BOOK - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. PUBLISHED IN 1909.
David Hancock, or "Uncle Dave," as he is lovingly called, was born April 22, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. He went to Vermont with his parents, learned blacksmithing, which
he carried on with his brother, and then went to work on a Connecticut steamboat, of which he afterwards became captain. He came to Red Wing June 12, 1854, and in partnership with Thomas Lowater ran a stage line. He took a
contract for delivering mail once a week from this city to Austin and St. Nicholas, Minn., but being of an accommodating disposition, gave a semi-weekly service instead. As assistant of Sheriff Harry Hoffman, who first went east and was then appointed postmaster, Mr. Hancock was practically the real sheriff, and to him belongs the honor of taking the first prisoner from this city to Stillwater.
Mr. Hancock then went to live in Goodhue township, where he enlisted in the Civil War, serving one year as drum major. From his discharge until 1877 he engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi and in the latter year practically retired., He was also the first captain of the Nellie Sheldon, one of the early ferry experimnents across the river at this point.
David Hancock has twice married, first to Adeline Stearns, and after her death to Olive Field. He is the father of six children.
David Hancock, or "Uncle Dave," as he is lovingly called, was born April 22, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. He went to Vermont with his parents, learned blacksmithing, which
he carried on with his brother, and then went to work on a Connecticut steamboat, of which he afterwards became captain. He came to Red Wing June 12, 1854, and in partnership with Thomas Lowater ran a stage line. He took a
contract for delivering mail once a week from this city to Austin and St. Nicholas, Minn., but being of an accommodating disposition, gave a semi-weekly service instead. As assistant of Sheriff Harry Hoffman, who first went east and was then appointed postmaster, Mr. Hancock was practically the real sheriff, and to him belongs the honor of taking the first prisoner from this city to Stillwater.
Mr. Hancock then went to live in Goodhue township, where he enlisted in the Civil War, serving one year as drum major. From his discharge until 1877 he engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi and in the latter year practically retired., He was also the first captain of the Nellie Sheldon, one of the early ferry experimnents across the river at this point.
David Hancock has twice married, first to Adeline Stearns, and after her death to Olive Field. He is the father of six children.
BOOK - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. PUBLISHED IN 1909.
David Hancock, or "Uncle Dave," as he is lovingly called, was born April 22, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. He went to Vermont with his parents, learned blacksmithing, which
he carried on with his brother, and then went to work on a Connecticut steamboat, of which he afterwards became captain. He came to Red Wing June 12, 1854, and in partnership with Thomas Lowater ran a stage line. He took a
contract for delivering mail once a week from this city to Austin and St. Nicholas, Minn., but being of an accommodating disposition, gave a semi-weekly service instead. As assistant of Sheriff Harry Hoffman, who first went east and was then appointed postmaster, Mr. Hancock was practically the real sheriff, and to him belongs the honor of taking the first prisoner from this city to Stillwater.
Mr. Hancock then went to live in Goodhue township, where he enlisted in the Civil War, serving one year as drum major. From his discharge until 1877 he engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi and in the latter year practically retired., He was also the first captain of the Nellie Sheldon, one of the early ferry experimnents across the river at this point.
David Hancock has twice married, first to Adeline Stearns, and after her death to Olive Field. He is the father of six children.
David Hancock, or "Uncle Dave," as he is lovingly called, was born April 22, 1812, in Worcester county, Mass. He went to Vermont with his parents, learned blacksmithing, which
he carried on with his brother, and then went to work on a Connecticut steamboat, of which he afterwards became captain. He came to Red Wing June 12, 1854, and in partnership with Thomas Lowater ran a stage line. He took a
contract for delivering mail once a week from this city to Austin and St. Nicholas, Minn., but being of an accommodating disposition, gave a semi-weekly service instead. As assistant of Sheriff Harry Hoffman, who first went east and was then appointed postmaster, Mr. Hancock was practically the real sheriff, and to him belongs the honor of taking the first prisoner from this city to Stillwater.
Mr. Hancock then went to live in Goodhue township, where he enlisted in the Civil War, serving one year as drum major. From his discharge until 1877 he engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi and in the latter year practically retired., He was also the first captain of the Nellie Sheldon, one of the early ferry experimnents across the river at this point.
David Hancock has twice married, first to Adeline Stearns, and after her death to Olive Field. He is the father of six children.
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