Christian-Sangamon County IL Archives Obituaries.....Hancock, George Taylor November 25, 1943
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Breeze Courier Newpapaer, 26 Nov. 1943
George T. Hancock
Veteran of Civil War Dies at 94
Was One of Country's Last Boys in Blue"
  George T. Hancock of Mechanicsburg and Morrisonville died at 1:15 a.m. 
yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Ida Hancock Waterman of 
Morrisonville. He was 94 years old. Mr. Hancock followed farming most of his 
life. He was head of six generations and left between 200 and 300 descendants.
   Mr. Hancock retained his mental alertness to the last. He was born in 
Liberty, Kentucky 24 Feb, 1849, the son of Andrew and Rebecca Walker Hancock. 
He married Mary Jane Ross and after her death, he married Margaret E. Walker, 
both deceased. He is survived by daughters Mrs. Ida Waterman and Mrs. Becky 
Lairson of Springfield and sons William of Taylorville and George B. of Mt. 
Auburn. The remains were remvoed to the Abel Funeral Home in Taylorville where 
services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Final rites will be held at 2:15 p.m. 
in the chapel of Mechanicsburg Cemetery.

Additional Comments:
Note: George Taylor Hancock served in the 13th Kentucky Caavalry as a boy of 14 
and 15 years of age.  He had received a Civil War pension for 75 years.

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