"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8R3-RLD : 9 November 2014), Erastus B Handcock in household of James W Handcock, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing family 583, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HX-DQT : 17 October 2014), Erastis Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing p. 322, family 2431, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,757.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVJ-BKW : 14 July 2016), E Hancock, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 162, sheet 225C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0230; FHL microfilm 1,254,230.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4C-NX7 : 6 March 2015), Erastus B Hancock, Bloomington township Bloomington City Ward 7, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,322.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJK-T2R : 29 October 2015), Erastus B Handcock in household of Mitchel Huthinson, Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 1A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,758.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1S-5MT : accessed 19 September 2016), Erastus B. Hancock and Sophronia A. Merriman, 23 Sep 1870; citing , Garrard, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,689,805.
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSW4-6JS : 4 December 2014), Erastus B. Hancock, Private, Company I, 39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 881,657.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Erastus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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