Biography of Robert M Hancock, Baxter Co, AR

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ROBERT M. HANCOCK. It is a pleasure and a privilege to record the character and
enterprise of men of business who have made their own way in life, and no more
efficient man could have been found for the office of circuit and county clerk
than Robert M. Hancock. He is keenly alive to his responsibilities, fulfills
them in the most prompt and thorough manner, and even his political enemies have
come to understand that he is the "right man in the right place." He owes his
nativity to Coffee County, Tenn., where he was born February 11, 1847, a son of
William A. and Elizabeth (McCrary) Hancock, both of whom were natives of Middle
Tennessee. After their marriage they moved to Gibson County, West Tenn., and
from there to Arkansas in 1861, locating on a farm a little over a mile from
Mountain Home. There the father died in 1876, at the age of fifty-two years, and
his widow at Potterville, Mo., in 1879 while trying the waters of the medical
spring of that place for her health. William A. Hancock was a stanch Democrat in
politics, was active in political matters and successfully filled the offices of
deputy sheriff and justice of the peace. In 1861 he joined Shaver's regiment as
first lieutenant of his company and was with that command until taken prisoner
below Little Rock. He was sent to Rock Island, Ill., thence to Ft. Delaware and
other places, and after eighteen months of hardships and privations was
released. He was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and socially was
a member of the A. F. & A. M. His marriage resulted in the birth of seven
children: R. M., the eldest, received his education in the common schools of the
neighborhood, and in the summer of 1863 joined Schavell's battalian [sic] of
cavalry, with which he served until shot at Ashly Station in the latter part of
1864. He was shot through the lungs and was left on the field of battle for
dead. After the war was over he returned home, and up to 1874 was engaged in
farming. The three subsequent years were spent in Northwest Texas, where he
worked at the carpenter's trade, and he continued to follow this occupation for
a number of years after his return to Baxter County and built many houses
throughout the county. He has for some time held the office of county and
circuit clerk and has made an A No. 1 official, faithful and conscientious in
the discharge of his duties, and as a result he has made many friends. In 1876
he was married to Miss Sarah Moody, who was born in Arkansas, and four sons and
a daughter have blessed their union. Mr. Hancock is a member of Mountain Home
Lodge No. 225 of the A. F. & A. M., the I. O. O. F., and in the latter has
filled all the chairs, is a member of the Encampment, and has represented his
lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. Politically he is an enthusiastic
Democrat.


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A REMINISCENT HISTORY OF THE OZARK REGION

COMPRISING A CONDENSED GENERAL HISTORY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF EACH
COUNTY, AND NUMEROUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF SUCH COUNTIES.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
1894.