BIOGRAPHIES: John STUCKY, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== 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, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== John Stucky, a well known retired farmer of Oak Grove Township, experienced dairyman, and for some years prominently identified with the cheesemaking industry of Green County, this state, was born Sept. 29, 1856, in Berne, Switzerland, and was there reared and educated. Living as he did in a region known the world over for its cheesemaking, it is natural that he early became interested in that line. As a youth he became a master of the cheesemaking and buttermaking trade, and for some years was employed in cheesemaking and milk buying. He came to America in 1887, and located in Green County, where for six years he worked in a cheese factory at Nesse and Dailyvill. Then with his brother, Fred, he purchased the Elfres Creamery at Elfres, and the Pleasant Valley Creamery three miles from there. These they operated, making butter and cheese for seventeen years. In 1908 he purchased 160 acres of land in Section 14, Oak Grove Township, this county, but did not then occupy it. Two years later he sold one of the factories, and exchanged the other for 360 acres in Bear Lake Township, this county. He then moved here and occupied the Oak Grove farm. Sixty acres were already broken. He broke sixty more, making a fine tract of 120 acres of well-tilled, well-cultivated and productive land. In improving this land, he has erected a fine set of buildings. The house is comfortable and well arranged. The barn is 32 by 70 feet, with the King ventilating system, full James barn equipment, and Pine Tree milking machine. For many years he conducted this farm for dairy purposes exclusively, taking especial pride in his fine herd of Holsteins, of which several of the cows and all the sires are full-blooded. After a successful career, Mr. Stucky retired in 1920, and turned the active management of the farm over to the sons, John F. and Armin, who are likewise devoting their entire attention to dairying. The whole family stands high in the community, the Stucky farm is always the scene of busy and intelligent industry, and the Stucky home one of the centers of hospitality in the community. The family attends the Swiss Reform Church at Rice Lake. Mr. Stucky was married March 15, 1879, in Switzerland, to Mary Schneider, who was born in that country Aug. 29, 1856, and died Jan. 29, 1919. In the family there were five children: Martha, who was born Jan. 4, 1880, and died July 26, 1903; Ida, who was born Oct. 11, 1881, and died May 30, 1893; Will, who was born May 3, 1886, and is now in Washburn County; John F., who was born April 26, 1891, now on the home farm; and Armin, born April 18, 1896, also now on the home farm. John F. was inducted into the United States service Sept. 17, 1917, from this county. He reached Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., the next day. Feb. 20, 1918, he was transferred to Camp Green, with Co. E, 58th Infantry. He was sent to Camp Mills April 25 and sailed for France May 15, 1918. Upon arriving there he saw service in Europe for fifteen months in the Expeditionary Army in France and in the Occupation Army in Germany. He proved himself a valiant soldier under fire at the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel offensive, the Meuse-Argonne campaign, and the fighting in the Velse and Toulon sectors. He returned to the United States Aug. 1, 1919, and was discharged at Camp Grant, seven days later, and at once returned home. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 333-334.