Excerpt from John Hancock, Ph; D: A Memoir, With Selections From His Writings John Hancock was born February 18, 1825, in a small farm house, a log-cabin, built by his father, situated on a high summit overlooking Point Pleasant, the home of General Grant, and commanding a noble view of the Ohio River and the Kentucky hills beyond. The village nearest to this rustic home was the quiet hamlet of Laurel. David Hancock, the father of John, born in New Jersey in 1797, came with his parents to Clermont County, Ohio, early in the century, and grew up with the country. He was a man of force, rigid in morals, devout in religion, a Methodist, thoroughly versed in Scripture, a fluent and agreeable talker, and a person of considerable local influence. The ancient and honorable trade by which he earned his living was that of carpentry, a craft which he practiced with much industry and skill, building many houses and barns in his neighborhood. He married Thomas Anne Roberts; a woman of Welsh origin and good family, who is described as a bright and attractive little lady. The issue of the union was a family of three sons and two daughters. The first-born of these was John, the subject of our sketch. The mother died at the age of thirty-five, leaving to the care of her bereaved husband the five young children. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.