Second son of George Alexander and Melissa (Brown) Hancock. He married Alice Mary (Gray) and two daughters were born to them: Leona May (Hancock) Miller and Beulah Belle (Hancock) Brackeen Casey.
With his parent's families coming from different sides of the Civil War, he and Alice had a tough time. His family wanted him to stay on and help with the family's huge farm, Alice's parents wanted him to come into town and work in the family's store. He was constantly at odds with them and he decided to make a new life for his family away from the rest of the family squabbles.
He loaded up a wagon, hitched to a matched team of horses and headed to Denison to find work and a house for them. He stopped at the schoolhouse to say good-bye to his little sister, Fannie, and she was the last family member to ever see him again.
During that year there were tremendous rains and flooding was a constant worry. During the 1960's, while digging for the new dam and river in Delta County, the workers found the remains of a wagon, a man and horse bones. Doing research to find out who it may have been, it was discovered that Lee Hancock was the only person that was recorded as being missing and not found in that county. It is assumed that it was the remains of Fernander Lee Hancock, since he never reached Denison. He must have been trying to cross a flood ravaged creek and been swept away and drowned.
With his parent's families coming from different sides of the Civil War, he and Alice had a tough time. His family wanted him to stay on and help with the family's huge farm, Alice's parents wanted him to come into town and work in the family's store. He was constantly at odds with them and he decided to make a new life for his family away from the rest of the family squabbles.
He loaded up a wagon, hitched to a matched team of horses and headed to Denison to find work and a house for them. He stopped at the schoolhouse to say good-bye to his little sister, Fannie, and she was the last family member to ever see him again.
During that year there were tremendous rains and flooding was a constant worry. During the 1960's, while digging for the new dam and river in Delta County, the workers found the remains of a wagon, a man and horse bones. Doing research to find out who it may have been, it was discovered that Lee Hancock was the only person that was recorded as being missing and not found in that county. It is assumed that it was the remains of Fernander Lee Hancock, since he never reached Denison. He must have been trying to cross a flood ravaged creek and been swept away and drowned.
Second son of George Alexander and Melissa (Brown) Hancock. He married Alice Mary (Gray) and two daughters were born to them: Leona May (Hancock) Miller and Beulah Belle (Hancock) Brackeen Casey.
With his parent's families coming from different sides of the Civil War, he and Alice had a tough time. His family wanted him to stay on and help with the family's huge farm, Alice's parents wanted him to come into town and work in the family's store. He was constantly at odds with them and he decided to make a new life for his family away from the rest of the family squabbles.
He loaded up a wagon, hitched to a matched team of horses and headed to Denison to find work and a house for them. He stopped at the schoolhouse to say good-bye to his little sister, Fannie, and she was the last family member to ever see him again.
During that year there were tremendous rains and flooding was a constant worry. During the 1960's, while digging for the new dam and river in Delta County, the workers found the remains of a wagon, a man and horse bones. Doing research to find out who it may have been, it was discovered that Lee Hancock was the only person that was recorded as being missing and not found in that county. It is assumed that it was the remains of Fernander Lee Hancock, since he never reached Denison. He must have been trying to cross a flood ravaged creek and been swept away and drowned.
With his parent's families coming from different sides of the Civil War, he and Alice had a tough time. His family wanted him to stay on and help with the family's huge farm, Alice's parents wanted him to come into town and work in the family's store. He was constantly at odds with them and he decided to make a new life for his family away from the rest of the family squabbles.
He loaded up a wagon, hitched to a matched team of horses and headed to Denison to find work and a house for them. He stopped at the schoolhouse to say good-bye to his little sister, Fannie, and she was the last family member to ever see him again.
During that year there were tremendous rains and flooding was a constant worry. During the 1960's, while digging for the new dam and river in Delta County, the workers found the remains of a wagon, a man and horse bones. Doing research to find out who it may have been, it was discovered that Lee Hancock was the only person that was recorded as being missing and not found in that county. It is assumed that it was the remains of Fernander Lee Hancock, since he never reached Denison. He must have been trying to cross a flood ravaged creek and been swept away and drowned.
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