8. Joshua Foster STOCKDALE (Joseph , George ) was born 1 1854. He died 2 1918.
Joshua married Nancy Ellen ANTHONY, daughter of Robert Miller ANTHONY and Elizabeth C. CALHOUN, on 6 Oct 1880 in Armstrong Co., PA. Nancy was born 21 Nov 1857 in Mahoning Twp, Armstrong, PA. She died 1 1933 and was buried in Dayton, Armstrong, PA.
They had the following children:
+ 23 M i Charles Clinton STOCKDALE was born 7 Sep 1881 and died 1945. 24 M ii John Preston STOCKDALE was born 19 Nov 1884 in Wayne Twp, Armstrong, Pa. He died 9 May 1975 in Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pa and was buried in Dayton, Armstrong, Pa. John married Edna Lulu COCHRAN on 16 Oct 1907 in Dayton Rd, Arm Co, Pa. Edna was born 20 Jan 1885 in Rd Dayton, Wayne Twp, Arm Co., Pa. She died 20 Oct 1957 in Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pa and was buried 23 Oct 1957 in Dayton, Rd, Armstrong, Pa. + 25 F iii Mary STOCKDALE was born 4 Jun 1897 and died Jul 1986. 26 M iv Robert Shields STOCKDALE 1 was born 4 Jul 1891. He died Aug 1984 in Iowa. Robert married Katharine UNKNOWN 27 F v Bessie STOCKDALE Bessie married Curt GOOD
10. George Clark STOCKDALE 1 (Joseph , George ) was born 2 1848. He died 3 1914 and was buried 4 in Concord Cemetery, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co., PA.
George married Margaret Jane UNKNOWN "Maggie" 1, 2. Maggie was born 3 1847. She died 4 1936 and was buried 5 in Concord Cemetery, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co., PA.
They had the following children:
28 F i Jennie Mae STOCKDALE 1 was born 2 1877. She died 3 1955 and was buried 4 in Concord Cemetery, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co., PA. 29 F ii Bertha Larue STOCKDALE 1 was born 2 1880. She died 3 1900 and was buried 4 in Concord Cemetery, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co., PA. 30 M iii Harry A. STOCKDILL 1 was born 2 about 1883. 31 F iv Martha Kathryn STOCKDALE "Mattie" 1 was born 2 1886. She died 3 1962 and was buried 4 in Concord Cemetery, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co., PA. 32 M v Howard R. STOCKDILL 1 was born 2 about 1891. + 33 M vi Shields Cray STOCKDALE was born 8 Oct 1872. 34 vii Vinnie Alice STOCKDALE 1 was born 2 1875. Vinnie died 3 1877.
14. Thomas F. STOCKDILL M.D. 1 (Joseph , George ) was born 2 4 Aug 1854 in Mahoning Twp, Armstrong, Pa.
BIOGRAPHY: Stockdill, Thomas F., M. D.
BIOGRAPHY: THOMAS F. STOCKDILL, M. D., a prominent physician of Rural Valley and a skillful and well-known surgeon of the county, is a son of Joseph S. and Catherine (Foster) Stockdill, and was born in Mahoning township, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1854.
The Stockdill family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Clark Stockdill (grandfather) was born in Ireland, which he left to settle in Westmoreland county, where he remained but a short time and then came to Mahoning township, in which he followed farming. In politics he was an old-line whig, and a member of the Presbyterian church. He married and reared a family of eight children, of whom were:
Joseph S., Thomas, William, James, George and Margaret.
Joseph S. Stockdill (father) was born in Armstrong county, in 1822. In early life he was engaged in mercantile business, but afterwards turned his attention to farming and removed to Wayne township, where he owns two hundred and fifty acres of land which is underlaid with coal and other minerals. His farm is one of the most valuable in the county. He was well known as a stock-raiser for many years, but at the present has retired from active life. He was a whig and is a republican and has served as school director of Wayne township. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which he served for many years as a vestryman. He married Catherine Foster, a daughter of Thomas Foster, and to their union were born seven children, four sons and three daughters:
G. Clark, residing on the homestead farm and who has served six terms as county superintendent;
David J. (deceased);
Dr. Thomas F.,
Joshua F., a farmer of near Dayton;
Margery, dead;
Alice C.,
and Mary, deceased;
Mrs. Stockdill is a daughter of Thomas Foster (maternal grandfather), who was a native of Ireland. He settled in Wayne township, where he was a prosperous farmer. He was a democrat in politics and a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He married and had seven children, three sons and four daughter:
David, John, Joshua, Margery, Rebecca, Catherine and Martha.
