Edmund Bocking, age 62, died Tuesday, July 30, 1895.
Mr. Bocking was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, in 1833, the son of Adolph and Mary (Bruckner) Bocking, who emigrated to America in 1849, and settled at Phillipsburg, Beaver county, Penn., where they died. In 1850 Edmund found employment as a clerk in a drug store at Pittsburgh, with the view of learning the business, and in 1851, he came to Wheeling, where in 1856, he opened a store of his own, which he had since successfully conducted.
He was married in 1856 to Sarah, the daughter of George W. Johnson, of Wheeling, who died in 1880. To this union were born three children; Harry and Howard, who both died in 1868, and Edmund, Jr., who died in 1893. There are no survivors from this family.
Mr. Bocking was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, in 1833, the son of Adolph and Mary (Bruckner) Bocking, who emigrated to America in 1849, and settled at Phillipsburg, Beaver county, Penn., where they died. In 1850 Edmund found employment as a clerk in a drug store at Pittsburgh, with the view of learning the business, and in 1851, he came to Wheeling, where in 1856, he opened a store of his own, which he had since successfully conducted.
He was married in 1856 to Sarah, the daughter of George W. Johnson, of Wheeling, who died in 1880. To this union were born three children; Harry and Howard, who both died in 1868, and Edmund, Jr., who died in 1893. There are no survivors from this family.
Edmund Bocking, age 62, died Tuesday, July 30, 1895.
Mr. Bocking was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, in 1833, the son of Adolph and Mary (Bruckner) Bocking, who emigrated to America in 1849, and settled at Phillipsburg, Beaver county, Penn., where they died. In 1850 Edmund found employment as a clerk in a drug store at Pittsburgh, with the view of learning the business, and in 1851, he came to Wheeling, where in 1856, he opened a store of his own, which he had since successfully conducted.
He was married in 1856 to Sarah, the daughter of George W. Johnson, of Wheeling, who died in 1880. To this union were born three children; Harry and Howard, who both died in 1868, and Edmund, Jr., who died in 1893. There are no survivors from this family.
Mr. Bocking was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, in 1833, the son of Adolph and Mary (Bruckner) Bocking, who emigrated to America in 1849, and settled at Phillipsburg, Beaver county, Penn., where they died. In 1850 Edmund found employment as a clerk in a drug store at Pittsburgh, with the view of learning the business, and in 1851, he came to Wheeling, where in 1856, he opened a store of his own, which he had since successfully conducted.
He was married in 1856 to Sarah, the daughter of George W. Johnson, of Wheeling, who died in 1880. To this union were born three children; Harry and Howard, who both died in 1868, and Edmund, Jr., who died in 1893. There are no survivors from this family.
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