Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-04-27
AlMIRA HANCOCK.

glaow az the Distine uished Soldier, Gen.
Wlnasld Scott Hsncock. Rassea from
L.lees Amer lingering Illness, nc Her
Hos ID Gramsrcy Park. New York.
NKw YoRx. April s1.-After linger-
ing illneas of many months, Mrs Al
mira Hancock. widow of Mai.-Gen.
Winfield s. Hancock, died 1t $3.50 yes
terday afternoon. at the residence of
the generals niece, Mrs Eugene Grit
I'm, in Creamery Park.
Mrs Hancoclk's strength had been
olowly wasting away under the subtle
influence of . succession of sorrows
that bad subdued her naturally cheerful
disposition and withdrawn her from
society during the later years of her
life. Her only daughter. Ada Eliza
beth, remarkably beautiful and &C.
complished girl, died in this city on the
18th of March. 1875. at the age of 49,
Her mother. Mrs. Russell, died at the
generals Official residence ON Govern
Or's island, on the oath of April, 1888,
and her only son, Russell. died in Mis-
sissippi on the s0th Of December, 1884.
These bereavements were followed by
the death of her husband at Governors
island. on the 9th Of February. 1885,
Thus one after another the imme-
diate members of her family passed
away from her ideal home In the
summer of 1891 Mrs. Hancock went to
Europe. where change of air and
scenery soon wrought a marked change
In her health, During this diverting
sojourn in foreign lands something of
the vivacious charm of her joyous
youth came back to her now and then,
but only for a time.
Over exertion in Europe. and particu-
larly her preparations for her return,
had developed . serious form of ner-
vous prostration. which was aggra-
waited by the winter voyage. After her
arrival in this city last November she
had a relapse, from which she never
rallied She continued to grow weaker
until death resulted from complete ex-
haustion of the vital forces.
Three grand children. two girls and
. boy. the children of Russell Hancock,
and her only brother Oliver Russell,
and her two cousins, Mrs. Emma
Rouvier, of this city, and Mrs. Ward.
wife of Capt Ward, of the army, are
the nearest surviving relatives
Mrs Hancock was descended ON her
Heguenot families of New York Her
paternal grandfather was Oliver Du-
bois. and her maternal grandmother
Maria Brown. the latter being sixth in
descent from Paul Richard, third son of
of Dean Paul Richard, Comte de Vail
lai. a captain in the French guards, and
chevalier in La Duchesse de Orleans
Mrs Hancock's grandfather. Steven
Richard Brown, the grandson of Capt
johannes Breuin, who commanded
company in this city in 1889. was Of
French descent and figured conspicu-
ously in the colonial history of New
York. The Breuins or Browns were
connected by marriage with the Kings,
Van Burgs, Clintons, .Livingstones and
other old colonial families of New
York.
Mrs Hancock's grandfather. Oliver
Dubois, removed from New York to
Ohio, and then to St. Louis, which lat
ter place became his hcme for many
years, and was afterwards the home Of
Mrs Hancock's parents, where she was
born and lived until her marriage, in
1850, with Gen. Hancock. then lieu
tenant in the Sixth United States in
fantry. Her father, Mr.. Samuel Rus
sell. had been for many years a prom
tnent merchant of St Louis, and her
remains will be taken to that city for
burial