George (Homer) W Stocks

1825 George Stocks

This picture was taken on April 3rd, 1825 in Berry Brow and sourced from Certificate - Birth.

• Individual Picture Notes

• 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  
    

• 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.
    

Click here for details of Homer's family with Miriam (Myram) E Epworth

¹ West Yorkshire Births & Baptisms (1813-1910)
² FamilySearch.org
³ Biography - Job W Stocks
⁴ Individual - Natalie Stocks
⁵ 1841 UK Census

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