s/o George Henry Bockus (1820- ) & Eliza Jane Rockwell (1823- )
m1. 10/17/1871 to Martha A. Robbe (1852-1894)
Children:
Stella M. Bockus (1876- )
Sarah J. "Sadie" Bockus (1891- )
Ada M. Bockus (1894- )
m2. 1898 to Harriet Betsy Morse (1853-1894)
The Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, April 7, 1920, p. 5:
James A. Bockus, of Knoxville, died March 24. He was born in Herkimer County, NY in 1844, son of Mr and Mrs George Bockus. He married Martha Robb, who died in 1884. [1884 probably should read 1894 as two of his daughters by Martha were born after 1884]. In 1898 he married Mrs Harriet Bockus, who with his daughters, Mrs Stella Howell of Wellsboro; Mrs Roy Merrick of Deerfield, and Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield, survive. He is also survived by 4 brothers and 5 sisters, and 2 stepdaughters, Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg and Mrs Ivan Kelts of Knoxville, also a number of grand children. He enlisted when 19 years old in Co. K, 207th Regt., PA Volunteers and served until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. The funeral was held March 26, Rev I. D. Adams, officiating. The following from out of town attended the funeral: William Bockus of Corning; Mr and Mrs Irving Bockus, Mrs Jennie Schoener and daughter; Mrs Wilson and son, Stewart of Wellsboro; Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield; Mrs Ray Merrick and 2 children of Deerfield; Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg; Mr and Mrs Wiley Dibble; George Love of Wellsboro; P. G. Hulburt and Mrs Asah Hulburt of Chatham and Mrs Bert Schoonover of Austinburg.
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Tioga County, PA - Civil War Soldiers
James A. Bockus. Entered the service Sept. 5, 1864, from Wellsboro, Pa., as a private in Co. K, 207th Pa. V. I., 9th A. C., and participated in the following battles — Siege of Petersburg, charge on Fort Steedman, and final assault on the lines at Petersburg, receiving an honorable discharge, June 11, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His father, George H. Bockus, served in Co. G, 45th Pa. V. I., and died in the service; a brother, Charles, went out in Co. A, 187th Pa V. I. His paternal grandfather, George Bockus, served in the U. S. Army, in the War of 1812, and received a pension for said service. Comrade Bockus was born ept. 14, 1844, in Susquehanna Co., Pa., the son of George H. and Eliza J. (Rockwell) Bockus, neither of whom are living. Settling in Tioga Co., Pa., in 1850, he married, Oct. 17, 1871, at Mansfield, Pa., Martha Robb, born Sept. 11, 1852, also in Susquehanna Co., the daughter of William and Sarah (Peck) Robb, both dead. Their children are Stella M. and Sarah. Mrs. Martha Bockus died April 2, 1894. Mr. Bockus is now a farmer and his address is Brownlee, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.
--Submitted by Conservative Patriot
m1. 10/17/1871 to Martha A. Robbe (1852-1894)
Children:
Stella M. Bockus (1876- )
Sarah J. "Sadie" Bockus (1891- )
Ada M. Bockus (1894- )
m2. 1898 to Harriet Betsy Morse (1853-1894)
The Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, April 7, 1920, p. 5:
James A. Bockus, of Knoxville, died March 24. He was born in Herkimer County, NY in 1844, son of Mr and Mrs George Bockus. He married Martha Robb, who died in 1884. [1884 probably should read 1894 as two of his daughters by Martha were born after 1884]. In 1898 he married Mrs Harriet Bockus, who with his daughters, Mrs Stella Howell of Wellsboro; Mrs Roy Merrick of Deerfield, and Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield, survive. He is also survived by 4 brothers and 5 sisters, and 2 stepdaughters, Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg and Mrs Ivan Kelts of Knoxville, also a number of grand children. He enlisted when 19 years old in Co. K, 207th Regt., PA Volunteers and served until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. The funeral was held March 26, Rev I. D. Adams, officiating. The following from out of town attended the funeral: William Bockus of Corning; Mr and Mrs Irving Bockus, Mrs Jennie Schoener and daughter; Mrs Wilson and son, Stewart of Wellsboro; Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield; Mrs Ray Merrick and 2 children of Deerfield; Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg; Mr and Mrs Wiley Dibble; George Love of Wellsboro; P. G. Hulburt and Mrs Asah Hulburt of Chatham and Mrs Bert Schoonover of Austinburg.
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Tioga County, PA - Civil War Soldiers
James A. Bockus. Entered the service Sept. 5, 1864, from Wellsboro, Pa., as a private in Co. K, 207th Pa. V. I., 9th A. C., and participated in the following battles — Siege of Petersburg, charge on Fort Steedman, and final assault on the lines at Petersburg, receiving an honorable discharge, June 11, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His father, George H. Bockus, served in Co. G, 45th Pa. V. I., and died in the service; a brother, Charles, went out in Co. A, 187th Pa V. I. His paternal grandfather, George Bockus, served in the U. S. Army, in the War of 1812, and received a pension for said service. Comrade Bockus was born ept. 14, 1844, in Susquehanna Co., Pa., the son of George H. and Eliza J. (Rockwell) Bockus, neither of whom are living. Settling in Tioga Co., Pa., in 1850, he married, Oct. 17, 1871, at Mansfield, Pa., Martha Robb, born Sept. 11, 1852, also in Susquehanna Co., the daughter of William and Sarah (Peck) Robb, both dead. Their children are Stella M. and Sarah. Mrs. Martha Bockus died April 2, 1894. Mr. Bockus is now a farmer and his address is Brownlee, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.
