Los Angeles County CA Archives Biographies.....Hancock, Albert K. 1853 - 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com January 1, 2006, 2:27 am

Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)

    A. K. HANCOCK, of Santa Monica, California, is a native of Memphis,
Tennessee, he having been born in that city on the 26th day of February, 1853,
where he continued to reside until he removed with his family to Santa Monica.

    His father, Captain A. S. Hancock, was one of the pioneer wholesale
merchants of Memphis, having come to Memphis in its early history and he also
owned and operated a line of steamboats between Memphis and New Orleans. His
family history includes many names of distinguished men, both soldiers and
statesmen.

    Albert K. Hancock received his education in the common schools of his native
city, finishing at Saulsbury College, Saulsbury, Tennessee—at that time one of
the leading educational institutions of Tennessee—after which he engaged
extensively in cotton planting, cultivating large tracts of land in the
Mississippi Valley.

    In 1875 he married Miss Corinne Duke, only daughter of Judge George W. Duke,
a distinguished lawyer and Judge of the Probate Court in Crittenden County,
Arkansas and who was also a large cotton planter. Mrs. Hancock received her
education at Ward's Seminary, at Nashville, Tennessee, the leading Seminary for
young ladies in the state.

    In 1882 Mr. Hancock commenced the practice of law in his native city and
state and soon took position among the most successful members of his
profession, he having in a short time gained an enviable reputation as a
prosecutor in damage actions and in the defense of criminal cases.

    Mr. Hancock was elected to the Senate from his home district in 1903 and, 
while so representing that district, he rendered signal service to his
constituency in many vital issues touching the life, growth and prosperity of
Memphis and his native state generally.

    During the early part of 1906, Mr. Hancock settled up his business affairs
at his old home (Memphis) and removed with his family to Santa Monica, where he
has purchased an elegant home fronting the ocean, he having invested also in
Hollywood and elsewhere, with a view of making California his permanent home,
and has established his office in Los Angeles where he is enjoying a very
lucrative and satisfactory law practice.

    Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have four children, Sara, the wife of Colonel James A.
Loudon, a retired capitalist of Santa Monica; Lulu, wife of John D. Jordan, a
tobacco merchant of New Orleans, La., and a young son and daughter, Hadys and
Corinne, aged respectively 12 and 10 years, all of whom reside in Santa Monica,
except Mr. and Mrs. Jordan, who are expected to join their mother and father
within the near future and become permanent residents of beautiful Santa Monica
by the Sea.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief
history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County,
1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and
embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative
people.

Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908)


File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/hancock259bs.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/

File size: 3.7 Kb