Brashear, Mo., May 15. - William David Hancock, 81 years of age,
died at the family home in Brashear yesterday afternoon at 2:45 o'clock.
He had been in failing health the past year and seriously ill the past
three days with uremic poisoning.
Mr. Hancock was born April 8, 1860, in Lee County Iowa, the son
of Isaac and Rachel Craig Hancock, natives of Indiana. He came to Missouri
when 21 years of age and worked as a farmhand near Brashear for two years.
He was married to Miss Ida Steele, April 27, 1882. To this marriage eight
children were born, four dying in early childhood. He is survived by his
widow, one son, and three daughters, Clarence Hancock, Mrs. Elmer
Patterson, and Mrs. Frank Riley, all of Brashear, and Mrs. Clarence Payne
of Kirksville; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; one sister
and four brothers, Mrs. Nellie Brown, Willard Hancock and Norman Hancock of
Keokuk, Ia., Edward Hancock and Freemont Hancock of Montrose, Ia.
Mr. Hancock bought a farm 2 miles west of Brashear soon after his
marriage and lived there until 1935, when he sold the farm to his son and
with his wife moved to Brashear where he has lived since. He had been a
member of the United Brethren Church of Brashear for sixty years.
The funeral will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the United Brethren
Church in Brashear, conducted by Rev. Paul E. Thompson. Burial will be in
the Brashear cemetery. The body will lie in state at the family home until
time for the funeral.
The pall bearers will be Elza Walters, Albert Walters, Frank
Coppers, William Barker, Lew Parsons, and Tom Moore.
Duane A. Pierce
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