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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

B. ALLEN HANCOCK.
    B. Allen Hancock, of El Dorado, who is serving as sheriff of Union county,
was born near the old town of Marysville on the 6th of April, 1872, and was
reared to farm life, early becoming acquainted with the best methods of tilling
the soil and caring for the crops. His educational privileges were limited to
the opportunities afforded by the common schools. He attended through the
.winter seasons, working on the farm through the summer months, and remained on
the old homestead until twenty-two years of age, when he went to Texas, where he
was employed as a cowboy on the range. He devoted three years to work of that
character and then returned to Columbia county, Arkansas, near Atlanta, where he
was again engaged in farm work for a period of five years, and in addition to
the cultivation of his land he carried on merchandising in Atlanta. In 1906 he
removed to El Dorado, where he has conducted a general merchandise store and
later a hardware store. He also has engaged in buying and selling horses and
mules, following this business for a number of years. He has always led a life
of activity and his energy and determination have constituted the salient
qualities on which he has builded the success that has come to him.

    Mr. Hancock has filled a number of public positions. He was city marshal of
El Dorado from 1912 until 1915 and in 1920 he was elected to the office of
sheriff of Union county, taking up the duties of the position on the 1st of
January, 1921. He is now making an excellent record by the prompt and fearless
manner in which he is promoting the cause of justice through the apprehension of
criminals. Aside from this he has oil interests and land interests in Arkansas,
being connected with the Stewart Oil Company. He deserves much credit for what
he has accomplished and his life should serve to inspire and encourage others,
showing what can he done when the individual is industrious and ambitious.

    Mr. Hancock was married December 23, 1904, to Mrs. Mary Lee McBride. He
belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and its teachings have guided him in
all the relations of life. He is well known in Arkansas, where he has gained a
large circle of friends, all of whom speak of him in terms of high regard.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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