Biographical Sketch of Charles A. Stocking, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Charles A. Stocking was born in New York, February 21, 1852. His father, Walter Stocking, was a native of Connecticut, and married Rebecca Downey, by whom he had nine children, Charles A. being the eighth. The family moved from New York to Wisconsin, and in 1867 located in Washington County, Mo. Charles A. was reared and educated in Wisconsin, where he followed farming and school teaching. In 1878 he engaged in farming and teaching in Washington County, and in 1885 moved to where he now lives, having charge of the tract of land known as the Moran Claim, which embraces 7,600 acres. Mr. Stocking has proved himself one of the leading farmers and teachers of the northern portion of Washington County, and pays considerable attention to the stock industry, the smelting of lead etc., large quantities of ore be- ing mined on the tract of land. In 1872 Mr. Stocking married Miss Hattie E. Hunter, a native of Washington County, who died in 1874. Mr. Stocking afterward married Miss Sallie Brickey, of De Soto, Mo., and a daughter of Dr. Brickey. The latter marriage has been blessed with three children: Adelbert E., Mary St. C. and Cornelia B. ==================================================================== 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: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================