U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stockert, Gustave F. (1854-1920) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 576-577 GUSTAVE F. STOCKERT, born September 3, 1854, in Wainesborough, Augusta county, Virginia, son of Julius F. Stockert and Maryland Virginia Davis. Julius F. Stockert and Edward F., his brother, emigrated from Plowen, Germany, in 1847, landing in New York. From there they went to Richmond, thence to Staunton, where he was married to Miss Davis, the daughter of Hezekiah Davis and Frances Kidd, natives of Louisa county. Julius F., the father of the subject of this sketch, died in Lewis county, and the mother of the subject of this sketch was born in 1835, and also died in Lewis county, and her father, a native of Maryland, died in Washington, D. C., in the employ of the government. In 1871 the subject of this sketch moved with his parents from Virginia to Lewis County, W. Va., and worked on his father's farm until he was 23 years old. His education up to that time consisted of the items of knowledge he could gather from books, pamphlets and papers during unemployed hours. On the 23d day of September, 1877, he married Pooce Bailey, the daughter of James M. Bailey and Amanda McCue, who was born August 28, 1857, and the granddaughter of William Bailey. Mrs. Stockert is of Scotch-Irish descent on her mother's side, being related to the McCues of Nicholas County, whence she came. The ceremony of marriage was celebrated in the Leading Creek Baptist Church, Lewis County. Unto this union were born seven children, of which five are dead. The living children are: Michael F., born June 29, 1884; Minter G., born October 15, 1888. Mr. Stockert went into the lumber business in 1877, renting a sawmill, and has continued in that business up to the present time; has handled many mills and their output. In 1886 he came to Upshur County to pursue the lumber business, and after doing much custom sawing at several points in this County, who was owner of the Stockert lumber plant and 4,500 acres of timber land thereabout. He made 22 sawmill sets in his lumber business. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #6361 FULL-NAME: G. F. Stockert BIRTH-DATE: September 3, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis, Va. DEATH-DATE: April 26, 1920 (at age 65y-7m-23d) DEATH-PLACE: Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Julious Stockert (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Operation & Complicate BURIAL: removal to Lewis County (wife of G. F. Stockert) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #8438 FULL-NAME: Pooce Stockert BIRTH-DATE: August 28, 1857 BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: June 21, 1932 (at age 74y-9m-23d) DEATH-PLACE: Lincoln St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: Lincoln St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (of G. F. Stockert) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: James H. Bailey (born in Lewis Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: Manley McCue (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of Womb INFORMANT: Mrs. M. F. Stockert (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Rock Grove, Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------