Marcus Alonzo Hanna; his life and work . r abroad. Finally he Mark started for Washington the engagement was rec-ognized, and on Sept. 27, 1864, he was married to MissRhodes in St. Johns Church — the groom being a little overtwenty-seven years old and the bride twenty-one. The dayof the ceremony Daniel Rhodes said to the triumphant groom,Its all over now, Mark, but a month ago I would like to haveseen you at the bottom of Lake Erie. Daniel Rhodes may have consoled himself for the loss of adaughter by the idea that he had acquired a son. After themarriage he did his best to keep
Marcus Alonzo Hanna; his life and work . r abroad. Finally he Mark started for Washington the engagement was rec-ognized, and on Sept. 27, 1864, he was married to MissRhodes in St. Johns Church — the groom being a little overtwenty-seven years old and the bride twenty-one. The dayof the ceremony Daniel Rhodes said to the triumphant groom,Its all over now, Mark, but a month ago I would like to haveseen you at the bottom of Lake Erie. Daniel Rhodes may have consoled himself for the loss of adaughter by the idea that he had acquired a son. After themarriage he did his best to keep the young couple near him andunder his thumb. When they returned from their weddingtrip Mark Hanna and his wife lived for a while in the Rhodesmansion on Franklin Avenue, and more than a year elapsedbefore they set up an establishment of their own. Early in1866 they moved into a small house on Prospect Street, in spiteof the opposition of Mr. Rhodes; but their move towards in-dependence was not a success. The young couple had one dif-. Mark Hanxa ix 1864 MARRIAGE AND ITS RESULTS 49 ficulty after another, and in the end they were forced to sub-mit to the will of the obstinate Mr. Rhodes. In December, 1866, their first child was born and was namedDaniel Rhodes Hanna, after the dominant father-in-law. A fewmonths later Mark Hanna was seized with an acute attack oftyphoid fever — the malady which was subsequently to causehis death. He was desperately sick, but being young andstrong, he pulled through. While he was still struggling againstthe depressing after effects of his illness, he met with businessreverses. Robert Hanna and Co. had built a new boat, theLac la Belle, which is said to have been the best vessel on theLakes. It appears that Mark Hanna had an individual in-terest in her as well as his share of the firms interest. Afteronly a short period of service she collided with another boat inthe Detroit River, and went to the bottom — a total loss. Nor was this all. Soon
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