Hannah was born in Suffolk County, New York. She as a daughter of Alexander Conklin and Elizabeth Hendrickson. She received a Patriarchal Blessing at Nauvoo, Illinois 5 January 1846. According to Journal History she immigrated in 1848. She was re-baptized 2 June 1850 and appears in the 1850 Utah census in Great Salt Lake. She lived in the Salt Lake 17th ward. Her death date is mentioned in Journal History.