Information copied from the Smith family bible originally owned by Reverend Alexander L. Smith and later owned by his granddaughter, Mrs. Philip D. Flynn, of Union, South Carolina.

Ancestors, descendants and relatives of John Parker Hanaford and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Neal Hanaford. John, son of Nathaniel Perkins and Zulema Webster Prescott Hanaford, was born 14 September 1853. On 1 January 1890 he married Mary Elisabeth Neal, daughter of Smith and Sarah Elisabeth Smith Neal. She was born 2 October 1853 in Merideth, New Hampshire. They were residents of Rockford, Illinois in 1915. John was a descendant of John Hanford, mariner of Boston who married Hannah Button (died 1653). Ancestors and descendants lived in Massachusetts, Illinois, New Hampshire, Idaho, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Arizona, Ohio, California, Colorado, Virginia, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, Canada, and elsewhere.