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Jefferson Blufe Hancock

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Jefferson Blufe Hancock

Birth
Flynns Lick, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
26 Feb 1923 (aged 77)
Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, USA
Burial
Stephenville, Erath County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Father: Joseph W Hancock
Mother: Catherine Leach Hancock

A Confederate soldier; husband of Mary [Mollie] E. Haile Hancock (1846-1924). Jefferson served with six brothers during the Civil War; one brother served with the Union forces (John Jasper Hancock). He served with the Confederacy with the Texas Sharpshooters, Company D, 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, Lamar County. The Sharpshooters covered Louisiana and Mississippi. Jefferson's brother, Joseph M "Tobe" Hancock, was in the same company.

In 1874, Mr. Hancock bought 100 acres in Erath County; throughout the next twenty years, he continued to buy land. Mr. Hancock was a charter member of the Morgan Mill Masonic Lodge (now part of the Stephenville Lodge) and taught in Masonic schools in the North Central Texas area for many years.

Additional Children:
Washington Percy
Joe C
Jennie Lind Freeman
Jasper Leonard

Wife Mollie was the sister of Nancy C Haile Hancock [Joseph 'Tobe' Hancock's wife]
Father: Joseph W Hancock
Mother: Catherine Leach Hancock

A Confederate soldier; husband of Mary [Mollie] E. Haile Hancock (1846-1924). Jefferson served with six brothers during the Civil War; one brother served with the Union forces (John Jasper Hancock). He served with the Confederacy with the Texas Sharpshooters, Company D, 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, Lamar County. The Sharpshooters covered Louisiana and Mississippi. Jefferson's brother, Joseph M "Tobe" Hancock, was in the same company.

In 1874, Mr. Hancock bought 100 acres in Erath County; throughout the next twenty years, he continued to buy land. Mr. Hancock was a charter member of the Morgan Mill Masonic Lodge (now part of the Stephenville Lodge) and taught in Masonic schools in the North Central Texas area for many years.

Additional Children:
Washington Percy
Joe C
Jennie Lind Freeman
Jasper Leonard

Wife Mollie was the sister of Nancy C Haile Hancock [Joseph 'Tobe' Hancock's wife]


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