Biography

1805 - 06/05/1878


HANCOCK, Joseph L., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1805 in Salem County, NJ; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1842 and 1843 terms; brick manufacturer; elected, alderman, 24th Ward, Philadelphia (1872-1873); died, June 5, 1878 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fair Hill Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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