Nancy Ann Farris
Genealogy Worksheet
Jane Mason, September 5, 2004
Nancy Ann Farris
B 13Feb1839 IN (5)
D 24Aug1916 Boise, Ada county ID buried Morris Hill cemetery (5) no gravestone (11)
Parents: Young and Mary "Polly" Dunbar Farris (5)
M 5Nov1856 Clarinda, Page county IA
William Madison Stockton
B 15Jan1836 Quincy, Adams county IL (6) (7)
D 1Apr1917 Boise, Ada county ID buried Morris Hill cemetery(6) no gravestone (11)
Parents: James and Susan Kirkpatrick Stockton (6)
Children
2 son c1858-1860 (1910 census lists 3 children/2 living) also see (12)
2 Mary Emily 1862-1940
2 Charles W. 1863-1940
Chronology
1860 In April began trip to first CO and then OR ; for description of trip see (12)
"Gone to Pike's Peak
"A number of our citizens have started to Pike's Peak, and more of them are preparing to go. Among those
who started this week, were the following gentlemen: Lewis Neff, three sons of Andrew Morrow, Lewis
Fritz, David C. Ribble, Newton Ridenour, B. Hinds, Chas. Hinman, jr., A. S. Reed, Beecher McAlpin, kGeo.
Westheffer, John Buckingham, Joshua Buckingham, James Hawley, ___Hammond, Benj. Tanner,
___Murphy, Thomas B. Chamberlain, Henry Dorsey, Young farris and family, Wm. Scarlet and family, and
___Stockton and family. These three families will go on to Oregon if they are not suited in the Pike's Peak
region. We hear that several are prepairing to start from Amity, but are not posted as to who they are or
when they will start. We wish them all, individually and collectively, a safe and speedy trip, and an
abundance of the "root of all evil."(1)
"Oregon Emigrants
A Company from Clarinda, Page Co. Iowa consisting of Wm. Stockton, Y. Farris, Wm. Scarlet, Mr. Fraley
and their families arrived here on Saturday on their way to Oregon.
While they were encamped on the opposite side of the river, a little boy*, about three years old, son of Mr.
Scarlet, who had been ill previous to starting grew worse and died. The bereaved parents deposited the
body of their little one in Wyuka Cemetery yesterday and this morning with saddened hearts will pursue their
way toward the setting son."(2)
*this would appear to be an error, the boy was the son of the Wm. Stockton family (12)
1860 (3)
1870 ID Ada County, Boise…Nancy with her husband and two children(10)
1880 NV Washoe county, Wadsworth…Nancy with husband and daughter, William's occupation is given as
freighter(4)
1882 NV Nye county, Amargosa valley...purchased a ranch(13)
1900 ID Elmore county Glenns Ferry census shows Wm/Nancy living in a hotel they own, with them are
Mary/Fred Sargent, Reginals /Wm Leonard and dtrs Freda/Nancy L. Fred is a railroad engineer.(8)
1910 ID Elmore county Glenns Ferry, Mary and daughters living with them(9)
Idaho Death Index
STOCKTON, NANCY A 1916 015125 01 SOUTH BOISE 08/24/1916 02/13/1839
Evening Capital News (Boise ID) 25Aug1916
"Mrs. Nancy A. Stockton, aged 77 years, a resident of Boise for more than 40 years, died last night at Fair
Lawn, the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. E. Sergent of the south side. She had been ill for nearly two years.
She is survived by a son, C. W. Stockton of New York, and the daughter at whose home she died. The
funeral was held at the home of her daughter this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. W. Van Dusen officiated
and burial was in Morris Hill Cemetery."
Idaho Death Index
STOCKTON, WILLIAM MADISON 1917 017598 01 BOISE 04/01/1917 01/15/1831
Evening Captial News (Boise ID) 2Apr1917
"Stockton – William Madison Stockton, aged 81 years died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. E.
Sargent in South Boise. Mr. Stockton was a native of Quincy, Ill., where he was born Jan. 15, 1836. For
40 years he has been a resident of Boise and for a number of years has been an invalid. Besides his daughter
here he leaves a son in New York. The funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Fry & Summers
chapel, Rev. W. W. Van Dusen officiating. Burial was in Elks Rest in Morris Hill cemetery."
