Biographies: Arthur L. HANCOCK, Rice Lake Township, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 25 October 1999 ==================================================================== Arthur L. Hancock is proprietor of the Spring Dale Stock Farm, consisting of 333 acres in sections 13 and 24, Rice Lake Township, which his father purchased in 1919 and placed in his charge. There is a good house on the place, a good barn 40 by 100 feet with full basement, two sheep sheds, a swine house, machine sheds, granary and other buildings. The land is well tilled, the pasturage is rich, the fences are well kept and the equipment is of the best. The stock consists mostly of a fine herd of Holsteins, headed by a full blooded sire. A specialty is made of stock raising, and from three to four car loads of cattle are shipped each year to the market. Mr. Hancock was born at Forreston, Illinois, June 17, 1895, the son of Rev. Thomas L. and Mary F. (Whallon) Hancock. He was married Nov. 22,1917, at Meredosia, Ill., to Reva H. Hyde, daughter of George and Mary E. (Hyatt) Hyde, natives respectively of Illinois and Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock have three children: Francis E. was born at Meredosia, Ill., Oct. 26, 1918; Arthur L. was born at Meredosia, Ill., Sept. 26, 1919; and William H. was born on the present farm, Nov. 1, 1920. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 494.