George married Julia Etta Crane on 18 Sep 1872 in Decatur County, IA. They were the parents of Edith, Walter, John, Henry, Orpha and twin, Olive, & George.
History of Dubuque county, Iowa - George W. Stickler was but four years old when his parents came to Dubuque county, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Taylor township, and has always resided in this locality. He was born December 10, 1850, at Sandusky, Ohio, his parents being John N. and Mary M. (Dunbar) Stichler, to whom were born three children.
The spring of 1854, at the time the family came to Dubuque county, the country was for the most part wild and sparsely settled. The hardships and privations experienced by these early settlers was the common lot of all pioneers. The Stichlers were industrious and frugal and gradually prospered.
In 1874 during an epidemic of typhoid fever, Mr. Stichler, his wife, his wife's mother who came with them from Ohio, and one son died from the ravages of this disease within six weeks time.
Upon arrival here Mr. Stichler bought thirty acres of land, for which he paid $300, but at the time of his death had increased his holdings to 320 acres. George W. Stichler is the only surviving member of his family, a sister having been burned to death when thirteen years old by accidentally catching fire at the old fashioned open hearth.
He attended school when a boy and helped his father in the work of the home farm. He continued agricultural pursuits after his father's death, but in March 1910 removed to Epworth where he now resides retired from the more active duties of life.
September 19, 1872, he married Miss Julia Crane, who was born March 21, 1850, and died June 19, 1909, a daughter of Oliver Crane, who came to Dubuque county about the year 1847.
To Mr. and Mrs. Stichler seven children have been born: Edith, wife of Frank Woods, of Jackson county, Iowa, the mother of two children; Walter, married Hannah Hinde and lives in Epworth; John A., died at the age of fifteen years; Harry O. killed by lightning when twenty-five years old; Orphea M., living with her parents and whose twin sister, Olive M., died in infancy; and George C., single, resides with his parents and is the owner of 320 acres of land in Dubuque county.
Mr. Stichler is a Republican and for about thirty years has served as a member of the school board. He is a Methodist in religion and his wife is a Baptist.
History of Dubuque county, Iowa - George W. Stickler was but four years old when his parents came to Dubuque county, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Taylor township, and has always resided in this locality. He was born December 10, 1850, at Sandusky, Ohio, his parents being John N. and Mary M. (Dunbar) Stichler, to whom were born three children.
The spring of 1854, at the time the family came to Dubuque county, the country was for the most part wild and sparsely settled. The hardships and privations experienced by these early settlers was the common lot of all pioneers. The Stichlers were industrious and frugal and gradually prospered.
In 1874 during an epidemic of typhoid fever, Mr. Stichler, his wife, his wife's mother who came with them from Ohio, and one son died from the ravages of this disease within six weeks time.
Upon arrival here Mr. Stichler bought thirty acres of land, for which he paid $300, but at the time of his death had increased his holdings to 320 acres. George W. Stichler is the only surviving member of his family, a sister having been burned to death when thirteen years old by accidentally catching fire at the old fashioned open hearth.
He attended school when a boy and helped his father in the work of the home farm. He continued agricultural pursuits after his father's death, but in March 1910 removed to Epworth where he now resides retired from the more active duties of life.
September 19, 1872, he married Miss Julia Crane, who was born March 21, 1850, and died June 19, 1909, a daughter of Oliver Crane, who came to Dubuque county about the year 1847.
To Mr. and Mrs. Stichler seven children have been born: Edith, wife of Frank Woods, of Jackson county, Iowa, the mother of two children; Walter, married Hannah Hinde and lives in Epworth; John A., died at the age of fifteen years; Harry O. killed by lightning when twenty-five years old; Orphea M., living with her parents and whose twin sister, Olive M., died in infancy; and George C., single, resides with his parents and is the owner of 320 acres of land in Dubuque county.
Mr. Stichler is a Republican and for about thirty years has served as a member of the school board. He is a Methodist in religion and his wife is a Baptist.
