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JAMES C. HANCOCK, of the firm of Hancock & Lowe, is a native of Kentucky, born in Wayne county, Oct. 12, 1884. His father, Benjamin Hancock, was a native of South Carolina, born in 1779, and his grandfather, (Benjamin’s father), was a Revolutionary soldier. His mother’s maiden name was Elizabeth Vickery, a native of Kentucky, and of German descent. James was raised in Kentucky, and educated in the common schools and at Monticello Academy, and afterwards attended Columbia College, in Kentucky. His health failed him, and he began traveling and teaching, and for seventeen months taught in Duval’s Valley, Ky. From his native state he came to north Missouri in the spring of 1860, and was there until the spring of 1864. He then went to Montana and engaged in the mining and stock-raising business successfully for three years, when he returned to north Missouri and farmed for six years. He then spent a year or two traveling, and finally settled in Arkansas, where he remained four years. He came to Webb City in 1878, engaging in the furniture business, which, in connection with his partner, he now carries on. He was married in Randolph county, Mo., to Mrs. Elizabeth Morris (nee Owen). She died in Arkansas, June 13, 1876. He was married again in Boone county, Ark., to Miss Mary A. Lowe. They are both worthy members of the Christian Church.