Levi Ward Hancock

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

LEVI WARD HANCOCK

(carpinter, LDS general authority)

BIOGRAPHY

Levi Ward Hancock was born April 7, 1803 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.

In 1830, while living in Ohio, Hancock heard Latter Day Saint missionaries Parley P. Pratt, Sidney Rigdon, and Oliver Cowdery preaching in Mayfield. Convinced by their words, Hancock was baptized on November 16, 1830 in Kirkland, Ohio.

On March 1, 1835 (or 2/28/1835?), Hancock was ordained a seventy in the Church and was selected as one of the first seven presidents of the Seventy. On April 6, 1837, Hancock was released from this position because it was mistakenly believed that he, like five of the other presidents of the Seventy, had already been ordained a high priest. When it was discovered that this was not the case, Hancock was restored to his position on September 3, 1837. Hancock would serve as one of the presidents of the Seventy until his death. Following the death of Joseph Young, Hancock was the senior president of the Seventy from July 1881 until his own death in June 1882.

In 1846 joined the Mormon Battalion. On 16 July 1847, he was mustered out of the Army at Pueblo Los Angeles with the majority of the Battalion.

Levi arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the fall of 1847.

Around 1866, Levi moved south to Harrisburg, then Leeds, and finally Washington. He served a full-time mission for the Church attempting to grow cotton in southern Utah. Hancock helped settle Washington, Utah, and was ordained a church patriarch in 1872.

Block layout     Levi owned Lots 1, 2, 3, and 6 on Block 41 of the 1873 resurvey of Washington.
    That block has been subdivided many times and now contains many homes.

    37° 8' 5" North Latitude,   113° 30' 44" West Longitude
    37.135° North Latitude,   113.512° West Longitude
    2,839 feet (865 meters) MSL

Levi died in Washington on June 10, 1882 and is buried in the Washington City Cemetery.


FAMILY

Parents and Siblings:
    Thomas Hancock III
    Amy Ward Hancock
        Elijah Hancock
        Thomas Hancock Jr.
        Clarissa Hancock
        Solomon Hancock
        Alva Hancock
        Joseph Hancock
        Levi Ward Hancock
        Sarah Abbott Hancock
        Amy Hancock

(11/21/1763-10/1/1844)   (married 5/25/1786)
(2/28/1769-1/14/1847)
(9/21/1786-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(1/25/1788-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/3/1790-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(8/14/1793-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/19/1796-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(3/18/1800-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/7/1803-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married as shown below)
(6/18/1805-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/18/1807-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

First Wife and Children:
    Clarissa Reed Hancock
        Mosiah Lyman Hancock

        Sariah Hancock
        Amy Elizabeth Hancock
        Francis Marion Hancock
        John Reed Hancock
        Levison Hancock
        Levi Ward Hancock
        Joseph Smith Hancock


(12/18/1814-1/17/1860)   (married 3/29/1833; divorced 1854)
(4/9/1834-1/14/1907)   (married Margaret McCleve, Sarah Tew,
          Martha Mariah Cable Myer, and Esther Caroline Mayer)
(6/5/1835-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(5/14/1836-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/16/1838-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(4/19/1844-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(6/9/1845-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(2/28/1847-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(9/24/1849-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Second Wife and Children:
    Emily Melissa Richey Hancock
        Cordellia Hancock
        Emily Melissa Hancock
        Temperance Jane Hancock
        Levi Ward Hancock Jr.


(3/12/1830-4/26/1857)   (married 2/24/1849)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Third Wife:
    Elizabeth Woodville Hovey Hancock  


(5/11/1835-5/24/1879)   (married 2/19/1856; divorced 1857)

Fourth Wife and Children:
    Anna Tew Hancock
        Levison Hancock
        Zenis Hancock
        Zenif Hancock
        Ether Thomas Hancock
        Cyrus Hancock
        Solomon Marcenia Hancock
        Samuel Alfred Hancock


(7/18/1835-xx/xx/1884)   (married 7/19/1857)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)

Fifth Wife:
    Mary Ann Mogensen Hancock


(12/8/1819-1/12/1892)   (married 8/9/1868)


PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

Wikipedia article on Levi W. Hancock

Autobiography of Levi Hancock, 1803-1882

Levi Ward Hancock in the Joseph Smith Papers

Levi Hancock Journal on LDS.ORG

Levi Ward Hancock: Pioneer, Soldier, Political and Religious Leader of Early Utah
by Dennis A. Clegg, April 1966
BYU History Department Master's Thesis
Note particularly pp. 116-120 on Levi's life in southern Utah.

Levi Ward Hancock (Pioneer)

Family of Thomas Hancock Jr. & Amy Ward

Family of Levi Ward Hancock & Clarissa Reed

Geni entry for Levi Ward Hancock

Levi Ward Hancock & Clarissa Reed

Find-A-Grave entry for Levi Ward Hancock

Find-A-Grave entry for Clarissa Reed Hancock White

Find-A-Grave entry for Emily Melissa Richey Hancock

Find-A-Grave entry for Elizabeth Woodville Hovey Twitchell

Find-A-Grave entry for Mary Ann Mogensen Hancock