Hancock, George A.
Birth Name | Hancock, George A. |
Gramps ID | I104940483 |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | unknown |
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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Birth [E0017] | 08 October 1825 | Harrison County, Indiana |
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Death [E0018] | 15 August 1847 | Harrison County, Indiana |
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Burial [E0019] | Hancock Chapel Cemetery, Harrison County, Indiana |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Hancock, Samuel [I104940430] | 23 July 1796 | 17 July 1847 | |
Mother | Avery, Francis Anna [I104940433] | 1794-05-08 | 1875 | |
Brother | Hancock, James B. [I104940441] | 07 March 1818 | 22 October 1847 | |
Sister | Hancock, Sarah [I104940443] | about 1820 | ||
Sister | Hancock, Nancy Jane [I104940444] | about 1824 | Abt 1847/1848 | |
Hancock, George A. [I104940483] | 08 October 1825 | 15 August 1847 | ||
Sister | Hancock, Mary A. [I104940489] | 03 September 1829 | ||
Brother | Hancock, John Strange [I104940490] | 30 October 1831 | ||
Sister | Hancock, Catharine [I104940492] | 20 August 1834 | 31 March 1895 | |
Brother | Hancock, Samuel Wesley [I104940493] | 1837-05-16 | 04 November 1922 |
Narrative
Transcript of portion of letter dated 12 March 1848 to Osburn Lamar Wilson from William Hancock (they are 2nd cousins):
"Sickness -- this has been rageing through our country during the whole winter to an alarming extent in the character of Sypes fever -- Uncle Samuel Hancock his son George you recollect that took that ride with us to Palmyra & was so gentlemanly and Social & his Son James, Daughter Nancy, all died within the Short Space of 4. months of this fatal disease -- there were no other deaths in the connection -- yet there has been much Sickness. I was attacked with this disease in July last, from which I never recovered till in Dec."