Early Life and Education
Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, he moved with his parents to Bourbon County, Kentucky the same year. He attended the public schools, studied law at Transylvania University, taught school, and worked as a farm hand. Hannegan moved to Fountain County, Indiana about 1825 where he worked as a farm hand and as a school teacher. He was admitted to the bar in April 1828 in Fountain County. Moving the following year, he was admitted to practice law in Warren County, Indiana on May 27, 1829, settling in Williamsport. A few months later, he moved to Covington, where he continued the practice of law. At some unknown time, Hannegan became a Freemason. On April 4, 1829, he married Margaret Chambers Duncan in Knox County, Indiana; they had one son, Sellman Key Hannegan, born January 20, 1832.
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