Biography - W. H. HANCOCK
W. H. Hancock, who is one of the most successful broom-corn brokers and
business men ot Tuscola, was born in Chicago, March 29, 1864, and is a son
of W. S. and Sarah (Bell) Hancock. His father was born in Oxford, Ohio, and
his mother in Miffllintown, Pennsylvania. His father is now living a retired
life in Chicago. W. H. Hancock was raised to manhood in Chicago and educated
in the Cook county normal school. His first position of any importance was
that of conductor on the Pullman car lines, and he continued as such for
seven years, running over thirty-six different railroads. For seven years he
was engaged in the broom-corn business with his father in Chicago.
In January, 1895, he was married to Miss Tillie Brogan, a highly
accomplished young lady of Muscatine, Iowa. They have two children, John
Henry and May.
In 1899 he associated himself in partnership with W. Avery Howard (a notice
of whom is found elsewhere) in the broom-corn brokerage business with their
office in Tuscola. The firm is one of the most active and responsible
engaged in the business. During the last year they handled about fifteen
hundred tons of broom corn. He and his wife stand high in the social circles
of Tuscola, where they expect to make their future home.
Extracted 11 Sep 2019 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, pages 252-253.
