HANCHEY, J.  F. 
                         Dry Creek, LA


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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 163.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore

J.F. Hanchey, Dry Creek - J.F. Hanchey is a native of Alabama, born in Pike
county, May 30, 1845.  He is the son of William and Frances (Letlow) Hanchey. 
His father was a native of South Carolina, born November 15, 1806, and his
mother of Jones county, Georgia, born January 9,1812.  They were married in
Dallas county, Alabama, October 1, 1829.  There was born to this
union eleven children,  five sons and six daughters, eight of whom are now
living, viz: John W., James W., M.E., Joseph M., Lucinda, wife of Samuel Pates;
Frances, wife of George Theilman; Sarah, wife of James Heard.  Those deceased
are: Eliza, Nancy, William.  William Hanchey was a successful planter of
Alabama, and removed from there to Florida, and was engaged in the Florida
Indian war.  In 1859 he removed to Louisiana with his parents, where he received
a common school education in this parish.  Mr. Hanchey gave his full attention
to planting until 1889, when he erected a cotton, grist and saw mill, which he
operates in connection with his plantation.  He was married in Calcasieu, in
1865, to Miss Nancy Ford, a native of Louisiana, and daughter of
J.B. Ford.  They are the parents of eight children, viz: James E., Grace F.,
Joseph J., John L., Sarah N., Robert D., Lucinda N., Jefferson.