Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Stocker, Eli 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Stocker, Eli - For more than thirty-six years Eli Stocker has been identified 
with the business life of Coal City, Ill., as the proprietor of a baking 
establishment, the first to be located in this community, which at the time of 
his arrival here was but a little hamlet. He has witnessed the growth and 
development of this place, and has contributed in no small degree to its 
advancement. Mr. Stocker is a native of England, born in Wilmington, June 30, 
1850, and is a son of James and Ann Stocker. His father, a laborer, died in 
his native England in 1874, while the mother passed away there two years later.

Eli Stocker secured his educational advantages in the public schools of his 
native place, completing his studies at the age of fifteen years, when he 
became an apprentice to the baker's trade. He served almost three years in 
this capacity, and in 1874 came to the United States, the following year 
finding him a resident of Morris. Ill. He spent two years in that city and 
three years in Verona, Ill., and in 1880 came to Coal City, where he opened 
the first bakery in town. Durlng the years that have followed his business has 
developed with the place, and he is now in the enjoyment of an excellent 
trade, attracted from all over this part of Grundy County. He handles a full 
line of bakery goods and confectionery, using only the best of materials. As a 
citizen Mr. Stocker is known to be reliable and public-spirited, and may be 
counted upon to support all good movements.

While a resident of Morris, Ill., in 1876, Mr. Stocker was married to Miss 
Rebecca White, a native of England, and to this union there have been born 
seven children: Fred, who married Minnie Scott, has had three children: 
Albert, Warren, and Royton, who is deceased; Albert, who married Alice Howard, 
has three children: Marjorie, John and Velma; Herbert, who married Mary 
Castle; Maud; Mrs. Mabel Richmond, who is a resident of Joliet, Ill., has two 
children; and two children, Bertha and Edward, who are deceased. Mr. Stocker 
belongs to the Church of England, as do his wife and children. He is a member 
of the Modern Woodmen of America, has gone through all the chairs in the 
Knights of Pythias, and is at present treasurer of the Foresters of America. 
His long residence in Coal City has given him a large acquaintance, in which 
he numbers a wide circle of friends. He was elected Supervisor and served 
continuously as such for eight years, and was president of the Village Board 
for four years. Upon two occasions he was the candidate of the Democratic 
party for Sheriff.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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