Notes:
(1) Clarinda Herald (IA), 27Apr1860
(2) Nebraska City Press (NE) 1May1860
(3) I have been unable to locate a census recording in any of the states the Young Farris, Wm. Stockton
party traveled through
(4) 1880 NV R759 Washoe county Wadsworth ED54P6S#324DL42
William Stockton 44 freighter IL IL __
Nancy F. 40 IN Ky IN
Mary E. 19 OR IL IN
Son Charles with Aunt Emma in San Francisco CA
(5) ID death certificate #15125; fathers only listed ; Mollie E. Sargent informant;
Lake County CA Superior Court, #277 filed 25Feb1889, Probate for the estate of Young Farris –
N. A. Stockton, aged 50 years, residing in Idaho
(6) ID death certificate #17598; fathers name only listed; W. V. Leonard informant
(7) County/state from Stockton Project material posted on www rootsweb world connect
(8) 1900 ID Roll 232 Elmore county Glenns Ferry Pct ED44S34BL67
W. M. Stockton 1/1830 64y married 44y IL TN GA hotel keeper/owner
Nancy wife 2/1839 61y married 44y Children 3/Living 2 IN KY IN
Mary Sargent dtr 11/1862 37y married 10y Children 4/Living 4 OR
Fred L. SIL 4/1859 41y maried 10y NY NY NY railroad engineer
Reginold son 8/1884 15 ID
Vernon son 2/1886 14 ID
Freda dtr 10/1891 8 ID
Nancy dtr 3/1895 5 ID
Roscoe nephew 12/1888 21y NY NY NY
(9) 1910 ID Roll 224 Elmore county Glenns Ferry Village ED120P1AL1
William Stockton head 74y married 53y IL TN GA real estate
Nancy A. 71 marrried 53 y Children 3/living2 IN KY IN
Mary E. Sargent dtr 42 div2 Children4/living4 OR postmistress
Freda S. granddtr 18 ID NY OR
Nancy granddtr 15 ID NY OR
(10) 1870 ID Territory R185 Ada county Boise City S#20 L 1
William M. Stockton 34 common laborer /$1500 IL
Nancy 29 IN
Mary 9 OR
Charles 7 OR
(11)letter dated 1July2003 from greatgranddaughter of William and Nancy
(12) Statesman (Boise ID) 26October1913pII-4
Pioneer Department of the Sunday Statesman
edited by Eva Hunt Docker
Pioneer Freighter Who Started One Town and Helped Build Others
"Daddy Stockton", as W. M. Stockton is lovingly known to all his friends, is now located in Boise, after
living in a number of Idaho cities from Lewiston south. Few men have had more to do with the early
building of as many towns in Idaho as has Mr. Stockton. He went into the Rogue River country,
Oregon in 1860, settled in Lewiston from May of '62 until the fall, when he went to the Grande Ronde
valley. He freighted between Idaho City and Washoe for seven years bringing many of the supplies
for the early settlers of the Basin towns. Later he freighted between Winnemucca and Silver City,
moving to Silver City when the camp was in its infancy.
After a few years he went to Weiser, where he first engaged in the logging business and later in the
hotel business. In 1884 he took up 160 acres, the present townsite of Glens Ferry, where he lived
until two years ago when he came to Boise, purchasing "Fairlawn", the former home of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Smith. For the past 18 years Mr. Stockton has been unable to walk and goes about in a wheel
chair.
Few emigrants had more encounters with the Indians in crossing the plains than did Mr. Stockton and
his wife, although no fatalities happened to any of their party. They started from Clarinda, Iowa, in
1860. Three days out, when at Nebraska City, they buried their two year old boy. Their train
consisted of three families with seven wagons until they reached the Portneuf river. At Ft. Hall they
found a bunch of wagon irons, mute reminder of an Indian massacre the year before.
