The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17
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MANCHESTER.
Judge B. a. Hancock II IS ii III. an an
Unconscious Con
dition.
is. NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE
is. NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE
rlc Funeral Of Miss Winston.
Services in#thcH Churches.
Personal.

Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch, q
No. 1902 Hull Street
Judge Beverly Augustus Hancock. one
Of tho most beloved men in Chesterfield
county, lies at deaths door, at his home,
few miles from Manchester.
For more than q week Judge Hancock nc
has been in an unconscious and q SEMI
conscious condition. His physician, DR..
II. r. Matthews, has practically given up
hope, and has discontinued the use OF
medicine, leaving the rest to nature
Judge Hancock is suffering with
cere-meningitis. His doctor says lie Is
not now feeling the pain that racked
him before he became unconscious. It
seems now that ho is within the shadow
of deaths door. .Es
Tho III man Is q self-made man. he
built himself up to q leading man Of
the community by hard, persistent work.
JIe never attended college, but sought
knowledge at the little country school
and over the midnight candle.
He was born in Chesterfield county IN
September, 1S47, and is. therefore, q COM
paratIvely young man. He served during
tho latter years Of tile Civil Wal. as a
~. After tho war he continued TO study.
ana mastered the intricacies Of the legal
profession in the offices OF the leading
LAWYERS Of Chesterfield county. After
n short independent practice, lie was
elected Commemorative attorney, when
posltion no held until he was chosen
Judge Of the Third Circuit. lilo sue
ceeded himself three times and has Just
been elected for 4 fourth term, although
he <,tN vNfv n
Fourth judicial Circuit embracing tho
counties OF Chesterfield, Nottoway,
Amelia. Powhatan and Dnwddlc.
Before he was chosen commemorative
ATTORNEY he served some time as county
superintendent of schools with distln-
guishcd ability.
| IN 1876, Judge Hancock married Miss
Molllc Taylor, OF Chesterfield county, u
sister OF Mr.. W. II. Taylor, Mrs Phoene
Morris ana Miss Cornelln Bnnch Taylor,
and half sister Of Captain G. Watt Tay-
lor. and Mrs, J. b. Elan, of this city
Judge and Mrs. Hancock have five
chidren-Mary, Beverly, Corncla, John
e. TIlla and Helen Hamilton, He has
ono sister. Miss Ella, who lives With
him, and two half brothers, Professor
Charles Winston, of Richmond College.
ana DR.. Winston, OF Farmville.
Judge Hancock has for long time
been an active MEMBER OF CloPtoH otlcoL
Baptist Church., and Is considered sub
stantal pillar of that church. His infu-
, ence Is widespread, and his counsels In
church matters are sought upon all oc-
customs, lie has Il personal magnetism
that has made for him many friends aud
admirers. There Is unusual concern ro-
gardng his condition, and many pray
ers aro being daily offered for his re-
covery,
FUNERAL or MISS WINSTON,
Tho funeral of Miss Willie a. Winston,
of Bon AIR. will be from the home OF
her brother, CAPTAIN IC, Winston, OF
Chesterfield county, at o'clock ms
afternoon. Her relatives IN tins city nnd
Richmond, who Will attend the funeral
will leave on the 1890 o'clock train to-
day over the Southern and get off ut
Robson's
Miss Winston died at her homo yester-
day morning at o'clock, She had many
friends who grieye at her death.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Rev. r. M. Chnndler's subject at Cen-
trail Methodist Church, this morning VIII
be rChristian Conservatism" At night
he will preach special sermon to 10
seph p Johnston Camp OH '"The Chris,
tian Soldiers"
REV. w. w. slsk will have as his morn
Ing subject: "a Wrestle With the Devil
All night he will preach on THE Seven
Churches of Asia Minor"
Rev. ]. n. Routten Will have as his
subject at the morning service, Behind
I the Curtain With Cod" and at nisht lls