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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. B. F. Hancock is one of the leading medical practitioners in this section of the country, and was born in Crawford County, Mo., in 1853, being a son of F. D. and Mary (Spencer) Hancock, the former of whom was born in Tennessee in 1820, and the latter in Missouri in 1825. Their marriage took place in Crawford County, Mo., and there they are still residing, worthy citizens and consistent members of the Methodist Church. The father is a farmer, has filled the office of justice of the peace a number of years, and socially is a member of the A. F. & A. M. When he was about six years old he was taken by his father, Benjamin F. Hancock, to St. Charles County, Mo., where he spent the rest of his days engaged in farming. The maternal grandfather, William Spencer, died at Potosi in Washington County, Mo. The subject of this sketch is the fourth of ten children—seven sons and three daughters—and in addition to spending his life on a farm and attending the common schools he received the advantages of an academic education in Crawford and St. Charles Counties, Mo. Having long had a desire to become a practitioner of the “healing art’’ he began his studies in the office of Dr. N. C. Hancock, a brother, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Nashville, Tenn., in 1881, returning almost immediately to Arkansas, having practiced a few years prior to graduating in Howard and Sevier Counties. After his return he located at Bingen, where he has since continued to reside, and where he has built up an extensive and paying practice among the better class of citizens, being considered by all to be a skillful and successful physician. He was married in 1880 to Miss Sallie, a daughter of Dr. Benjamin F. and Jane Jones, who were born and married in South Carolina, and in 1870 came to Howard County, where they still live. Dr. Jones has been a practitioner of many years’ standing, and served throughout the late war in the Confederate army. His wife is a Methodist. Mrs. Hancock, their daughter, was born in Laurens County, S. C, and she and the Doctor are the parents of a son and two daughters. They have a pleasant and comfortable home at Bingen, besides being the owners of 130 acres of land in Howard County and forty acres in Hempstead County. The Doctor is a Democrat, a member of the A. F. & A. M., and his wife is a Methodist.

 

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This family biography is one of 131 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Hempstead County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Hempstead County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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