John Wheeler Hancock (1900 - 1987)

Born 8 Mar 1900 in Georgia, USA

Ancestors

John Hancock is buried in Tallahassee Memory Gardens.

Biography

John was born in 1900 to Hiriam W Hancock and Mary Ema Strickland. He married Rosa Mae. They lived in Georgia at least until 1940. When he passed away, he was buried in the Garden of the Last Supper, Tallahassee Memory Gardens, Tallahassee, Florida. He shares a grave marker with his wife.[1]

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLK7-6GH : accessed 14 June 2015), Wheeler Hancock in household of Hiram W Hancock, Militia District 1538, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 25A, family 298, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,192.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZZH-33G : accessed 14 June 2015), John Wheeler Hancock, 1917-1918; citing Colquitt County, Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,557,017.
• "United States Census, 1920," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDM-87Q : accessed 14 June 2015), Wheeler Hancock, Funston, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,245.
• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3ZW2-FW2 : accessed 14 June 2015), John W Hancock, Omega, Tift, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0015, sheet 1A, family 2, line 4, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 388; FHL microfilm 2,340,123.
• "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7P5-NZG : accessed 14 June 2015), John W Hancock, Militia District 1652, Tift, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 137-16, sheet 3B, family 47, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 714.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 33890051 [2]
• Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from grave marker at Garden of the Last Supper in Tallahassee Memory Gardens (cemetery), Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA.
• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVX3-KRJ : accessed 14 June 2015), John Wheeler Hancock, 19 May 1987; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 51744, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
• "Find A Grave Index," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-98ZL : accessed 14 June 2015), John Wheeler Hancock, 1987; Burial, Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, United States of America, Memory Gardens Cemetery; citing record ID 33890051, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VSYD-LZD : accessed 14 June 2015), John Hancock, May 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).