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Additional HANCOCK Surnames in WEST END (STEPHENVILLE) Cemetery
HANCOCK, AltenaHANCOCK, David WHANCOCK, Billie DHANCOCK, Verna WHANCOCK, Joseph C.HANCOCK, Wanna BHANCOCK, Hattie B.HANCOCK, Roy TalmadgeHANCOCK, Tessie AlmaHANCOCK (VETERAN CSA}, Jefferson BlufeHANCOCK, Mary "Mollie"HAILE HANCOCK, Mary "Mollie"HANCOCK, Joe T.HANCOCK, CressieHANCOCK, Eula DaisyHANCOCK, Wesley RobertHANCOCK, Della Additional HANCOCK Surnames in ERATH County
HANCOCK, Raymond ArmonHANCOCK, OnaHANCOCK, Jasper NewtonHANCOCK, Effie IzoraHANCOCK, ManerviaHANCOCK, Marvin E.HANCOCK, Nora E.HANCOCK, Mary AHANCOCK, William ThomasHANCOCK, Lucille VioletHANCOCK, Billie LouiseHANCOCK, Timothy JacksonHANCOCK, Sudie PearlHANCOCK, Mary Pearl "Pearlie"HANCOCK, Holland C.HANCOCK, Willie THANCOCK, Alma PearlHANCOCK, Infant SonHANCOCK, Alton D.HANCOCK, William L.HANCOCK, Clara U.HANCOCK, William L. [close up]HANCOCK, Clara U. [close up]
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Submitted: 6/15/16 • Approved: 6/22/16 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R106614-G106613-S3
Jefferson Blufe
June 8, 1845 - Feb. 26, 1923
Mary
Mar. 29, 1846 - Sept. 28, 1924
Father: Joseph W Hancock
Mother: Catherine Leach Hancock
A Confederate soldier; husband of Mary [Mollie] E. Haile Hancock (1846-1924). Jefferson served with six brothers during the Civil War; one brother served with the Union forces (John Jasper Hancock). He served with the Confederacy with the Texas Sharpshooters, Company D, 1st Battalion, 9th Brigade, Lamar County. The Sharpshooters covered Louisiana and Mississippi. Jefferson's brother, Joseph M "Tobe" Hancock, was in the same company.
In 1874, Mr. Hancock bought 100 acres in Erath County; throughout the next twenty years, he continued to buy land. Mr. Hancock was a charter member of the Morgan Mill Masonic Lodge (now part of the Stephenville Lodge) and taught in Masonic schools in the North Central Texas area for many years.
[No official military marker]
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