JOHN C. HANCOCK, one of the enterprising young farmers of McLean County,
was born April 19, 1844, in Oldham County, Ky., and is a son of James M.
and Mary A. (Boxley) Hancock, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. He was
reared on a farm, and received a good English education at Calhoun High
School. He remained with his parents until about twenty-five years of
age. At about twenty-three he engaged in the dry goods business, and
remained in it for over eighteen months. October 18, 1870, he was
married to Ara L. Moseley, daughter of R. C. and Nancy (Archibald)
Moseley. The result of this union is one child - James M. Mrs. Hancock
died in February, 1872, and Mr. Hancock next married in October, 1873,
Emma E. Goode, of McLean County, a daughter of James Goode. They have
three children: Ernest E., Clarice C. and John C. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his first marriage
he located where he now resides on 107 acres of good land.
was born April 19, 1844, in Oldham County, Ky., and is a son of James M.
and Mary A. (Boxley) Hancock, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. He was
reared on a farm, and received a good English education at Calhoun High
School. He remained with his parents until about twenty-five years of
age. At about twenty-three he engaged in the dry goods business, and
remained in it for over eighteen months. October 18, 1870, he was
married to Ara L. Moseley, daughter of R. C. and Nancy (Archibald)
Moseley. The result of this union is one child - James M. Mrs. Hancock
died in February, 1872, and Mr. Hancock next married in October, 1873,
Emma E. Goode, of McLean County, a daughter of James Goode. They have
three children: Ernest E., Clarice C. and John C. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his first marriage
he located where he now resides on 107 acres of good land.
JOHN C. HANCOCK, one of the enterprising young farmers of McLean County,
was born April 19, 1844, in Oldham County, Ky., and is a son of James M.
and Mary A. (Boxley) Hancock, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. He was
reared on a farm, and received a good English education at Calhoun High
School. He remained with his parents until about twenty-five years of
age. At about twenty-three he engaged in the dry goods business, and
remained in it for over eighteen months. October 18, 1870, he was
married to Ara L. Moseley, daughter of R. C. and Nancy (Archibald)
Moseley. The result of this union is one child - James M. Mrs. Hancock
died in February, 1872, and Mr. Hancock next married in October, 1873,
Emma E. Goode, of McLean County, a daughter of James Goode. They have
three children: Ernest E., Clarice C. and John C. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his first marriage
he located where he now resides on 107 acres of good land.
was born April 19, 1844, in Oldham County, Ky., and is a son of James M.
and Mary A. (Boxley) Hancock, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. He was
reared on a farm, and received a good English education at Calhoun High
School. He remained with his parents until about twenty-five years of
age. At about twenty-three he engaged in the dry goods business, and
remained in it for over eighteen months. October 18, 1870, he was
married to Ara L. Moseley, daughter of R. C. and Nancy (Archibald)
Moseley. The result of this union is one child - James M. Mrs. Hancock
died in February, 1872, and Mr. Hancock next married in October, 1873,
Emma E. Goode, of McLean County, a daughter of James Goode. They have
three children: Ernest E., Clarice C. and John C. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After his first marriage
he located where he now resides on 107 acres of good land.
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