Brief Life History of Allen Bedford
When Allen Bedford Hancock was born on 26 May 1863, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Allen G. Hancock, was 26 and his mother, Manerva Ellis, was 24. He married Sarah A. Catherine Reynolds on 19 February 1883, in Stone, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in White River Township, Izard, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Mounds, Creek, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 13 April 1933, in Black Oak, Craighead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Lower Cane Island Cemetery, Lake City, Craighead, Arkansas, United States.
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- Allen Hancock in household of Roy Hancock, "United States Census, 1920"
- Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1922
- Allen B Hancock, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1864 · Skirmish at Benton
Confederate forces in Arkansas began an invasion of Missouri, while other Confederate sources probed the line around Little Rock. On July 6, 1864 the fourth Arkansas Cavalry tried to break the line around Little Rock one soldier was killed, eight were wounded, three went missing from the Union side and four were killed and six wounded from the Confederate side.
1865 · Sultana Tragedy
In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke ).
Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle, periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.
History: Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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