Upshur County, West Virginia          Biography of M. F. STOCKERT

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 426

M. F. STOCKERT is one of the very prosperous and in-
fluential citizens of Upshur County, a farmer and stock
dealer, also interested in banking and other affairs at
Buckhannon.

He was born in Lewis County June 29, 1884, son of G.
F. and P. (Bailey) Stockert. His father was born at
Scottsville, Virginia, September 3, 1853, and his mother
in Lewis County, August 25, 1857. G. F. Stockert as a
boy went to Parkersburg and later to Lewis County, where
he was reared and educated in the public schools. He was
a good business man, had energy and persistence, and in
spite of many reverses received a signal success in life.
After his marriage he bought a sawmill, but after oper-
ating it for a time was stricken with illness and when he
recovered he had lost his investment and had to borrow
money to buy a cook stove and continue his simple house-
keeping. In twenty years he moved twenty-one times, but
eventually became highly successful in the timber busi-
ness, buying up tracts and logging and converting the logs
into lumber. He gave generously of his means to various
public causes, was identified with Broaddus College, was
a deacon in the Baptist Church, and built the water works
and ice plant at Buckhannon. He was a member of the
Masonic Lodge.

M. F. Stockert is the only survivor of seven children.
He was educated in the public schools, graduated in a
business course, and for several years was associated with
his father in the timber business. Since then he has been
farming and dealing in livestock. He owns a large amount
of farming land, and is also a director in the Traders
National Bank of Buckhannon, the largest bank in Upshur
County.

October 16, 1904, he married Georgia Sharps, who was
born in Upshur County, March 30, 1883. She was edu-
cated in the public schools and in Wesleyan College, and
began teaching at the age of sixteen.  Mr. and Mrs.
Stockert have four children: Mary, born October 20, 1905;
Frank, born March 17, 1908; William, born October 31,
1910; and John A., born May 10, 1915.  Mr. and Mrs.
Stockert are active members of the Baptist Church, he is
one of the trustees of the church at Buckhannon and he
is a Knight Templar Mason, and both are members of
Buckhannon Chapter No. 18, of the Eastern Star, of
which Mrs. Stockert is worthy matron. Politically Mr.
Stockert is a democrat.