BIO:  William STUCK, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 51

WILLIAM STUCK, steward of the York County Alms-house, was born in Springfield 
Township, York County, January 19, 1826; is a son of Charles and Rebecca 
(Snyder) Stuck, is the fifth in a family of fourteen children, and is of German 
descent.  His father was born in York in 1793, and his mother in the same county 
in 1797.  His father was a soldier in the war of 1812.  His grandfather was one 
of the first settlers of York, and carried on distilling.  Our subject received 
a common school education, and at fourteen years of age began life for himself.  
In 1842 he began learning the carpenter’s trade, and in 1850 he began for 
himself, and thus continued until 1872, when, on account of ill health, was 
forced to abandon his occupation.  In 1875 he was elected steward of the alms-
house, which position he continues to hold, and under his stewardship the house 
and farm have been most successfully and satisfactorily managed.  He was married 
May 30, 1849, to Miss Sarah Gilberthorpe, a native of York, born in 1826.  He is 
a Democrat, and has been a member of the borough council.  He was made a Mason 
in 1861, and a member of the I. O. O. F. in 1847.  He is an elder in the German 
Reformed Church, of which Mrs. Stuck is also a member.