From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:26 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Hancock.William.E.1838.Adair.BIOS William E. Hancock November 29, 1838 - unknown Adair County KyArchives Biography Author: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 4th edition, 1886 WILLIAM E. HANCOCK was born November 29, 1838. His father, J. P. Hancock, was born March 27, 1813, in Adair County. He began the battle of life with no inheritance, and was married first to Miss Emma, daughter of Richard Cundiff, a native of Adair County and a wealthy farmer. By this marriage J. P. Hancock became the father of six children: Mary E. (Stone), W. E., Richard, George W., T. T. and Hannah J., of whom W. E., Mary E. And T. T. are now living. Richard Hancock enlisted in 1861 in Company A, Third Kentucky Infantry (Federal Volunteer service) and served eighteen months as fifer, during which time he contracted the consumption, of which he died in 1862. Geo. Hancock enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Kentucky Infantry, Federal Volunteer service, and was killed in a skirmish in Louisville, in the fall of 1864. Mrs. Hancock as in life a member of the Christian Church, and died in 1848, in her fortieth year. The second marriage of J. P. Hancock was to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Tandy Bailey, a native of Adair County and a farmer. Mrs. Elizabeth (Bailey) Hancock was also a member of the Christian Church, and lived only about five years after marriage, dying about 1856. Mr. Hancock's third marriage was to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Elijah and Julia (Bomer) Cravens, and they are the parents of four children, Nancy Bell, Oliver P., Sally (who died in infancy) and Benjamin C. J. B. Hancock owns a farm of 130 acres, where he has lived during the past thirty-four years. He and wife are both members of the Christian Church, and he is a Republican in politics. William Hancock, grandfather of William E. Hancock, was a native of the Old Dominion, a veteran of the American Revolution, and one of the pioneer settlers of Adair County. He was married to a Mrs. Mary Emerson, and they were the parents of three children: J. P., O. H., and Nancy. He had been married before and had three children by this first marriage: Simon, Elizabeth (Cheatham) and William. William E. Hancock, a native of Adair County, remained at home until twenty-two years of age, when, on December 9, 1863, he was married to Miss Celestia B., a daughter of Elijah and Julia (Bomer) Cravens, also natives of Adair County. Elijah Cravens was a carpenter, in his latter days a farmer, and died July 17, 1878, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. His widow, a member of the Christian Church, died August 4, 1879, in the seventy-eighth year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have been blessed by four children: Elijah P., Julia E., Edward F. and Sally F., all living. The first tract of land that Mr. Hancock owned was fifteen acres, which he purchased from his father. The next was a tract of seventy-six acres near Cane Valley, which he enlarged to 152 acres, which was his home eight years. December 17, 1884, he removed to his present location on 210 acres of well improved and fertile land, on which is a good two-story frame residence, good barns and stables. He values the place at $2,250. All of this is the result of Mr. Hancock's own labor and management, as he began without a dollar. In November, 1861, Mr. Hancock enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Federal service, and was orderly sergeant until captured in August, 183, by Morgan. He was exchanged in April, 1864, after which he served as private until January, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Hough's Ferry (Tenn.), Knoxville and Atlanta. While on duty at Louisville, a short time before he was mustered out of the service, he received a gunshot wound in the right knee, for which he draws a pension. Theodore T. Hancock, a brother of William E., enlisted in 1863, in Company L., Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, Federal volunteer service, and served until January, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock are both members of the Christian Church, and Mr. Hancock in politics is a Republican. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/kyfiles/