then Mr. and Mrs. Wllsworth Keener moved out on that place and we moved on the Bill Brewer farm, living there several years, where in September 1936, our second son Dallas was born. We then bought a home over in the edge of Wichita county where we lived until the spring of 1965 and traded it for a home in the north part of Leoti, where we have some irrigated land we rent out. Our family is all married now, living in homes of their own.
---provided through the courtesy of Janice Ellis
Age given as 41 in 1940 Census.

"August Hahn Jr.--LEOTI--August Hahn Jr., 81, died Friday at Wichita County Hospital in Leoti. He was a retired farmer-stockman.
Born Jan. 6,, 1899, in Tremont, Ill., he was married to Laura May Downs March 22, 1922. He moved to Wichita County in 1905 and into Leoti in 1965. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Leoti.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Dallas, Grand Lake, Colo., and Orval, Leoti; one daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bishop, Leoti; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Burns, Upper Lake, Calif., and Mrs. Violet Henry, Sacramento, Calif.; 15 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Samuel, and a daughter, Mrs. Lois Gardner.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Presbyterian Church, Leoti, with the Rev. Gerald Wheeler officiating. Burial will be in Leoti Cemetery.
A memorial has been established at Golden Acres Rest Home in Leoti. Friends may call until service time at the Weinmann-Price Funeral Home."--15 Apr 1980, Garden City (KS) Telegram

"HAHN-DOWNS --August Hahn, Jr. and Miss Laura Downs were married Wednesday, March 22 at Lakin by Probate judge Long at that City. The groom is the son of August Hahn, Sr. of North Kearney County and the bride is the daughter of Ira Downs of west Whitewoman Township. They have rented the Sizer farm in north Kearney county and are now residing at their new home. They are splendid young people and we bespeak for them a successful voyage thru life".--30 Mar 1922, The Leoti (KS) Standard

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Birthplace also spelled as Adeenhart, Germany.

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According to the naturalization court documents, August first appeared in Tazewell court on January 8, 1898, representing himself as an alien over 21 years of age. Two witnesses vouched for August: his brother Karl and another person Ben Hoff, Sr. He returned on 31 May 1905 to complete the naturalization requirements.

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Died of an intestinal hemorage enroute to hospital at Lakin, Kansas accompanied by Dallas Hahn.