George married Julia Etta Crane on 18 Sep 1872 in Decatur County, IA. They were the parents of Edith, Walter, John, Henry, Orpha and twin, Olive, & George.
History of Dubuque county, Iowa - George W. Stickler was but four years old when his parents came to Dubuque county, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Taylor township, and has always resided in this locality. He was born December 10, 1850, at Sandusky, Ohio, his parents being John N. and Mary M. (Dunbar) Stichler, to whom were born three children.
The spring of 1854, at the time the family came to Dubuque county, the country was for the most part wild and sparsely settled. The hardships and privations experienced by these early settlers was the common lot of all pioneers. The Stichlers were industrious and frugal and gradually prospered.
In 1874 during an epidemic of typhoid fever, Mr. Stichler, his wife, his wife's mother who came with them from Ohio, and one son died from the ravages of this disease within six weeks time.
Upon arrival here Mr. Stichler bought thirty acres of land, for which he paid $300, but at the time of his death had increased his holdings to 320 acres. George W. Stichler is the only surviving member of his family, a sister having been burned to death when thirteen years old by accidentally catching fire at the old fashioned open hearth.
He attended school when a boy and helped his father in the work of the home farm. He continued agricultural pursuits after his father's death, but in March 1910 removed to Epworth where he now resides retired from the more active duties of life.
September 19, 1872, he married Miss Julia Crane, who was born March 21, 1850, and died June 19, 1909, a daughter of Oliver Crane, who came to Dubuque county about the year 1847.
To Mr. and Mrs. Stichler seven children have been born: Edith, wife of Frank Woods, of Jackson county, Iowa, the mother of two children; Walter, married Hannah Hinde and lives in Epworth; John A., died at the age of fifteen years; Harry O. killed by lightning when twenty-five years old; Orphea M., living with her parents and whose twin sister, Olive M., died in infancy; and George C., single, resides with his parents and is the owner of 320 acres of land in Dubuque county.
Mr. Stichler is a Republican and for about thirty years has served as a member of the school board. He is a Methodist in religion and his wife is a Baptist.
History of Dubuque county, Iowa - George W. Stickler was but four years old when his parents came to Dubuque county, Iowa, and settled on a farm in Taylor township, and has always resided in this locality. He was born December 10, 1850, at Sandusky, Ohio, his parents being John N. and Mary M. (Dunbar) Stichler, to whom were born three children.
The spring of 1854, at the time the family came to Dubuque county, the country was for the most part wild and sparsely settled. The hardships and privations experienced by these early settlers was the common lot of all pioneers. The Stichlers were industrious and frugal and gradually prospered.
In 1874 during an epidemic of typhoid fever, Mr. Stichler, his wife, his wife's mother who came with them from Ohio, and one son died from the ravages of this disease within six weeks time.
Upon arrival here Mr. Stichler bought thirty acres of land, for which he paid $300, but at the time of his death had increased his holdings to 320 acres. George W. Stichler is the only surviving member of his family, a sister having been burned to death when thirteen years old by accidentally catching fire at the old fashioned open hearth.
He attended school when a boy and helped his father in the work of the home farm. He continued agricultural pursuits after his father's death, but in March 1910 removed to Epworth where he now resides retired from the more active duties of life.
September 19, 1872, he married Miss Julia Crane, who was born March 21, 1850, and died June 19, 1909, a daughter of Oliver Crane, who came to Dubuque county about the year 1847.
To Mr. and Mrs. Stichler seven children have been born: Edith, wife of Frank Woods, of Jackson county, Iowa, the mother of two children; Walter, married Hannah Hinde and lives in Epworth; John A., died at the age of fifteen years; Harry O. killed by lightning when twenty-five years old; Orphea M., living with her parents and whose twin sister, Olive M., died in infancy; and George C., single, resides with his parents and is the owner of 320 acres of land in Dubuque county.
Mr. Stichler is a Republican and for about thirty years has served as a member of the school board. He is a Methodist in religion and his wife is a Baptist.
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