At Portneuf a company of soldiers were located and informed the party that it was not safe for them to
go down the Humbolt river on account of the fact two Indian tribes, led by Buffalo Horn and
Winnemucca, were at war with the whites. The party waited 10 days when 100 wagons and 300
people had assembled. They were given firearms then and told to go, but to use every precaution.
The trip down the Humbolt river was 480 miles. At Lawson [sic-I believe this is Lassen] Meadows
the party was advised to break up since there was not water enough nor feed for so large a company.
Guards were changed every night and the old emigrant trail into Shasta valley, Cal., was reached at
Honey Lake valley.
Indians were met all along the route, but nothing serious happened.
******
pictures of the Humboldt section of the California trail:
http://www.emigranttrailswest.org/cscenes2.htm
excellent review of the California trail:
http://www.emigranttrailswest.org/caltrail.htm
the Farris-Stockton train left the California trail and travelled through Honey Lake; the website contains
the following re the Honey Lake Road
LANDER ROAD (1858)
Frederick Lander laid out the Lander Road from South Pass to Fort Hall, and then improved the
existing trail from Ft. Hall to City of Rocks. This became a primary route for emigrants beginning in
1858. Lander made other significant improvements on sections of the Applegate Trail and Nobles
Trail in 1860, mainly enlarging water holes. The improvements from the Humboldt River to Honey
Lake near Susanville led to this section of trail being known as the Honey Lake Road.
(13)posted by Alan Baltazar on the Friends of Rhyolite - Amargosa Valley website
www.amargosavalley.com/for
The Bullfrog and It's Associated Mining Districts:
1879:
Nov. Eugene Lander located the "Blue Monster" Mine on what is presently known as Bare Mt. Lander
and his partners formed the "Bromide Mining District". The ore was found in small pockets and was
difficult to work. This mine was worked until 1886 then abandoned. While he was working on this
mine Lander started a small ranch on the Amargosa River located near the present site of Beatty, NV.
1882:
Sep. 22, William M. Stockton acquired Lander's Ranch after Lander's death.
Children:
2 MARY EMILY
B 8Nov1862 Winnemucca Humboldt county NV
D 19Nov1940 Boise, Ada county ID buried Morris Hill Cemetery
Children
3 Reginald Wilton Leonard 1883-1937
3 William Vernon Leonard 1887-1954
3 Freda Lillian Sargent 1891-1980
3 Nance Lorene Sargent 1895-___
Much information re Mary Emily and her descendants was obtained from a granddaughter of Mary Emily,
daughter of W. V. Leonard.
Idaho Death Index:
ID 116995 Certificate # 121677
Sargent, Mary Emily
County of Death: Ada City: Boise
D Nov 19 1940 B Nov 8 1865
Obituary
Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise) 20Nov1940 page 3
"Mrs. Mary Sargent Succumbs in Boise
"Mrs. Mary Emily Sargent died Tuesday morning at a Boise hospital. Mrs. Sargent was born in
Winnemucca, Nev., Nov. 8, 1865 and for 30 years made Boise her home.
"She was a member of the Episcopal church. She is survived by one son, W. V. Leonard, state chemist; two
daughters, Mrs. A. C. Farley of Boise and Mrs. Lem Adams of Evanston, Ill., and four grandchildren. The
funeral will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Summers Funeral Home. Dean Frank A. Rhea will have charge of
the services and interment will be in the family plot in Elk's Rest, Morris Hill Cemetery."
