The annual Hancock reunion was held Sunday, August 13, in the fellowship hall at the Onton Methodist Church. A large number of descendants of pioneers William Lewis and Sarah Bradshaw Hancock enjoyed the sharing of genealogical materials, old pictures, fun, food and fellowship.

Lewis Hancock was born in Goochland County, Virginia in 1792. Together with his parents he emigrated to Franklin County, Kentucky in 1806; served in the War of 1812; and in 1819 married Sarah Bradshaw, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Carter) Bradshaw. In the fall of 1824, William Lewis and Sarah and their five young children (all under the age of 6) moved to Christian County where he farmed. In 1850, the family moved to the Onton area where they remained for the remainder of their lives. William Lewis and Sarah had 55 years of domestic bliss, during which time seven sons and eleven daughters were born unto them; thirteen of them lived to be grown and married; ten of them were land holders and lived within an area of ten miles square, the parents residing in about the center.

By 1880, Lewis and Sarah had 115 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren. By 1900, this family, including the in-laws, was one of the largest families in the state of Kentucky.

Mrs. Wilma Branson Patterson, age 90, was the oldest present at this year's reunion and Philip Logan Sizemore, age 2, was the youngest. Lorena Elizabeth Price of Lake Wales, Florida traveled the farthest distance.

Others attending were Tony and Judy Wooten, Madison, Wisconsin; Sarah Jane Price, Winter Haven, Florida; Jetru Hancock Adams, Augustus, Georgia; Keven Luck, Clarksville, Tennessee; Bettye Dunville Hartz, Highland, Indiana; Brooke Reed, Mt. Vernon, Indiana; Tom and Eva Hall, Dr. Norris and Mary Branson, Henry C. and Georgia Parker, Joni Ramsey and Jeremy Hoesli, Joan Hancock Ballard, Steve and Lois Parker, Jean Rogers, all of Evansville, Indiana; Joe and Tammy, Andrea, Debra Parker, Martha Patterson Noffsinger, all of Newburgh, Indiana; Kenneth Luck, Marian Dunville, both from Owensboro.

Also, Jean Luck, Henderson; Ruth Timmons Lisenby, Hopkinsville; Bill and Sue Oakley, Keith and Joely Oakley, Keith Oakley, Jr., Adana Oakley, all of Paducah; Web and Loleta Hancock, Dora Jane Hall, Sebree; Carol Blue Jones, Providence; Vickie Blue Shoulders, Clay; and from Onton - Holeman Hancock, Frank Hancock, Mary Virginia Fridy, Charles and Rhonda Ramsey Rawlings, Edith Hancock Roland, O'Neal "Rube" and Betty Wright, Corey Jo Wright, Raymond Oglesby, Joe Nancy, Sylvia Hancock, Shana Davis, Vera Marks, Rev. Billy and Peggy Raby, and Alvin and Louise Fleming.

There were others who visited, but failed to sign the registry.