Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Guckien, William J. 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 23, 2006, 10:39 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) WILLIAM J. GUCKIEN. To his parents, the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this review, owes a debt of gratitude in bringing him to his adopted home, where he has doubtless achieved greater things than he would have done elsewhere. Mr. Guckien, through his own efforts and industry, has become the owner of a splendid piece of property, consisting of five hundred and fifty-eight acres of good agricultural land, which he very ably handles. William J. Guckien, farmer, Camden, Carroll county, was born on February 14, 1851, in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son of Sylvester and Catherine (McGeavey) Guckien. He was reared amid farm scenes in Washington township, attending school during the winter seasons and assisting with the farm work during the summers, and remained at home until the death of his father, at which time William was twenty-eight years old. Mr. Guckien and his brother, Sylvester, bought out the interests of their sisters in the home place, which they later divided. Politically, he is a Democrat, and has given his active support by serving as treasurer of Carroll county through two terms, 1890 to 1894, and has been generally active in county politics. Religiously, Mr. Guckien is a member of the Catholic church. He is a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank at Burrows, Indiana, and also controls some stock in an elevator at Camden, Indiana. Sylvester and Catherine (McGeavey) Guckien, parents of our subject, were born in Ireland, each coming with parents to the United States, and settled in Butler county, Ohio, where they grew up and were married. They came to Carroll county about 1853, after Mr. Guckien had previously made a tour of the county and purchased eighty acres of land, to which he afterward added three hundred acres more. Politically, he was one of the leading Democrats in Washington township, taking an active part in politics, and was always loyal to mV friends. In religion, he and all his family were members of the Catholic church. Mr. Guckien died in 1881, and his wife's death occurred in 1873. They were the parents of ten children: William J., John, deceased; Michael and Anna, twins (Anna having died in infancy), Sylvester, Cornelius, Catherine, Mary, Winifred and Ellen, who make their home with William J. Mr. Guckien is a man of sterling qualities and commands the respect and high esteem of a large circle of acquaintances in Carroll county, where he has spent his entire life. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/guckien81bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb