There were too many Susan Hancocks in husband William's family, so this one was used her middle initial, A. Sue A. was widowed twice by the time she wed widower William L. Hancock.
They had married just a few years before their 1880 Census, were counted while farming south of Austin, in Hays County. Of eight children present, only the two youngest were from the current marriage. Stepchildren were labeled that, but only from the viewpoint of the parent listed first, William.
Two sets of Susan's old Carpenter in-laws lived "next-door" (down the road). The elder of the Carpenter households (William and Jane Carpenter, ages 70 and 63) had daughters who were teachers, a new thing at the time and desperately needed.
THE CHILDREN
First listed: William and Walter Hancock, ages 9 and 7, of William's first wife. (Eudocia had died "in child bed", a few days after giving birth, in March of 1873. She is buried with many early Hancocks of Travis County, in the old Oakwood Cemetery. )
Second: William's two natural daughters with Susan A. *Myrtle Hancock, just 2.*An infant daughter so small they had not yet thought of a name.
Third: William's stepchildren, natural children of Susan. *Preston Shepard, 18, so born in 1862, Civil War era. Also seen as Shepperd/Sheperd. He considered himself a farmer. Was his natural father a war casualty? Historians say that as many as half to two-thirds of the war deaths were by disease, as typhoid fever swept through crowded camps quickly.*Mattie K, Shawnee, and William Carpenter, ages 8,6, and 4, lucky to have grandparents and teaching aunts next-door. That the last Carpenter was age four, telling us Susan had been in this last marriage no more than four years.
They had married just a few years before their 1880 Census, were counted while farming south of Austin, in Hays County. Of eight children present, only the two youngest were from the current marriage. Stepchildren were labeled that, but only from the viewpoint of the parent listed first, William.
Two sets of Susan's old Carpenter in-laws lived "next-door" (down the road). The elder of the Carpenter households (William and Jane Carpenter, ages 70 and 63) had daughters who were teachers, a new thing at the time and desperately needed.
THE CHILDREN
First listed: William and Walter Hancock, ages 9 and 7, of William's first wife. (Eudocia had died "in child bed", a few days after giving birth, in March of 1873. She is buried with many early Hancocks of Travis County, in the old Oakwood Cemetery. )
Second: William's two natural daughters with Susan A. *Myrtle Hancock, just 2.*An infant daughter so small they had not yet thought of a name.
Third: William's stepchildren, natural children of Susan. *Preston Shepard, 18, so born in 1862, Civil War era. Also seen as Shepperd/Sheperd. He considered himself a farmer. Was his natural father a war casualty? Historians say that as many as half to two-thirds of the war deaths were by disease, as typhoid fever swept through crowded camps quickly.*Mattie K, Shawnee, and William Carpenter, ages 8,6, and 4, lucky to have grandparents and teaching aunts next-door. That the last Carpenter was age four, telling us Susan had been in this last marriage no more than four years.
There were too many Susan Hancocks in husband William's family, so this one was used her middle initial, A. Sue A. was widowed twice by the time she wed widower William L. Hancock.
They had married just a few years before their 1880 Census, were counted while farming south of Austin, in Hays County. Of eight children present, only the two youngest were from the current marriage. Stepchildren were labeled that, but only from the viewpoint of the parent listed first, William.
Two sets of Susan's old Carpenter in-laws lived "next-door" (down the road). The elder of the Carpenter households (William and Jane Carpenter, ages 70 and 63) had daughters who were teachers, a new thing at the time and desperately needed.
THE CHILDREN
First listed: William and Walter Hancock, ages 9 and 7, of William's first wife. (Eudocia had died "in child bed", a few days after giving birth, in March of 1873. She is buried with many early Hancocks of Travis County, in the old Oakwood Cemetery. )
Second: William's two natural daughters with Susan A. *Myrtle Hancock, just 2.*An infant daughter so small they had not yet thought of a name.
Third: William's stepchildren, natural children of Susan. *Preston Shepard, 18, so born in 1862, Civil War era. Also seen as Shepperd/Sheperd. He considered himself a farmer. Was his natural father a war casualty? Historians say that as many as half to two-thirds of the war deaths were by disease, as typhoid fever swept through crowded camps quickly.*Mattie K, Shawnee, and William Carpenter, ages 8,6, and 4, lucky to have grandparents and teaching aunts next-door. That the last Carpenter was age four, telling us Susan had been in this last marriage no more than four years.
They had married just a few years before their 1880 Census, were counted while farming south of Austin, in Hays County. Of eight children present, only the two youngest were from the current marriage. Stepchildren were labeled that, but only from the viewpoint of the parent listed first, William.
Two sets of Susan's old Carpenter in-laws lived "next-door" (down the road). The elder of the Carpenter households (William and Jane Carpenter, ages 70 and 63) had daughters who were teachers, a new thing at the time and desperately needed.
THE CHILDREN
First listed: William and Walter Hancock, ages 9 and 7, of William's first wife. (Eudocia had died "in child bed", a few days after giving birth, in March of 1873. She is buried with many early Hancocks of Travis County, in the old Oakwood Cemetery. )
Second: William's two natural daughters with Susan A. *Myrtle Hancock, just 2.*An infant daughter so small they had not yet thought of a name.
Third: William's stepchildren, natural children of Susan. *Preston Shepard, 18, so born in 1862, Civil War era. Also seen as Shepperd/Sheperd. He considered himself a farmer. Was his natural father a war casualty? Historians say that as many as half to two-thirds of the war deaths were by disease, as typhoid fever swept through crowded camps quickly.*Mattie K, Shawnee, and William Carpenter, ages 8,6, and 4, lucky to have grandparents and teaching aunts next-door. That the last Carpenter was age four, telling us Susan had been in this last marriage no more than four years.
Bio by: JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX
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