John Stuckey
John Stuckey, farmer and stock raiser, is a son of Abraham and Margaret Stuckey, who were natives of Pennsylvania, but came to this state, in 1804, and settled on the waters of Buckskin Creek, in Ross County, this state, where they remained until their death. They were the parents of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters: Jacob, married and died recently at the age of eighty-two years ; Samuel, married, moved to Indiana and died there; Elizabeth, married James McCay, but is now dead ; Catherine, married, is also dead;. Daniel lived to be an old man, remained single, but is now dead ; one died in infancy; Abraham, married, moved to Indiana and died; David, married and died in this county; Margaret, married, moved to Indiana and died; Simon, married and is dead; Barbara, died when a young woman.
John Stuckey, our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, Summersett County, September 2, 1801, and came with his parents to this state, in 1804. He married Mary Jane Kiner, of Ross County, in the fall of 1831. They soon moved to this county. They were blessed with two children: Eliza J., married Milton Irons, and lives near Staunton; Jacob C, married in the State of Indiana and lives there. Mrs. Stuckey died. Mr. Stuckey married for his second wife Margaret Jameson, daughter of Judge Jameson, in the year 1837; by whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters Mary E., died in infancy ; Samuel W., whose history will more fully appear in the history of the rebellion; John D., married to Emma Millikan, daughter of Curran Millikan, deceased, and they reside in the suburbs of Washington; Isabell, remained single and teaches school; Mathew F., married Eliza E. Rowe, daughter of Martin and Sophia Rowe, whose biography appears on another page, January 8, 1868. They have five children, all daughters: Margaret E., Sophia M., Minnie B. and Etta M. Mathew F. was born August 16, 1845, and lives in the old homestead, his aged father living with him.
Our subject's second wife died, September 3, 1863. In October, 1866, he married Miss Mary Middleton, of Ross County, with whom he lived most happily until December, 1872, when she died. Mr. Stuckey is one of the oldest settlers of the county, a man of untarnished reputation, honest and upright. He has been a Christian gentleman for nearly half of a century, and has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County