Eleanor Bagby

1853 - 1924  (71 years)

• Name	Eleanor Bagby
  Birth	19 Jul 1853	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Female
  Census	10 Nov 1860	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 7, born TX, living with parents
  Census	22 Jul 1870	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 17, born TX, living with mother
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 26, born TX, living on mother's estate
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 46, born July 1853 in TX, marr 22 yrs, 1/1 children living, housekeeper, living on Bagby homestead
  Census	22 Apr 1910	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 32 born TX, marr 32 yrs, 2/3 children living, parents born VA/NY, Vandervoort family next door.
  Census	14 Jan 1920	Houston, Harris, TX
  	age 65, born TX, parents born VA/NY, living next to sisters Nannie, Marguerite and mother
  Death	8 Dec 1924	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1675	Family Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Madison Bagby,   b. 18 May 1814, New Canton, Buckingham, VA d. 12 May 1868, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Marianna Baker,   b. 3 May 1824, Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY d. 16 Dec 1904, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	23 Feb 1848	Houston, Harris, TX
  Histories		History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William James Hancock,   b. 5 Dec 1848, Tishomingo Co, Mississippi d. 30 Nov 1935, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 86 years)  [1]
  Marriage	10 Jan 1878	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor F Hancock,   b. Dec 1879, Houston, Harris, TX d. 11 Jan 1934, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 54 years) + 2. Elsa Hancock,   b. 12 Jul 1883, Houston, Harris, TX d. 30 Oct 1940, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2014

  
  

• Headstones		Hancock Family Grave Site Plot: Sect. C-4, Lot 175
  		Eleanor (Bagby) Hancock Gravestone ELEANOR BAGBY / HANCOCK / JULY 19, 1853 / DECEMBER 8, 1924 / The Lord is my Shepherd.

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Houston Post", 9 Dec 1924 (genealogybank.com) Mrs. Eleanor Bagby Hancock, age 71, the second daughter of Colonel T.M. And Mrs. Mariana Bagby, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Berleth, 112 Hawthorne Avenue, at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Surviving her is her husband, W.J. Hancock, of Houston; two daughters, Mrs. Frank Berleth and Mrs. Joan Allen, of Dallas; four grandsons, Francis, Nelson and William Berleth and John Alan Jr.; her sister, Mrs. Emily B. Usher, of Houston, and many nephews and nieces, most of whom live in Houston. Mrs. Hancock was a devoted Christian, being a life member of the First Presbyterian church of Houston, which her father had helped to found. She was born in the old Bagby block, where the new city library is being constructed. There she was married and resided all of her life until the block was sold recently to the city by the Bagby heirs. Her mother and father were pioneer citizens. Colonel Bagby came to Houston in 1837 and during the remainder of his life was prominently connected with its growth and development. He was among Houston's first cotton factors, for many years represented the Town company in the sale of city property, was one of the founders of the First National bank and at the time of his death was president of the Direct Navigation company. The funeral will be held at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Berleth, 112 Hawthorne street, at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Rev. William States Jacobs officiating. Burial will be in Glenwood cemetery. Pallbearers will be W.B. Taylor, A.S. Vandervoort, Judge C.E. Ash, R.E. Tankersley, Russell Goss, Taylor Robertson, E.A. Peden and Henry Jonas Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (Transcribed by LDS), Ref Num: Rn 38914.