Erie County NyArchives Biographies.....Hancock, J J ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner Brosey http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 September 2, 2011, 11:29 am Author: Western Publishing Company J. J. Hancock, tobacco dealer, was born in England in 1830; came to America in 1851, and located at London, Canada; removed to Buffalo, N. Y., in 1853, and engaged in the boot and shoe business. He removed to Dubuque, Ia., in 1858; thence to Sioux Falls, Dak., in 1871, where he resumed the boot and shoe business. In 1878 he was in the employ of the American Express Company. In 1879 he located in Missouri Valley. Additional Comments: From History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth (1882); Harrison County Chapter, Missouri Valley Biographies File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/erie/bios/hancock1175gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb