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Job W Stocks

Taken in Illinois (IL).

HEADSTONE - Job W and Cora A Stocks (USA)

This picture was taken in Illinois (IL).

Individual Picture Notes
- Mount Zion, Macon County, Illinois, USA

Job was born on March 28th, 1860 R Ross County.¹

Birth Notes
- Ross County, Ohio, USA
  
  Job W Stocks, a retired farmer residing at 1048 West Decatur street in the city of Decatur, is numbered amongst the native sons of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Ross county, that state on the 28 March, 1860. He is a son of George and Miriam (Epworth) Stocks and is of English decent.

Job's father was George (Homer) W Stocks and his mother was Miriam (Myram) E Epworth. His paternal grandparents were Benjamin Stocks and Sarah (Sally) Campinot; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Epworth and Mary Ellin. He had five brothers and a sister, named Benjamin, Joseph, James, Silas, Samuel and Mary. He was the fifth oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 73 on April 17th, 1933 in Newton. The funeral took place in Illinois (IL) and was arranged by Dawson and Wiikoff. His burial was in Illinois (IL).²³

Death Notes
- Buried at Mount Zion, Macon County, Illinois, USA
  Age 73
  
  Job W Stocks, 72. formerly a well known farmer of Macon County, IL died Monday at the home of his daughter, Mrs Olive Nolton, in Newton, Kan., where he had been making his home for the last five or six years. He had been in failing health for a year or more.
  
  Mr Stocks spent most of his life in Macon county whee he was known to most people in the Mount Zion and Lake City communities, where he was engaged in farming nearly all his active life. His wife died in Newton, Kan., in July 1928.
  
  He is survived by three children, Arthur Stocks of Lake City, Mrs Olive Nolton and Otis Stocks of Newton Kan. He also leaves a brother Samuel B Stocks of East Moline. The bidy will arive in Dacatur Thursday morning and will be taken to the Dawson and Wiikoff Funeral Home.

General Notes
- Job was the fifth of 7 children.
  
  See pdf image of biography for details of his life

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- David Stocks ^*
  - b.~ 1715 in Longwood
  
  Joseph Stocks
  - b.1739 in Fartown d.Jan 1800 in Berry Brow
  
  Sarah Brook
  - b.1717 in Huddersfield d. in Huddersfield
  
  George Stocks
  - b.1766 in Berry Brow d.Feb 1807 in Huddersfield
  
  George Parkin ^*
  - b.1712 in Linthwaite
  
  Elizabeth Perkin
  - b.1738 in Berry Brow d.Aug 1819 in Taylor Hill
  
  Susana (Hanah) Gleadhill
  - b.~ 1715
  
  Benjamin Stocks
  - b.07 Aug 1796 in Huddersfield d.17 Jun 1875 in Berry Brow
  
  Michael Blackburn
  - b.1715 in Newsome d.01 Oct 1792 in Newsome
  
  Mary Blackburn
  - b.Feb 1762 in Newsome d.Sep 1816 in Berry Brow
  
  Hannah Scover
  - b.1724 in Armitage Bridge d.23 Mar 1791 in Newsome
  
  George (Homer) W Stocks
  - b.26 Dec 1824 in Berry Brow d.20 Jan 1893 in Illinois (IL)
  
  James Campinot
  - b.1768 in Almondbury d.Dec 1845 in Slaithwaite
  
  Sarah (Sally) Campinot
  - b.Aug 1797 in Marsden d.23 Apr 1875 in Berry Brow
  
  Grace Shaw
  - b.1771 d.Feb 1849 in Slaithwaite
  
  Job W Stocks
  - b.28 Mar 1860 R Ross County d.17 Apr 1933 in Newton
  
  Thomas Epworth
  - b.1802 d.1867
  
  Miriam (Myram) E Epworth
  - b.14 Sep 1828 in Yorkshire d.07 Mar 1889 in Illinois (IL)
  
  Mary Ellin
  - b.1802 d.1880
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

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¹ Biography - Job W Stocks
² Ancestry.co.uk
³ Individual - Natalie Stocks