1M 15Oct1883 Weiser City, Washington county ID, divorced
Mark V. Leonard
B 23Feb1851 NYC, NY
D 13Nov1924 Boise, Ada county ID
Idaho Marriage database at BYU, special collections
Complete Marital Information for Mark LEONARD and Molly STOCKTON
ID 9948
Groom Leonard, Mark Residence Silver City
Bride Stockton, Molly
County of Record Owyhee county ID
Place of Marriage Weiser Date 00 Oct 1883
(second listing with slightly different info)
gives county of record as Washington county ID and brides residence as Weiser and date
of marriage as 15 Oct 1883
1910 ID Ada Boise City Pct 5 ED5P1AL7
Mark Lenard roomer 58 wd NY NY NJ cigar store
Wm. V. roomer 24 single ID NY NJ none
Reginald W. roomer 36 single ID NY NJ mining engineer
1920 ID R287 Ada county, Boise City ED4S9BL97
Lenard, Mark 62 Div. NY Ire Ire clerk at Elks Club
Idaho Death Index:
ID 43118 Certificate 047558
Leonard, Mark
county of death Ada City Boise
Death Nov 13 1924 Birth Feb 23 1851
Obituary
Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise) 16Nov1924
"Mark Leonard, Pioneer, Is Laid To Final Rest
"Mark Leonard, pioneer of Osyhee county and for a quarter century a Boise resident, was
buried in St. John's cemetery Saturday following funeral services at the cathedral of St.
John, where requiem mass was celebrated by the Rev. B. A. Ronayne. Marion Henkel,
Harold Williams, John Mather and Eugene Thisson sang Hamma's Requiem Mass with
Sister M. Benedict at the organ.
"In a brief funeral sermon Father Ronayne paid tribute to the pioneering spirit which he
said blazed the trails of opportunity for those who have followed.
"Pallbearers were Jess Hawley, exalted ruler of Boise Elks; E. W. Johnson, secretary;
Alvin Regan, Frank Blackinger, E. G. Gallet and R. H. Johnson"
2M c1890
Fred L. Sargent
B Apr1859 NY railroad engineer married c1890 (1900 census)
? 1910 NV White Pine county McGill Pct ED80P5AL40
Fred L. Sargent boarder 52 m2 18y NY PA NY car inspector smelter
1920 ID R287 Ada county South Boise ED21S8BL69
Molly E. Sargent head own home __ 58y CA IA IA (marriage status looks like M with D written
over )
Reginald Leonard son single 35y ID NY CA mining engineer
Wm V. Leonard son single 33y ID NY CA mining engineer
In 1930 census Mary in home of daughter Freda and her husband Lem Adams.
Children of MARY EMILY AND MARK LEONARD:
3 Reginald Wilton
B 18Aug1883 Silver City Owyhee county ID
D 16Nov1937 Boise Ada county ID
M
MaBelle ______
Idaho Death Index
ID 110567 Certificate 106740
Leonard, Reginald Wilton
County of death Ada City Boise
Death Nov 16 1937 Birth Aug 18 1883
Obituary
Idaho Daily Statesman(BoiseID) 17Nov1937 p5
Reginald Leonard Succumbs In Boise
Reginald W. Leonard, 54, engineer for the Idaho public utility commission and resident of Boise for
nearly 40 years, died Tuesday evening in a Boise hospital following a heart attack suffered last Friday.
Mr. Leonard was born at Silver City August 18, 1883, but had lived in Boise most of his life, although
he spent 11 years with the Electric Bond and Share company in South America.
He was a member of the Boise Elks lodge and was a World war veteran.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. MaBelle Leonard; his mother, Mrs. M. E. Sargent of Boise and two
sisters, Mrs. Allen Farley of Boise and Mrs. Lem Adams of Chicago.
The body is at the Summers mortuary. No funeral arrangements have been made.
1920 ID R287 Ada S.Boise ED21S8BL69 Reginald is a mining engineer
1930 census _______ haven't located - ?South America
3 WILLIAM VERNON
B 16Feb1887 Medbury ID
D 24Jan1954 Boise Ada county ID
1M 27Mar1921 Mountain Home, Elmore county ID
Dorothy Beatrice Cowan Rhoads B ____ D Nov1937
2M 30Nov1940 Caldwell ID
Gladys E. Whitwell
WORLD WAR I CIVILIAN DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Ada County, Idaho - 1917-1918
Leonard, William Vernon 6 Feb 1886 W works in Mountain Home ID Boise City ID
Idaho Marriage database at BYU, special collections:
Complete Marital Information for William Vernon LEONARD and Dorothy Beatrice
RHOADS
ID 64482
Leonard, William Vernon
Rhoads, Dorothy Beatrice
County of Record Elmore county ID
Place of marriage Mountain Home Date 27March1921
Obituary
The Idaho Daily Statesman(BoiseID) 25Jan1954 p9
W. V. Leonard, Idaho Native, Succumbs at 66
William Vernon (Mike) Leonard, 66, of 1414 Alturas street, a native Idaho resident and a
former state chemist, died Sunday night in a Boise hospital.
