Silas B. Hancox and Eleanor "Ellen", "Nellie" Prather

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Husband Silas B. Hancox ¹

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           Born: 14 Nov 1813 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Kerr Hill Cemetery, Gresham, Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA

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         Father: Capt. Amos J. Hancox (1782-1860) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mercy Breed (1785-1821) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1836 4

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Wife Eleanor "Ellen", "Nellie" Prather ⁴

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           Born: 1809 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1861 4
         Buried:  - Kerr Hill Cemetery, Gresham, Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA

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         Father: Henry Prather (1778-1818) 5 6 7
         Mother: Lydia Ricketts (Abt 1780-1855) 8

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Children

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1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 564.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1049.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 914.

4 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 4.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

7 Earl M. Prather, Pioneers 1795 - 1997 Ricketts, Prather, & McCalmont (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1997), Pg 3.

8 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 3.