159 Warwick Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

Gordon Stanley Hancock was born in Rochester, N. Y, July 14,
1890, son of John E. and Caroline Hancock. He attended Public
School Number 10, West High School, and the Rochester Business
Institute.

For some time he was connected with the Reynolds
Library administration, and later entered the employ of the Taylor
Instrument Companies. Later he began business for himself as a
building contractor. He was a member of the Church of Epiphany.

He entered the service at Rochester, N. Y., December 16, 1917, at the
age of 27 years, as a Private, being assigned to Battery F, 57th
Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. He was trained at Fort Hancock,
Sandy Hook, N. J.

He was given a furlough to return to Rochester to attend the
funeral of a relative, and became ill before he could return to his post.
He died of lobar pneumonia, April 19, 1918, at the General Hospital,
Rochester, N. Y. Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, April 23, 1918,
Section W, All 145.

Source:  World War Service Record Rochester and Monroe County, Vol 1, The Du Bois Press Rochester, NY, Published by the City of Rochester, 1924

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