Mr. Leonard was born Feb. 6, 1887, at Medbury, Idaho. He was graduated from Boise high
school in 1906 and from the University of Idaho in 1910. He served as state chemist in
Idaho for 25 years prior to 1952, when he became sanitary engineer for the state of
Wyoming. He retired from that office in 1951 and returned to Boise, where he since had
been a consulting engineer.
Mr. Leonard was a member of St. Michael's Episcopal cathedral parish and of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity. He served as president of the Rocky Mountain section of the American
Water Works association in 1946 while he was a resident of Cheyenne. He also had
received the Fuller Award.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gladys E. Leonard of Boise; one daughter, ____of Fullerton,
Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Freda Adams of Redwood City, Cal., and Mrs. Mance Farley of Boise;
a step-son, Mahlon Leonard of Portland and two grandchildren, ___, both of Fullerton.
Summers chapel is arranging services.
1920 ID R287 Ada S.Bolise ED21S8BL69 William is a mining engineer
1930 ID R395 Ada Boise City ED14 P12A L1
William V. Leonard H Own $7000 43 1st M at 33y ID CA CA state chemist veteran-WW
Dorothy B. W 38y 1st M at 27 WY IN US
Maylon Rhoades son 16 ID PA WY
daughter
Lloyd L. Lee BIL 25 ID NE WY radio electrician
Per William’s daughter: Mahlen Eugene went by Mahlen Leonard or Jack Leonard as a professional
musician. He was never adopted by my father as the Rhoads relatives objected. Died in Portland.
Mike was nickname from college play he was in; mother called him Vern; U of ID Mining Engineer
"worked the mines north of Boise til mining fell apart"; Idaho State Chemist for 17 years; Sanitary
Engineer for Wyoming during WWII
Children of MARY EMILY AND FRED SARGENT:
3 FREDA LILLIAN
B 6Oct 1890/91 ID (1900 census)
D Apr1980 Franklin, Franklin county NE
M 8Mar1911
Lem Adams
B c1887 TX (1930 census]
D
Children
4 James S. c1919-____
Idaho Marriage database at BYU, special collections
Number 63384
Grooms First Name Lem
Grooms Last Name Adams
Grooms Residence
Brides First Name Freda Lillian
Brides Last Name Sargent
Brides Residence
County of Record Elmore Co., Idaho
Place Glenns Ferry
Date of Marriage 08Mar1911
Volume 21 P 197
SSDI
FREDA ADAMS 06 Oct 1890 Apr 1980 68939 (Franklin, Franklin, NE) 68939 (Franklin,
Franklin, NE) Nebraska
Per Mary Emily’s graddaughter – Freda "to my knowledge had no college, just a 'finishing school'
at St. Margaret Marys, an Episcopal boarding school in Boise"; "married and left Idaho never to return"
“Lem Adams graduate of Texas A&M; working for Union Pacific; "rising star"; moves "up the ladder"; a
"charming southern gentleman"
1910 ID Elmore county Cold Springs ED119P3BS#58
Lem Adams 24 TX TX TX civil engineer
1920 NE R988 Douglas county Omaha Ward 3 ED32S9A L45
Lem Adams head 34 TX TX TX engineer
Freda wife 27 IN NY NV
James son 7/12 ID
1930 NE Roll 1277 Douglas county Omaha Ward 9 ED102P16BL67
Lem Adams 43 M at 24y 11,000 TX NC TX railroad engineer
Freda 37 M at 18 ID NY NV
James S. 10 ID TX ID
M. E. Sargent MIL 65 widow NV TN IA
4 James S.
B c1919 ID
D ___ NE
Married with two daughters
Per Mary Emily’s granddaughter - Jim Adams -
graduate of Amhurst and Harvard Business School; I met on trip to Evanston; renewed acquaintance
when he moved to Nebraska; worked for Union Pacific, an exec
3 NANCE LORENE
B 4Mar1895 ID(1900 census)
D Mar1967
M 17Aug1916 Boise ID
Allen C. Farley
B c1889 OH (1930 census)
Children
4 Keith Cleveland 1917-1987
4 Joseph Stockton 1921-___("not many years after the war")
Idaho Marriage database at BYU, special collections
ID 85172
Groom Farley, Allen Cleveland
Bride Sargent, Nance L.
