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Pioneer, Here since 1857, Is Paralytic Victim-E. J. Hancock 97 Years Of Age, Dies December 4th In Blair
The life of Washington County's oldest pioneer, Rev. E. J. Hancock, came to a close last Friday, December 4, when death took its toll at the age of 97 years, 3 months and 7 days. Death came at his home on East Lincoln Street following a stroke with occurred about three years ago.
With his parents he cam to this county in 1857 with the Quincy Colony which settled in Fontanelle. On the trip from Illinois which was made by covered wagon, he drove a herd of cattle thus making a good portion of the trip on foot.
In Fontanelle he attended school and later became a student at the Nebraska University at Fontanelle, the first school of higher learning in the state. This school was later purchased by the Congregational Church, and was moved to Crete, Nebraska, and is the present Doane College.
Rev. Hancock became a minister early in life. At the age of eighteen years he held a pulpit and later at the age of twenty-nine he entered the conference of the Methodist Church and from then on he gave his time to the ministry.
He was married twice. By the first marriage, a son and a daughter survive, Dr. B. G. Hancock and Mrs. G. W. Ballard, both of Sacramento, California. The first wife died in 1918, he married Mrs. Matilda Weyrauch who with the children survive him; also surviving are a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, December 6, at the Methodist Church in Blair with Rev. John P. Brooks, assisted by Rev. Burress, officiating, and interment was made in the Fontanelle Cemetery.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.
Contributor: Christine Solomon (49030906) • [email protected]
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The date and place of publication of this newspaper obituary was not recorded.
Pioneer, Here since 1857, Is Paralytic Victim-E. J. Hancock 97 Years Of Age, Dies December 4th In Blair
The life of Washington County's oldest pioneer, Rev. E. J. Hancock, came to a close last Friday, December 4, when death took its toll at the age of 97 years, 3 months and 7 days. Death came at his home on East Lincoln Street following a stroke with occurred about three years ago.
With his parents he cam to this county in 1857 with the Quincy Colony which settled in Fontanelle. On the trip from Illinois which was made by covered wagon, he drove a herd of cattle thus making a good portion of the trip on foot.
In Fontanelle he attended school and later became a student at the Nebraska University at Fontanelle, the first school of higher learning in the state. This school was later purchased by the Congregational Church, and was moved to Crete, Nebraska, and is the present Doane College.
Rev. Hancock became a minister early in life. At the age of eighteen years he held a pulpit and later at the age of twenty-nine he entered the conference of the Methodist Church and from then on he gave his time to the ministry.
He was married twice. By the first marriage, a son and a daughter survive, Dr. B. G. Hancock and Mrs. G. W. Ballard, both of Sacramento, California. The first wife died in 1918, he married Mrs. Matilda Weyrauch who with the children survive him; also surviving are a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, December 6, at the Methodist Church in Blair with Rev. John P. Brooks, assisted by Rev. Burress, officiating, and interment was made in the Fontanelle Cemetery.
Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.
Contributor: Christine Solomon (49030906) • [email protected]
Family Members
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Mary Elizabeth Hancock Tucker
1831–1924
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Margaret Melissah Hancock Macomber
1832–1883
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Terissa Anna Hancock Macomber
1834–1916
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Hannah Keturah Hancock Gunsaul
1839–1925
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William Fletcher Hancock
1840–1917
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Benjamin Franklin Hancock
1841–1932
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Estavilla Candes Hancock Spilman
1843–1936
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Martha Henrietta Hancock Jones
1847–1926
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Dexter K. Hancock
1852–1916
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