Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Guckien, Michael 1855 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

MICHAEL GUCKIEN.

   Michael Guckien, general farmer and stockman and owner of a fine tract of
land, all in a splendid state of cultivation and consisting of one hundred and
sixty acres, located on the Joyce road, four miles northwest of Deer Creek,
Washington township, was born on October 31, 1855, on his father's farm on Rock
creek, Washington township, and is a son of Sylvester and Catherine (McGreevey)
Guckien. He spent his boyhood days on his fathers farm, and remained there until
his marriage, during which time his education was obtained at the district
schools. At present he is an extensive dealer in a fine grade of stock of
various kinds. Politically, Mr. Guckien is a stanch Democrat, but has never
taken any part in local politics. In religion, he is a member of the Catholic
church near New Tacoma, Indiana.

   Sylvester Guckien, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Connaught, Ireland, and when six years old, came with his parents to the United
States. They settled in Butler county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood on a farm.
He was married to Catherine McGreevey, who was also a native of Connaught,
Ireland, coming with her parents to Butler county, Ohio, at the age of four
years. Mr. and Mrs. Guckien were married in Butler county, Ohio, and came to
Carroll county, Indiana, in 1851, driving all the way. Mr. Guckien entered
eighty acres of land in 1848, and afterward bought forty acres more from George
Lightner, which became their home place, where they spent the remainder of their
lives, Mr. Guckien dying in 1880, and his wife in 1873. He owned, at the time of
his death, four hundred acres, and was a prominent and well-to-do man.
Politically, Mr. Guckien was a Democrat. Sylvester and Catherine (McGreevey)
Guckien were the parents of nine, children: William J., who resides at Camden;
John, who died in 1906; Michael; Sylvester, who lives in Washington township on
the old homestead; Cornelius, who resides in North Dakota, where he follows
farming; Winifred, who became the wife of Stephen Hayes, and is now a widow;
Catherine, who was married to Daniel Barrett; Mary, who was united in marriage
with Charles Moore, and Ellen, who lives in Washington township.

   Michael Guckien was united in marriage on October 19, 1881, with Margaret
Hayes, daughter of Lawrence and Margaret (Lone) Hayes. She was born on October
19, i860, in Washington township, Carroll county, and received her education in
the public schools and at the Catholic schools in Logansport. This union has
been blest with nine children: Catherine, who died in 1911; Effie, a graduate of
the Deer Creek high school, and a student at the Valparaiso University, after
which she became a teacher at Deer Creek: Grace became the wife of Jesse Benner;
Sylvester S. married Callie M. West and lives near the old home place; Anna was
married to .Floyd Shaffer, and lives near Deer Creek, Carroll county; Emmett and
Lawrence are at home; William H. is a pupil in the Camden high school; Nora is
attending school at Chicago, and will graduate in 1916.

   Lawrence and Margaret Hayes, parents of Mrs. Michael Guckien, were both born
on Irish soil. The Hayes family were among the first settlers in Washington
township, this county, the family walking from Butler county, Ohio, in 1836.

   Mr. Guckien is a gentleman of modest and retiring manner, and is a citizen
who justly ranks with the substantial business men in the community in which he
resides and where his upright character, gives him a position, of honor.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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