Hallie Hancock

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name: Hallie Bigham
death date: 04 Feb 1960
death place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
Cause of Death: stabbed in chest and abdomen with icepick like object, simultaneously had larynx fractured from choking
gender: Female
race: White
death age: 54 years
estimated birth date:
birth date: 29 Jan 1906
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Divorced
spouse's name:
father's name: Charles A. Hancock
father's birthplace:
mother's name: Nora Cousins
mother's birthplace:
occupation: Tavern Manager
place of residence: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas
cemetery: Silsbee
burial place: Silsbee, Texas
burial date: 08 Feb 1960
additional relatives: X
film number: 2116049
digital film number: 4166202
image number: 2618
reference number: cn 6839
Collection: Nora Cousins in entry for Hallie Bigham, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, Friday, Feb. 5, 1960
Page 1
Stabbed 41 Times, S. A. Woman Dies
Tavern Owner Ice Pick Victim

A 48-year-old woman tavern operator, slain about 1 p.m. Thursday, was stabbed about 41 times ina death struggle, Dr. Robert Hausman, county medical examiner, revealed late Thursday.

The woman, Hallie Bigham, was found about 1:30 p.m. on the floor of Hallie's Place, 4234 Culebra Road.

Police Thursday night were looking for a Seguin man, reportedly a regular customer of the tavern.

Hausman said the woman was stabbed 31 times in the chest and abdomen and bout 10 times in the arms.

He said the woman, who reportedly lived in the rear of the tavern also was chocked and cut one on the chin.

Police theorized the death struggle started behind the counter where a pool of blood ran about 15 feet from the counter to the spot where the woman's body was found.

Hausman said the wound apparently was inflicted by an ice pick or some other long, slender weapon.

One of the wounds's fractured the woman's right wrist, Hausman said.

A broken bottle found on the tavern floor was believed to have inflicted the four inch cut on the woman's chin.

Audrey L. Real, a service stateion operator whos lives at 1030 John Page Dr. discoverd the woman's body at 1:30 p.m. when he went to the tavern.

Real, 47, after seeing the woman's body near the front door of the tavern, notified Mrs. Dora Britz, 4221 Culebra Road, owner of the tavern. She notified police.

Police picked up five persons but released them after questioning.

They ruled out robbery in the murder after finding $118.37 still in the cash register.

The February 11, 1960 issue of the same newspaper, also page one, had an article titled "Seguin Man Tells About Fatal Fight: Guadalupe Co. Sherrif Arrests 18-Year Old" The article stated that Juan Valdez was arrested shortly after noon on February 10 as he and several friends were on their way to a movie. Valdez stated that the struggle which ended with Hallie Bigham's death started when she demanded $5 from him. Valdez said her refused to pay, and the woman called him a "dirty Mexican." He slapped her across the face with a bottle, and she raced from the table at which they had been drinking and grabbed in ice pick.

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name: Charles A. Hancock
death date: 24 May 1947
death place: Hardin, Texas
gender: Male
race: White
death age: 65 years 8 months 22 days
estimated birth date:
birth date: 02 Sep 1882
birthplace: Texas
marital status: Married
spouse's name:
father's name: W.R. Hancock
father's birthplace: Texas
mother's name: Nancy Dubose
mother's birthplace: Texas
occupation: Retired-Santa Fe Employee
place of residence: Silsbee, Hardin, Tex.
cemetery: Resthaven Cemetery
burial place: Texas
burial date: 26 May 1947
Informant Mrs. Louella Hancock
additional relatives: X
film number: 2218599
digital film number: 4031396
image number: 1299
reference number: CN 21142
Collection: Charles A. Hancock, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"

(Research):

Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Jasper County, JP 3, Kirbyville
Enumerated 10 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 62 Sheet 6A
Main Street
98-104
Hancock, William and Nancy (ages 52 and 47, both born in Texas, parents of 10 living children) Occupation Hotel Keeper
Their five daughters and one son
Kibbler, J M Boarder
Rigsby, Charley and Olllie (age 28 and 24) and their son
Hancock, Charley Baorder M W 29 m1 6 Tx Tx Tx Scaler Timber Camp
Hancock, Norah Boarder Wf F W 24 m1 6 2/2 Tx Tx Tx
Hancock, Hallie Boarder F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Hancock, Novella Boarder F W 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Charles married Nora L. Cousins about 1904. Nora (daughter of William Daniel Cousins and Mary Frances Woods) was born on 29 Mar 1885 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; died on 19 Mar 1915 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is listed on FindAGrave as Nora HANCOCK, which matches the spelling on the gravestone and census, rather than the death certificate below. The date of death inscribed on her grave marker is shown as Mar 20, 1916 versus Mar 19, 1915 below.

