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James Cary Stockton

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James Cary Stockton

Birth
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
5 Oct 1910 (aged 62)
West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Montmorenci, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.4682776, Longitude: -87.0266678
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Father: Charles Lawrence Stockton, b. 6 Nov 1812, Bedford, VA
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Eastburn, b. 1 Nov 1828, Columus, Franklin, OH
Spouse: Catherine Elizabeth Miller, b. 22 Oct 1848, Tiffin, Seneca, OH
Date of marriage: 23 Jan 1868
Member: Methodist Episcopal Church


Children:
Grace Odessa, b. 31 Dec 1868, d. 1875, #46889568
Charles Guy, b. 5 Sep 1870, d. 1946
Harry Clayton, b. 16 Feb 1872, d. 1929, #46889608
Mary Belle, b. 29 Aug 1873, d. 1893
Blance Harriet, b. 30 Sep 1875
Esther Mahala, b. 25 Jan 1877, d. 1891
Cary Carrie Pearl, b. 23 Oct 1878, son #46913220
George Clyde, b. 22 Nov 1880, 1897
Forest Henry, b. 20 Jan 1882, d. 1951
Emmett Wilson, b. 26 Jan 1884, d. 1967, #55721272
Girl, b. 16 Mar 1885
Margaret Ruth, b. 14 Mar 1885/86, d. 1901
Karp Leonard Sr, b. 26 Feb 1888, d. 1963
Paul Miller, b. 18 Jun 1891, d. 1962
Elizabeth Jane, b. 17 Sep 1895, d. 1965
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JAMES C. STOCKTON was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., October 19, 1847 and is the eldest of the seven children born to Charles L. and Elizabeth J. (Eastburn) Stockton, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. When only four years of age, Charles L. Stockton was brought by his parents to Wayne County, this State, and a few years later, in 1822, to Tippecanoe County, then an unbroken wilderness. There his father entered a large tract of land-the same on which the city of La Fayette now stands-and when a lad of ten or twelve Mr. Stockton carried water for the men who erected the first log cabin on the site of that city. On reaching his majority, he followed teaming for several years, after which he bought 240 acres of land in the northwest part of the township, then quite wild, built a log cabin of the most primitive character, but subsequently developed the farm on which he yet resides. He began life with no capital, save an ax and a stout heart, but acquired property, outside his homestead, amounting to 1,340 acres; he was married when thirty-five years old, and is now seventy-one, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years. James C. Stockton finished his education at the Battle Ground High School, and until twenty years of age was employed on the home farm; he then married, farmed a year in Tippecanoe County, and in April, 1869, moved upon a tract of 1,020 acres of wild land in this township, and owned by his father. In March, 1872, his father deeded him 140 acres of this tract, which he has increased to 280 acres. January 23, 1868, he married Catherine E. Miller, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, and daughter of William and Mahala (Groves) Miller. To this union have been born nine children, of whom five boys and three girls are yet living. Mr. Stockton is W. M. of Octagon Lodge, No. 511, A. F. & A. M., is a Democrat, and from 1874 to 1878 was Justice of the Peace, and both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Father: Charles Lawrence Stockton, b. 6 Nov 1812, Bedford, VA
Mother: Elizabeth Jane Eastburn, b. 1 Nov 1828, Columus, Franklin, OH
Spouse: Catherine Elizabeth Miller, b. 22 Oct 1848, Tiffin, Seneca, OH
Date of marriage: 23 Jan 1868
Member: Methodist Episcopal Church


Children:
Grace Odessa, b. 31 Dec 1868, d. 1875, #46889568
Charles Guy, b. 5 Sep 1870, d. 1946
Harry Clayton, b. 16 Feb 1872, d. 1929, #46889608
Mary Belle, b. 29 Aug 1873, d. 1893
Blance Harriet, b. 30 Sep 1875
Esther Mahala, b. 25 Jan 1877, d. 1891
Cary Carrie Pearl, b. 23 Oct 1878, son #46913220
George Clyde, b. 22 Nov 1880, 1897
Forest Henry, b. 20 Jan 1882, d. 1951
Emmett Wilson, b. 26 Jan 1884, d. 1967, #55721272
Girl, b. 16 Mar 1885
Margaret Ruth, b. 14 Mar 1885/86, d. 1901
Karp Leonard Sr, b. 26 Feb 1888, d. 1963
Paul Miller, b. 18 Jun 1891, d. 1962
Elizabeth Jane, b. 17 Sep 1895, d. 1965
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JAMES C. STOCKTON was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., October 19, 1847 and is the eldest of the seven children born to Charles L. and Elizabeth J. (Eastburn) Stockton, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively. When only four years of age, Charles L. Stockton was brought by his parents to Wayne County, this State, and a few years later, in 1822, to Tippecanoe County, then an unbroken wilderness. There his father entered a large tract of land-the same on which the city of La Fayette now stands-and when a lad of ten or twelve Mr. Stockton carried water for the men who erected the first log cabin on the site of that city. On reaching his majority, he followed teaming for several years, after which he bought 240 acres of land in the northwest part of the township, then quite wild, built a log cabin of the most primitive character, but subsequently developed the farm on which he yet resides. He began life with no capital, save an ax and a stout heart, but acquired property, outside his homestead, amounting to 1,340 acres; he was married when thirty-five years old, and is now seventy-one, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years. James C. Stockton finished his education at the Battle Ground High School, and until twenty years of age was employed on the home farm; he then married, farmed a year in Tippecanoe County, and in April, 1869, moved upon a tract of 1,020 acres of wild land in this township, and owned by his father. In March, 1872, his father deeded him 140 acres of this tract, which he has increased to 280 acres. January 23, 1868, he married Catherine E. Miller, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, and daughter of William and Mahala (Groves) Miller. To this union have been born nine children, of whom five boys and three girls are yet living. Mr. Stockton is W. M. of Octagon Lodge, No. 511, A. F. & A. M., is a Democrat, and from 1874 to 1878 was Justice of the Peace, and both he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.


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