County of Record Ada county ID City Boise
Date 17Aug1916
SSDI
Nance Farley 4Mar1895 - Mar1967 Boise, Ada county ID Issued ID
1920 ID R291 Elmore county Smiths Prairie Pct ED151S2BL56
Allen C. Farley __ OH OH OH operator farm
Nancy Loraine 23 ID OR IL
Keith Cleveland 7 ID
1930 ID R395 Ada Boise City ED14P1AL25
Allen C. Farley O 4000 41 Mat 26 OH OH OH commercial trailer
Nancy L. 32 M at 18 ID NY OR
Keith C. 12 ID
Joe S. 9 ID
Living in Boise in Mary's 1940 obituary.
Children
4 Keith Cleveland
B 19Jul1917 ID
D 11June1987 Umatilla county OR
Oregon Death Index
Keith Cleveland Farley Umatilla county
11June1987 birth 19Jul1917 Cert.# 87-10448
Per Mary Emily’s granddaughter - became a Navy pilot, flew missions with brother Joe; very outgoing;
managed hotels, had car dealerships; lived CA and OR; died in Oregon
4 Joseph Stockton
B c1921 ID [1930 census]
D _____MO [“not many years after the war”]
M
Mary Mahon
B 20May1924
D 26Jul2001 FL
Children
Son
Daughter
Per Mary Emily’s granddaughter - became a Navy pilot, flew missions with brother Keith; active in
reserves post WWII; killed in military plane crash in Missouri "not many years after the war"
M Mary Mahon from Jacksonville FL; returned to her family; worked as legal secretary
SSDI
Mary M. Farley 20May1924 - 26Jul2001 Jacksonville, Duval county FL
2 CHARLES WILLIAM
B June1863 Portland Multnomah OR
D 5Sept1940 Paramus Bergen NJ
M Kansas City Jackson MO
Lillian Josephine Stockton
B June1864 Clarinda Page IA
D 7Oct1934 Ridgewood Bergen NJ
Parents Thomas Richard and Elizabeth Pierce Stockton Stockton
Children
3 Kenneth 1893-1950
3 Dorothy 1894 - ___
New York Times 6Sept1940 P 21
Charles W. Stockton
Ex-General Counsel for Wells Fargo and Railway Express
Ridgewood, N. J., Sept. 5 -- Charles W. Stockton of Paramus Road, Paramus, N. J., former general counsel
of the Wells Fargo and Railway Express Companies, died here yesterday after a short illness. He was 77
years old.
Born in Portland, Ore., he studied law at night while employed in the operating department of the Wells
Fargo Express Company. For sixteen years he was connected with the legal department of the express
companies. He was in private practice in the firm of Stockton & Stockton of 2 Rector Street, New York,
from 1919 until his retirement in 1926.
He leaves a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy S. Nelson, both of Ridgewood, and a sister, Mrs.
M. E. Sargent of Boise, Idaho.
New York Times 8Oct1934 p17
Mrs. C. W. Stockton
Former President of New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs
Ridgewood, N.J. Oct 7
Mrs. Lillian Josephine Stockton, president of the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs from 1915 to
1917 died early today at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, following an operation performed there a week
ago.
Mrs. Stockton was born at Clarinda Iowa, seventy years ago, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. Thomas
Richard Stockton, who went to Iowa from Pennsylvania in a covered wagon nearly 100 years ago.