Name: Nora Hanelcaek
Death Date: 19 Mar 1915
Death Place: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 29 years 11 months 19 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1886
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Burkeville, Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. R. Cousins
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Woods
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Bronson, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2051269
Digital Film Number: 4032102
Image Number: 2650
Reference Number: certificate # 6369
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Shown as William Daniel Cousins by his granddaughter, Joye Cousins Turner. The transcription of the Little Flock Cemetery shows him instead as William Dalton Cousins. The book, "Glimpses of Newton County History." also refers to him as William Daniel.

Virgie Speights writes that he was one of the teachers at the one-room log school in Rosevine. (Speights, p. 77).



(Research):

Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Newton County, Pr. 2
Enumerated Jun 1880
Page 24B SD 1 ED 56
218-218
Cousins, William W M 26 Farmer
Cousins, Mary W F 23 Wife Keeping House
Cousins, Robert W M 5 S
Cousins, Sarah W F 3 Dtr
Cousins, Marion W M 1 Son

1900 Census
Texas, Coryell County, JP 2
Enumerated 2 and 4 Jun 1900
SD 263 SE 41 Sheets 2A and 2B Stamped 59
25-26
Cousins, W. D. Head W M Nov 1855 44 m 26 Tx Va Miss Day Laborer
Cousins, Mary F. Wife W F Jun 1866 (sic) 33 (sic) M 26 11/10 Tx Tx Miss
Cousins, Roy Son W M Jan 1881 19 S Tx Tx Tx Day Laborer
Cousins, Clara Dtr W F Jan 1883 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Nora Dtr W F Mar 1885 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Ida Dtr W F May 1887 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Livie Dtr W F Mar 1890 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Carrie Dtr W F Aug 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Artie Dtr W F July 1894 5 S Tx Tx Tx
Cousins, Troy Son W M Dec 1898 2 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
Enumerated 2 Jan 1920
SD 326 SD 173 Sheet 1A
6-6
Cousins, William D Head M W 65 M Tx Tn Miss Farmer
Cousins, Mary F Wf F W62 M Tx Miss Miss
Cousins, William D Son M W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer Home Farm

William married Mary Frances Woods on 5 Feb 1874 in Newton County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Francis Marion Woods and Eliza Louisa C. M. Irwin) was born on 4 Jun 1857 in Newton County, Texas; died on 6 Dec 1925 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have come to Texas in 1836, and to have been a son of John Clark Cousins and Elizabeth Allen of Amelia County, Virginia. Also said to be a brother of Marthe Epps Cousins, the wife of Asa Mann, residents of Haywood County, Tennessee.

(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Newton County
Enumerated 26 Oct 1850
87-87
Robert Cousins 38 M Farmer 800 VA
Sarah Jane Cousins 20 F Ala
Mary Elizabeth Cousins 1 F Tx

The Slave Schedules indicated he had four slaves in total, 34 year old Male, 20 year old female, 18 year old male, and 2 year old male

Robert married Sarah Jane Jordan on 12 Nov 1848 in Newton County, Texas. Sarah was born on 17 Jan 1831 in Neshoba County, Mississippi; died on 11 Mar 1907 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Yancey Dore shows her as a daughter of Henry JORDAN and Mary Ann ROBERTS.

Her gravestone is inscribed Sarah J. Miller Born Jan 17, 1831 Died Mar 11 1907 Aged 76 Years 1 Mo 24 Days.

In "Glimpes of Newton County History" it was written that Sarah had been married twice before when she married as his second wife, Robert Marcus, who was a Baptist minister. Robert also farmed near Burkeville. "Seven children, six step-children and a husband who had to be away on weekends gave Sarah Miller plenty to do. She was a hardy pioneer woman who lived to be in her seventies."




(Research): She had also been married to Tom Byerly, and had one child by him, Claborn "Clay' Harrison Byerly.

Notes:

Married:
Source: County Court Records FHL Microfilm #1005596

Notes:

He was a Baptist minister and organized the Little Flock Baptist Church in San Augustine. (White and Toole, p 32).

Said to be living with his father in San Augustine at the time of the 1850 census.

Francis married Eliza Louisa C. M. Irwin on 28 Aug 1856 in Jasper County, Texas. Eliza was born about 1836 in Texas; died about 1914 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Little Flock Baptist Church Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]