Brief Life History of Elijah
When Elijah Hancock was born on 2 April 1844, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Solomon Hancock, was 50 and his mother, Phoebe Adams, was 32. He married Eliza Caroline Rudd on 25 December 1867, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1905. He died on 27 November 1929, in Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Eden, Graham, Arizona, United States.
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- Elijah Hancock in household of George Hancock, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elijah Hancock - Memory of Someone: birth: 13 April 1844; Hancock, Hancock, Illinois, United States
- U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
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1850
Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business
1863
Arizona Territory
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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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