Thomas F. Stockdill was reared on his father's farm and received his education in the common schools and Glade Run academy. He read medicine with Dr. Albert Calhoun, of Goheenville and entered Jefferson Medical college of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in the class of 1878. After graduation, he came to Rural Valley, where he entered upon the practice of his profession. He returned to Jefferson Medical college, where he afterwards took a post-graduate course, and acted as assistant demonstrator in the surgical department. He is a skillful surgeon and his services in that line are in great demand over a wide area of territory.
On October 21, 1881, he married Nettie Gourley, daughter of George A. Gourley, of Rural Valley, and a member of the Presbyterian church. Dr. and Mrs. Stockdill have three children:
Annie L. O., George F. and Joseph S.
Dr. Stockdill is an active republican and one of the vigilant committeemen of his party. He is a member of Rural Valley Lodge, No. 323, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Rural Valley Presbyterian church.
source: "Biographical And Historical Cyclopedia Of Indiana And Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania": Published By, John M. Gresham & Co., Managed By, Samuel T. Wiley, Historian And Editor, Nos. 1218 and 1220 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, 1891, pp 563-564BIOGRAPHY: http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?56,244474,244474#msg-244474
Thomas married 2 Mary A. "Nettie" GOURLEY 1, daughter of George A. GOURLEY and Ellen EARHART, on 21 Oct 1881.
They had the following children:
35 F i Annie L. STOCKDILL 36 M ii George F. STOCKDILL + 37 M iii Joseph Shields STOCKDILL was born about 1886.
16. John Lincoln STOCKDILL 1 (George , George ) was born 2 15 Apr 1861. He died 3 1932 and was buried 4 in Colwell Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co., PA.
JOHN LINCOLN STOCKDILL, a prominent farmer and large landowner of Mahonmg township, Armstrong county, was born there April 15, 1861, on the farm where he still resides, in what is known as the Cove. This family has been settled in the county for almost a century, and its members have been noted for their high-principled, earnest, useful lives, as desirable associates in all their social and business relations. The English name of Stockdale (Stockdill, Irish), is derived from "stock," fixed, and "dale," town or place, i. e., fixed town or seat. It is an ancient Norman name, brought to England when the Conqueror came. In 1379 we find William and Johannes de Stockdale, from whom it is supposed the Stockdales of England, the North of Ireland, the United States and elsewhere are descended. King James desiring that the escheated counties in the North of Ireland be peopled with English, a branch of this family took land there and gave up all claim to titles and interests in England, as did the Musgraves, St. Clairs and others, whose names underwent similar mutations, becoming Musgrove, Sinclair, etc., as Stockdale was changed to Stockdill.
George Stockdill, grandfather of John L. Stockdill, was a native of County Donegal, Ireland, born Oct. I, 1784, and was of Scotch Irish extraction. Coming to the United States in June, 1822, he arrived soon after in Kittanning and first made a settlement in Franklin township, Armstrong Co., Pa. In 1829 he purchased a tract of 103 acres in Mahoning township, which he cleared and improved, and there he made his home until his death, which occurred July 9, 1857, when he was seventy-three years old. He was a Whig in politics, and in religion a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. On March 16, 1809, he married Margaret Clark, who was born in 1785 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died Jan. 9, 1871, aged eighty-six years. They had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, namely: James; Mary Ann, who married George Reedy; Thomas; William; Margaret, who married Joshua Foster; Elizabeth, who married Peter Zimmerman Rebecca, who married John Foster; Joseph, and George. Joseph and George succeeded to the ownership of the homestead, and George bought his brother's interest in 1861.
