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Newton Jasper Hancock and Melissa Withers

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Newton Jasper Hancock was born 4 May 1836. He died 9 Jul 1909. Newton married Melissa Withers in 1857.
Melissa Withers was born 25 May 1839 and died 15 Jan 1895. She was the daughter of John and Mary Withers.


1 - Mary Ann Hancock was born 3 Apr 1857 in Pulaski Co., MO and died 6 Apr 1926 in Ottawa, Franklin Co., KS. She married Lafayette William Christeson 10 Oct 1883 in MO. Lafayette was born in 1855 in Dixon, Pulaski Co., MO and died in 1938 in MO. He was the son of Elijah Christeson and Lucretia Carpenter. They had 6 children.
Family Story: In 1898 the family moved from Pulaski County to Kansas in a covered wagon. They took their cows with them. Some of the children walked part of the time along with the wagon.
2 - Jasper Newton Hancock was born 12 Sep 1863 in MO and died 15 Feb 1944. He married Tabitha Cole. Tabitha was born 29 May 1865 and died 14 Dec 1952. She was the daughter of Giles M Cole and Martha Jane Morgan. They had 10 children.
3 - William Ed Hancock was born in 1861 in MO. He married Ellen Jackson. Ellen was born in 1860 and died 24 Dec 1945. They had 5 children.
4 - John Anderson Hancock was born 12 Jun 1867 and died 15 May 1961. He married Cora Elisabeth Pharris 11 Aug 1894. Cora was born 7 May 1871 and died 11 May 1958. She was the daughter of Remus Franklin Pharris and Margaret Jane Keyes. John and Cora had 10 children.
5 - Jeremiah Hancock was born in 1871 and died 2 Dec 1942. He married Ida Cole in 1896. Ida was born 1 Mar 1879 and died 11 Aug 1928. She was the daughter of WC Cole and Nancy E Crimson.
6 - Commodore Perry Hancock was born in 1875 in MO. He married Laura Pharris. Laura was born 25 Oct 1873. She was the daughter of Remus Franklin Pharris and Margaret Jane Keyes.
7 - Dora E Hancock was born in 1877 in MO.



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