Biographical Sketch of E. B. Stockton, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg. >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** E. B. Stockton, of the firms Stockton & Lampkin and Stockton & Lowe, is one of Johnson county's most successful and enterprising business men. Mr. Stockton was born in Hazel Hill township on his father's farm five miles north of Warrensburg, Missouri, in March, 1869, a son of A. J. and Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton. A. J. Stockton was born in Johnson county, Missouri, a son of William Stockton, who was also a native of Johnson county. William Stockton came to Hazel Hill township in the early part of the nineteenth century, about 1832, and spent his first winter with Pleasant Rice, the first settler of Johnson county. The senior Stockton later entered two hundred forty acres of choice land in Hazel Hill township and years afterward at the Stockton homestead his death occurred. His son A. J., became the owner of a tract of land five miles north of Warrensburg, on which the Walters school house was located, and where his son, E. B., was born, a farm which he sold in 1875 and then purchased land adjoining the William Stockston homeplace. A. J. Stockton sold his country place in 1889 and moved to Warrensburg, Missouri, where he was living in quiet retirement at the time of his death on May 28, 1913. Three years later he was joined in death by his wive, who died July 28, 1916. William Stockton, father of A. J. Stock- ton, had departed this life in 1880 and his remains were interred in the cemetery at Mount Moriah church. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Stockton were laid to rest in the cemetery at Warrensburg. A. J. Stockton was a prominent and influential citizen of Johnson county and his death has been deeply felt in this community, where both he and his wife numbered their friends by the score. A. J. and Rebecca E. (Crutcher) Stockton were the parents of five children, two of whom are now living: E. B., the subject of this review; and Mattie, who is the wife of Charles Bridges, the well known clerk in the Warrensburg postoffice. Three children died in infancy. A more comprehensive sketch of the family of Mrs. A. J. Stockton will be found in the biography of her father, James Crutcher, given elsewhere in this volume. Until 1889, E. B. Stockton resided in the rural districts of Johnson county, assisting his father with the work on the farm, when the elder Stockton disposed of his land and moved to the city of Warrensburg and with him came his son, who entered the grocery business at this place. In 1895, E. B. Stockton opened the Warrensburg Feed Mill, conducting both store and mill until December 6, 1898 at which time the mill was destroyed by fire. He sold his grocery and devoted his entire attention and time to rebuilding the mill, erecting the one now controlled by Stockton & Lampkin, personally attending to all the work of building, quarrying the rock, cutting the logs, hauling the logs to the mill on Blackwater to be made into lumber for the different mill buildings, the main one 40 x 40 feet, a second 20 x 40 feet, the office and ware room 15 x 60 feet, and sheds 25 x 60 feet in dimensions, which involved no small amount of difficult labor. The mill was opened for business in the autumn of 1899 and for eight years was conducted exclusively by Mr. Stockton, an experienced miller, having been employed as engineer at the Magnolia Mill for some time when he first came to Warrensburg. In 1907, Mr. Stockton and Mr. Lamp- kin formed a partnership in the milling business and the firm Stockton & Lampkin has since been operating the mill at Warrensburg. In June, 1898, E. B. Stockton was united in marriage with Mary E. Davenport, daughter of James M. and Martha Davenport. When Mrs. Stockton was but a child, her mother died. To E. B. and Mary E. (Davenport) Stockton has been born one child, a daughter, Ruth, who is completeing her sophomore year in the Warrensburg High School at the time of this writing in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Stockton reside at 411 Miller street in Warrensburg. In public and political affairs, Mr. Stockton has always taken a most commendable interest and for four years he served as a member of the city council of Warrensburg. Fraternally, Mr. Stockton is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Modern Brother- hood and the National Annuity of America. He and Mrs. Stockton are respected and valued members of the Presbyterian Church. The Stockton family is and has long been considered one of the best, most substan- tial most highly regarded families in this section of Missouri. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================