George Stockdill was born June 26, 1827, In Franklin township, Armstrong county, and passed practically all his life upon his father's homestead, dying there May 9, 1872, in his forty-fifth year. Though he passed away in his prime he had accomplished much, he and his brother Joseph having added to their original land holdings until they had 220 acres, upon which they made many improvements, and in 1861 George purchased his brother Joseph's interest in his farm. In 1859 he erected the fine brick residence now occupied by his son John L. Stockdill. Like his father he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and in political sentiment he was a Republican, and he held several local offices of trust. He was a charter member of the I. 0.0. F. lodge at Putneyville. He married Martha Elizabeth Foster, like himself a native of Armstrong county, who was born Aug. 7, 1826, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (McCauley) Foster, who were born in lreland and on coming to Pennsylvania settled in Armstrong county, being pioneers and highly esteemed residents of what is now Wayne township. In the early days they raised their own flax and wool, and wove it into cloth for their clothing. Mr. Foster was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Wayne township. He and his wife had eight children, four sons and four daughters. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. George Stockdill, namely: Margaret C., born Nov. 25, 1849, died Aug. 21, 1861; Mary Jane, born Sept.30, 1867, married Jacob Milton Spence, a farmer of Wayne township; Martha E. is deceased; Margery F., born Dec. 11, 1856, married Rev. Joseph P. Calhoun, a Presbyterian minister, now of Knoxville, Tenn.; Rebecca E. is deceased; John L. is mentioned below; George W. L. died in 1869.
John Lincoln Stockdill was reared to manhood on his father's farm and has always resided there. He had the advantages afforded in the local schools, the public school at Oakland and Glade Run Academy, and acquired a thorough common school education. After leaving school he taught for one term, but farming has been his life work and he has been highly successful in his chosen line. He was willed a share in the homestead and purchased the interest of the other heirs in the property, to which he has added another fifty acres, now owning 270 acres in one tract, which he keeps under excellent cultivation. His enterprising nature is apparent in everything he undertakes. He not only engages in general farming, but owns and raises fine stock, and buys and sells teams. Recently he erected a fine barn at a cost of three thousand dollars, and he is also making extensive improvements about his dwelling, all the surroundings of this fine property showing his interest and good judgment. The place is well equipped with modern machinery, and no detail essential to its management is neglected. Mr. Stockdill has been chosen to various township offices, the ability with which he has conducted his own affairs winning him universal confidence among his fellow citizens.
On Sept. 26, 1882, Mr. Stockdill was married to Annie 0. Alcorn, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Reed) Alcorn, farming people of Wayne township, and member of one of the old families of Armstrong county. Three children have been born to this union: Thomas Merrill, born Feb. 18, 1888, was educated at Little Washington, Butler county, and at Dayton, this county, taught school for seven terms, and is now clerking for the W. B. Thom Hardware Company at Tarentum, Pa.; the other two, Dessie E. and George Preston, the latter born Aug. 29, 1899, are at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Stockdill are members of the Presbyterian Church at Goheenville. He is a Republican in politics, and socially belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees (New Bethlehem Lodge, No. 170) and is a Scottish Rite Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree in the latter fraternity; he holds membership in New Bethlehem Lodge, No. 522, F. & A. M., Coudersport Chapter, R. A. M., and the Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Coudersport.
Source: Pages 613-614, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 2001 by Laurel Black Morris for the Armstrong County Beers Project
Published 2001 by the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/beersproject/s/stockdilljl.html
John married Annie O. ALCORN 1, daughter of Thomas ALCORN. Annie was born 2 1860. She died 3 1942 and was buried in Colwell Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co., PA.
They had the following children:
38 M i Thomas Merrill STOCKDILL 1 was born 2 18 Feb 1888. He died 3 1918 in France and was buried 4 in Colwell Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co., PA.
DEATH: According to grave: Corp. Co B 305th M. Supt. TN, 80th Div., Died in France (apparently a WWI casualty).39 M ii Infant STOCKDILL 1 was born 2 1884. He died 3 1884 and was buried 4 in Colwell Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong Co., PA. M George "Preston" STOCKDILL was born 29 Aug 1899 and died Sept. 1973. He married Martha HOFFMAN. They had the following children: Harold E. STOCKDILL, born 12/20/1924 and died 12/10/2006, who married Kathryn WILES. F Dessie STOCKDILL was born approx. 1891. She married Vernon ALEXANDER, 02/26/1895.to 03/1987.