--Submitted by Conservative Patriot
s/o George Henry Bockus (1820- ) & Eliza Jane Rockwell (1823- )
m1. 10/17/1871 to Martha A. Robbe (1852-1894)
Children:
Stella M. Bockus (1876- )
Sarah J. "Sadie" Bockus (1891- )
Ada M. Bockus (1894- )
m2. 1898 to Harriet Betsy Morse (1853-1894)
The Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, April 7, 1920, p. 5:
James A. Bockus, of Knoxville, died March 24. He was born in Herkimer County, NY in 1844, son of Mr and Mrs George Bockus. He married Martha Robb, who died in 1884. [1884 probably should read 1894 as two of his daughters by Martha were born after 1884]. In 1898 he married Mrs Harriet Bockus, who with his daughters, Mrs Stella Howell of Wellsboro; Mrs Roy Merrick of Deerfield, and Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield, survive. He is also survived by 4 brothers and 5 sisters, and 2 stepdaughters, Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg and Mrs Ivan Kelts of Knoxville, also a number of grand children. He enlisted when 19 years old in Co. K, 207th Regt., PA Volunteers and served until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. The funeral was held March 26, Rev I. D. Adams, officiating. The following from out of town attended the funeral: William Bockus of Corning; Mr and Mrs Irving Bockus, Mrs Jennie Schoener and daughter; Mrs Wilson and son, Stewart of Wellsboro; Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield; Mrs Ray Merrick and 2 children of Deerfield; Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg; Mr and Mrs Wiley Dibble; George Love of Wellsboro; P. G. Hulburt and Mrs Asah Hulburt of Chatham and Mrs Bert Schoonover of Austinburg.
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Tioga County, PA - Civil War Soldiers
James A. Bockus. Entered the service Sept. 5, 1864, from Wellsboro, Pa., as a private in Co. K, 207th Pa. V. I., 9th A. C., and participated in the following battles — Siege of Petersburg, charge on Fort Steedman, and final assault on the lines at Petersburg, receiving an honorable discharge, June 11, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His father, George H. Bockus, served in Co. G, 45th Pa. V. I., and died in the service; a brother, Charles, went out in Co. A, 187th Pa V. I. His paternal grandfather, George Bockus, served in the U. S. Army, in the War of 1812, and received a pension for said service. Comrade Bockus was born ept. 14, 1844, in Susquehanna Co., Pa., the son of George H. and Eliza J. (Rockwell) Bockus, neither of whom are living. Settling in Tioga Co., Pa., in 1850, he married, Oct. 17, 1871, at Mansfield, Pa., Martha Robb, born Sept. 11, 1852, also in Susquehanna Co., the daughter of William and Sarah (Peck) Robb, both dead. Their children are Stella M. and Sarah. Mrs. Martha Bockus died April 2, 1894. Mr. Bockus is now a farmer and his address is Brownlee, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.
--Submitted by Conservative Patriot
m1. 10/17/1871 to Martha A. Robbe (1852-1894)
Children:
Stella M. Bockus (1876- )
Sarah J. "Sadie" Bockus (1891- )
Ada M. Bockus (1894- )
m2. 1898 to Harriet Betsy Morse (1853-1894)
The Wellsboro Agitator, Tioga, PA -- Wednesday, April 7, 1920, p. 5:
James A. Bockus, of Knoxville, died March 24. He was born in Herkimer County, NY in 1844, son of Mr and Mrs George Bockus. He married Martha Robb, who died in 1884. [1884 probably should read 1894 as two of his daughters by Martha were born after 1884]. In 1898 he married Mrs Harriet Bockus, who with his daughters, Mrs Stella Howell of Wellsboro; Mrs Roy Merrick of Deerfield, and Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield, survive. He is also survived by 4 brothers and 5 sisters, and 2 stepdaughters, Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg and Mrs Ivan Kelts of Knoxville, also a number of grand children. He enlisted when 19 years old in Co. K, 207th Regt., PA Volunteers and served until the end of the war, when he was honorably discharged. The funeral was held March 26, Rev I. D. Adams, officiating. The following from out of town attended the funeral: William Bockus of Corning; Mr and Mrs Irving Bockus, Mrs Jennie Schoener and daughter; Mrs Wilson and son, Stewart of Wellsboro; Mrs John Spaulding of Westfield; Mrs Ray Merrick and 2 children of Deerfield; Mrs Ray Sanford of Troupsburg; Mr and Mrs Wiley Dibble; George Love of Wellsboro; P. G. Hulburt and Mrs Asah Hulburt of Chatham and Mrs Bert Schoonover of Austinburg.
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Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Tioga County, PA - Civil War Soldiers
James A. Bockus. Entered the service Sept. 5, 1864, from Wellsboro, Pa., as a private in Co. K, 207th Pa. V. I., 9th A. C., and participated in the following battles — Siege of Petersburg, charge on Fort Steedman, and final assault on the lines at Petersburg, receiving an honorable discharge, June 11, 1865, at Alexandria, Va. His father, George H. Bockus, served in Co. G, 45th Pa. V. I., and died in the service; a brother, Charles, went out in Co. A, 187th Pa V. I. His paternal grandfather, George Bockus, served in the U. S. Army, in the War of 1812, and received a pension for said service. Comrade Bockus was born ept. 14, 1844, in Susquehanna Co., Pa., the son of George H. and Eliza J. (Rockwell) Bockus, neither of whom are living. Settling in Tioga Co., Pa., in 1850, he married, Oct. 17, 1871, at Mansfield, Pa., Martha Robb, born Sept. 11, 1852, also in Susquehanna Co., the daughter of William and Sarah (Peck) Robb, both dead. Their children are Stella M. and Sarah. Mrs. Martha Bockus died April 2, 1894. Mr. Bockus is now a farmer and his address is Brownlee, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania.
--Submitted by Conservative Patriot
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