The D. L. and Rosa Hancock Collection

Collection

Identifier: A-0375

Staff Only

Content Description

World War 1 letters, house ledger, and clothing associated with D. L. Hancock and Rosa Peterson.

Dates

Event: Donated 8/3/2021
Creation: 1918-2021

Language of Materials

The material is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for resarch

Biographical / Historical

David Lot “D.L.” Hancock was born on September 25, 1900, in Garrison, Texas, to James Samuel Benjamin Hancock and Mary Caroline Evans. On December 30, 1919, he married Rosa Belle Peterson, who was born on June 25, 1901, to Thomas Jefferson Peterson and Alice Elizabeth Crawford. D.L. and Rose attended the Center School in Garrison, Texas, from 1907, becoming childhood sweethearts. The two frequently wrote letters over the course of 1918 and 1919. After the two were wed, they took residence near Naconiche Creek, where they farmed their land. D.L. and Rosa Belle Hancock had four children: John D. (1921), Mary Elizabeth (1922), Virginia Belle (1926), and Betty Lou (1936).

In the 1930s and 1940s, D.L. and Rosa Belle continued to work on their farm and raised mules, swine, and tended to cops. D.L. also worked on pipelines, timber, and drove the school bus in Garrison, Texas. In addition, D.L. worked as an orderly in a Nacogdoches retirement home. The couple contributed land to the Congregational Methodist Church located south of Garrison in the 1950s. The couple was heavily involved in their community both religious and social.

D.L Hancock passed away in 1973, and Rosa Belle Peterson Hancock in 1995, both are buried next to each other in Greenwood Cemetery, Garrison, Texas.

Extent

1.30 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection consists of fifteen folders and one oversized box.

Bibliography

D.L. Hancock, Draft Registrations, MyHeritage, [subscription database]. Online at: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-20912-7515445/d-l-hancock-in-united-states-world-war-ii-draft-registrations#fullscreen (accessed March 235, 2026).

D.L. Hancock, Deaths, 1890-1977, Family Search, [subscription database]. Online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K364-48D?lang=en (accessed March 23, 2026).

D.L. Hancock and Rosa Belle Hancock, Marriage Index, Ancestry, [subscription database]. Online at: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH8B-83H/rosa-belle-peterson-1901-1995 (accessed March 25, 2026).

D.L. Hancock and Rosa Belle Hancock, United States Census, 1940, Ancestry, [subscription database]. Online at: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH8B-83H/rosa-belle-peterson-1901-1995 (accessed March 25, 2026).

D. L. Hancock, United States, United States Census, 1930, FamilySearch, [subscription database]. Online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRZR-9HL2?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AHFPM-2ZM&action=view&cc=1810731&lang=en&groupId=

D.L. Hancock, United States Census, 1950, FamilySearch, [subscription database]. Online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-GQHW-QVV3?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6XGB-6NSS&action=view&cc=4464515&lang=en&groupId= (accessed on March 25, 2026).