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.
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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
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Third Wife: Elizabeth Woodville Hovey Hancock |
(5/11/1835-5/24/1879) (married 2/19/1856; divorced 1857) |
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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) |
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Fifth Wife: Mary Ann Mogensen Hancock |
(12/8/1819-1/12/1892) (married 8/9/1868) |
PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Wikipedia article on Levi W. HancockAutobiography 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