Charles Brent Hancock (1823 - 1904)

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Biography

Charles Brent Hancock was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 23 Dec 1823. He was a son of Solomon Hancock (1793-1847) and Alta (Adams; 1795-1836).

Charles Brent Hancock was a Private, Company "C" in the Mormon Battalion ^[1], which was commissioned by the United States government to venture to the desert region of the western territory east of California, thus to act as a "buffer" against contested boundaries with Mexico in context of the American-Mexican War. Their principal objective was to secure the Arizona Strip, mainly all lands north of the Colorado River that were not previously occupied by Euro-American settlers.

Charles Brent Hancock married first, 10 Mar 1850, Samantha Priscilla Rawson (1830 - 1854), with whom he had three children:

• Charles Brent Hancock (1851-1921); married 1) Louisa Almeda Shurtliff; 2) Matilda Ellen Whitehead
• Cornelia Samantha (Hancock) Shurtleff (1852-1936); married Noah Luman Shurtleff
• Alta Pricilla Hancock (1853-1924); married Francis Marion Shurtleff

He married second, 14 Feb 1855 to Malinda Melissa Crockett, daughter of Lydia (Young; 1812-1888) & David Crockett (1806-1876). Their children were:

• Melinda Lovesta Hancock (1855–1871)
• Charles Edwin Hancock (1857–1940); married Priscilla Smith
• Joseph Brent Hancock (1859 - 1860)
• Lydia Ella Hancock Watkins (1861–1953); married Joseph Hammond
• Elizabeth Adelaide Hancock (1863–1953); married Brigham Wright
• David William Hancock (1865–1954); married Flora Hannah Gibson

Charles Brent Hancock married (contemporaneously) 14 Feb 1857 at Salt Lake City, Utah, Chloe Ann Rawson (1836 - 1901; sister of his first wife), with whom he had several children, including but not limited to:

• Charles William Hancock (1859-1930); married 1) Emmaretta Bingham; 2) Mary S. Curtis
• Daniel R Hancock (1862–1896)
• Eliza Jane Hancock (1875–1915); married Elisha John Thomas

Charles Brent Hancock married (synchronously) 14 Feb 1857 at Salt Lake City, Utah, Rachel Melinda Moore (1841 - 1913), with whom he had children, including but not limited to:

• Melinda Jane Hancock (1859–1928); married 1) Horace Franklin Rawson; 2) Solomon Hancock

The combined family resided in 1860 in Payson, Utah ^[2], in which record Charles B. Hancock was described as a miller.

Charles Brent Hancock passed away in 1904 in Harrisville, Utah ^[3]. His grave is in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA ^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Members of the Mormon Battalion, A Sesquicentennial Remembrance, compiled by Dr. Susan Ward Easton, p. 29. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE5417209
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2W-QT9 : 18 February 2021), Chas B Hancock, 1860.
3. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPK-F68 : 11 September 2015), Charles Bratt Hancock, 1904.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #25600716