From the Bedford Gazette, Friday, 13 March 1914, page 1, column 5
John A. Stuckey
John A. Stuckey, son of George and Mary (Compher) Stuckey, was born in Snake Spring Valley, this county, in 1835. In 1864 his father moved to the farm now owned by Dr. S.H. Gump at Napier. In 1856, like many other young men of that day, he went west to seek his fortune, riding on horse back and leading two others, all as fine as ever left Bedford County. He settled at Galesburg, Illinois, where he served two terms as Sheriff of Knox County. About twenty-five or thirty years ago he removed to Rosamond, Kern County, California, in the noted Antelope Valley, which he alleged was nearer paradise than any other spot on earth and where he died February 17th at a ripe old age, respected and loved by all who knew him. Of his immediate family, a son living in Galesburg, Illinois, a son and a daughter of whose address we are not informed, survive him. He also leaves two brothers, H. Clay Stuckey, in Lexington, Nebraska and L. Compher Stuckey in Los Angeles, California and three sisters, Mrs. Theodore Kinton of Napier, Mrs. Abraham Egolf of Schellsburg, this county, and Mrs. A.J. Porter of Fairmont, Nebraska.
Mr. Stuckey was a genial, wholesouled gentleman who made hosts of friends wherever he resided. He is well remembered by many of the older people of this county and outside his own family had a large circle of relatives and friends here, who will learn of his death with sincere sorrow as that of a valued friend.
From the Bedford Gazette, Friday, 13 March 1914, page 1, column 5
John A. Stuckey
John A. Stuckey, son of George and Mary (Compher) Stuckey, was born in Snake Spring Valley, this county, in 1835. In 1864 his father moved to the farm now owned by Dr. S.H. Gump at Napier. In 1856, like many other young men of that day, he went west to seek his fortune, riding on horse back and leading two others, all as fine as ever left Bedford County. He settled at Galesburg, Illinois, where he served two terms as Sheriff of Knox County. About twenty-five or thirty years ago he removed to Rosamond, Kern County, California, in the noted Antelope Valley, which he alleged was nearer paradise than any other spot on earth and where he died February 17th at a ripe old age, respected and loved by all who knew him. Of his immediate family, a son living in Galesburg, Illinois, a son and a daughter of whose address we are not informed, survive him. He also leaves two brothers, H. Clay Stuckey, in Lexington, Nebraska and L. Compher Stuckey in Los Angeles, California and three sisters, Mrs. Theodore Kinton of Napier, Mrs. Abraham Egolf of Schellsburg, this county, and Mrs. A.J. Porter of Fairmont, Nebraska.
Mr. Stuckey was a genial, wholesouled gentleman who made hosts of friends wherever he resided. He is well remembered by many of the older people of this county and outside his own family had a large circle of relatives and friends here, who will learn of his death with sincere sorrow as that of a valued friend.
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