Contains photocopies of two reminiscences by John J. Hannaher about the Hannaher family and their move from Iowa to Fargo, early death of father, John, in 1887 and life of family in Fargo, and marriage of John J. in 1902 to Catherine Holden. There is also a copy of a 3-page handwritten reminiscence by his brother Thomas O. Hannaher about the 1893 fire in Fargo.