George (Homer) W Stocks

1825 George Stocks HEADSTONE - George and Miriam Stocks (USA)

George, known as Homer, was born on December 26th, 1824 in Berry Brow and his baptism took place on April 3rd, 1825 in Almondbury conducted by H Hughes.^1 2 

• Birth Notes

  Aged 16 in 1841 at Berry Brow
  
  Name:    George Stocks
  Age:    0
  Record Type:    Baptism
  Birth Date:    26 Dec 1824
  Baptism Date:    3 Apr 1825
  Baptism Place:    Almondbury, All Hallows, Yorkshire, England
  Father:    Benjn Stocks
  Mother:    Sarah Campinot
  
  
  George STOCKS
  Other Information:
      Birth Year <1825> 
      Birthplace YORKSHIRE ENGLAND 
      Age 55 
      Occupation Farmer 
      Marital Status M <Married> 
      Head of Household George STOCKS
  Source Information:
      Census Place Dora, Moultrie, Illinois 
      Family History Library Film 1254238
      NA Film Number T9-0238
      Page Number 350C  
  

Homer's father was Benjamin Stocks and his mother was Sarah (Sally) Campinot.  His paternal grandparents were George Stocks and Mary Blackburn; his maternal grandparents were James Campinot and Grace Shaw. He had two brothers and four sisters, named James, Joseph, Mary, Ellen, Ann and Emma.  He was the third oldest of the seven children.  He died due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 68 on January 20th, 1893 in Illinois (IL).  He was buried on January 26th, 1893 in Ohio (OH).^3 4 

• Death Notes

  George Stocks died of heart failure at his home near Dalton City, Friday, January 20, 1893, at 11 a.m., aged 68 years.
  
  His remains were interred in the New Hope cemetery near Dalton City and in his passing the community mourned a representative and esteemed resident of the county.
  
  Headstone (in IL) reads:
  
  GEORGE STOCKS DIED
  Jan 20 1892
  AGED 68yrs 26ds      (3 days over)
  
  MIRIAM E STOCKS DIED
  Mar 7 1889
  Aged 60y 5m 21d

• General Notes

  In 1841, George (16) was living with father Benjamin and brother James (14).
  
  Emigrated to Dalton City in the USA
  
  In the fall of 1869 Joseph Stocks made a trip to England by way of California, stopping to see his brother George who lived south of Decatur.
  
  The Biography of Job W Stocks describes George's parents as Benjamin and Mery, but this must be a mistake as the christening records (and other family records) show his mother as Sarah Campinot.
  
  George Stocks was educated in the schools of England and as a young man, came to the New World, thinking to have better opportunities and find better privileges on this side of the Atlantic.  While making the voyage to this new world he met the lady whom he afterward married, the wedding ceremony being performed a short time after their arrival in the United States.  Both the Stocks and Epworth families went on to Ohio, where they made their first settlement in the southern part of the state, probably in Vinton county near the Ross county line.  George Stocks worked at odd jobs for a time and later became connected with the railway interests, becoming a practical civil engineer.  In England he was associated with old Jimmy Griffiths, prominent in English history, Mr. Stocks acting as one of his assistants.  For some time he worked as a civil engineer in railroad construction here but afterward purchased a farm in Vinton county, Ohio, clearing the land and preparing it for plow (plough).  He remained upon that place for about nine years and then sold the property, after which he came to Illinois.  In this state he first rented a farm of Robert Patterson, about six miles south of Decatur and near the village of Elwin.  He was there for six yeas after which he purchased a farm in Moultrie county and about a year later took up his abode at that place.  This has since been known as the old Stocks homestead and the father resided thereon until his death.
  
  In August 1891, George W Stocks of Lake City returned to England in Ill Health.  When he arrived in the port of Liverpool he could hardly walk. A news clip reports that he wrote to his Decatur friends that he had improved greatly and planned to visit Scotland, and may not return home until the early winter.
  
  George died in Illinois a year later in Jan 1893.
  

Details of Homer's family with Miriam (Myram) E Epworth