Tying up loose ends
LOVELESS, STOCKS, STONE, VANAUKEN, WHITBECK
Posted By: Kari Skouson (email)
Date: 4/24/2004 at 01:32:20
I have a few puzzles related to Chickasaw County that years of research have still failed to clear up.
My g-g-g-grandmother, Martha Gration Stocks (b. abt 1808 in Derbyshire, England), apparently died 2 Sep 1965, possibly in Washington Township (per a family record). I have been unable to turn up either a cemetery record or an obituary for Martha. (I have searched a microfilm of county cemetery records, and county death records.) Can anyone help?
On 29 Oct 1966 her widower, Thomas Stocks (b. 1803 in Derbyshire, England), married a much younger woman, Deborah Scott (b. abt 1828-1830 in Pennsylvania). Deborah was possibly a widow. Rosa Stocks, age 7, appears in the 1870 census with Thomas and Deborah (Chickasaw township). Rosa could have been Deborah's daughter from a previous marriage, since Martha would have been abt 55 in 1863. I can find no trace of Rosa in the 1880 census. At that time Thomas, Deborah and several other family members lived in East Waterloo in Black Hawk County. Thomas died in 1883 and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery (I think it's him - there are no dates), but neither Deborah nor Martha seem to be buried there with him. I haven't found Rosa in any death record either.
Hoping someone can help! I know quite a bit about some of the Stone, Stocks, Whitbeck and Loveless families of Chickasaw County, and I am glad to help other researchers if possible.
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