James H HancockAge: 80 years1843–1923
- Name
- James H Hancock
- Given names
- James H
- Surname
- Hancock
 Birth | May 15, 1843 |
 Marriage | Minerva Jane McClain — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 2 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 13 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 17 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Jennie Ann Hancock May 17, 1869 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 25 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Lela Bell Hancock October 12, 1872 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Georgia Hancock 1884 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. Joseph Wade “Joe” Shemwell — Lela Bell Hancock — View this family December 24, 1895 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 54 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Gradie Odella Shemwell August 20, 1899 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a wife | Minerva Jane McClain November 3, 1907 (Age 64 years) |
| Burial of a wife | Minerva Jane McClain 1907 (Age 63 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
 Census | 1910 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Deloy Crane 1912 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Deloy Crane 1914 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 72 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 73 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 74 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | November 12, 1923 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | 1923 (Age 79 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
| Family with Minerva Jane McClain |
| himself |
James H Hancock Birth: May 15, 1843 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 12, 1923 — Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Minerva Jane McClain Birth: April 24, 1847 Death: November 3, 1907 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Jennie Ann Hancock Birth: May 17, 1869 26 22 Death: December 19, 1926 |
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3 years daughter |
Lela Bell Hancock Birth: October 12, 1872 29 25 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 30, 1954 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Georgia Hancock Birth: 1884 40 36 Death: 1968 |