After training at Tabor College, Iowa, Miss Stockton taught school for three years and then married Charles
W. Stockton, a lawyer. They came to Ridgewood in 1917.
Mrs. Stockton founded the Ridgewood Unit of Republican Women and served as its president for nine
years. She was for many years a member of the Bergen County Republican Committee. She also organized
the Ridgewood Woman's Club and served as vice president and president. She was woman's chairman of the
Council of National Defense during the World War, with headquarters in Newark.
Mrs. Stockton is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. John A. Nelson, a son, Kenneth of London,
England, and three grandchildren.
Clarinda Herald Journal (IA) 11Oct1934
Prominent N. Jersey Lady, Clarinda Born Dies at Ridgewood.
Mrs. Lillian Josephine Stockton, born in Clarinda, the daughter of Judge and Mrs. Thomas Richard
Stockton died at Ridgewood, N. J., Monday, according to newspaper reports. Mrs. Stockton had gained
the distinction of being chosen president of the New Jersey Federation of Women's Clubs from 1915 to
1917. After training at Tabor college, Iowa, Miss Stockton taught school for three years and then married
Charles W. Stockton, a lawyer. They had lived at Ridgewood since 1917.
Email received 12Apr2003 from extended family member -
Elizabeth Pierce wife of Thomas Richard Stockton
I have a letter from my grandmother to my father dated 1932 in which she states (about my
grandfather, Leon Burnett Dunham), "Daddy is in N.York today. He was there last week
also. He was going to try to get out to Ridgewood, N.J. this time to see his great Aunt
Elizabeth Stockton who visited us in Warren about 14 years ago. ? She is 96 yrs of age
very well and able to be about lives with her grandaughter Mrs. Nelson at 'Kindorbrook'
Ridgewood, N.J.. Her son is a big lawyer in N.Y. City. At present his health isn't very good
so he and his wife are wintering abroad."
Children
3 KENNETH E..
B 25Jan1893 Kansas City Jackson MO
D 11May1950 Hackensack Bergen NJ
M 21June1921
Susette Breevoort
Who Was Who In America Volume 3 P822
Marquis 1966
"Stockton, Kenneth E., business exec; b. Kansas City, Mo., Jan 25, 1893; s. Charles W. and Lillian J. S;
Litt. D., Princeton, 1914; LL. B., Columbia, 1917; m. Susette Breevoort, June 21, 1921; children - ____.
Law clerk White & Case, N.Y.C., 1917-18; Stetson Jennings & Russell, N.Y.C. 1918-19; partner Stockton
& Stockton, N.Y.C. 1919-24; European gen. attny. Internat. Tel. & Tel. Co. 1925-35; v.p., 1935- , also dir.;
v.p. Internat. Standard Electric Corp.; pres. Am Cable & Radio Corp.; dir. Internat. Standard Electric Corp.,
Am. Cable & Radio Corp., All Am. Cables & Radio, Inc. Home: 830 Linwood Av., Ridgewood, N.J.
Office: International Telephone & Telegraph Co., 67 Broad St., N.Y.C. Died May 11, 1950."
The New York Times
12May1950 P 27
"K. E. Stockton Dies; A Cable Executive
"President of I. T. & T. Affiliate
"Had Been in Communications Field for Last 25 Years
"Kenneth E. Stockton, president of the American Cable & Radio Corporation, world-wide cable and radio
telegraph affiliate of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, died of a heart attack yesterday
in the Hackensack (N.J.) Hospital. His age was 57.
"Mr. Stockton, who resided at 830 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, N.J., was also president of two of his
concern's operating subsidiaries. All America Cables and Radio, Inc., and the Commercial Cable Company.
"He had been associated with the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation system since 1925.
Before his election as president of American Cable and Radio Corporation and its two subsidiaries in March,
1948, he was divisional vice president of the I. T. & T. for all of Europe.
"Born in Kansas City, son of Charles W. and Lillian J. Stockton, Mr. Stockton was graduated from
Princeton in 1914 and Columbia Law School three years later. After serving as law clerk for White & Case
and Stetson, Jennings & Russell, he was a partner in Stockton & Stockton from 1919 to 1924.
"He joined the legal department of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in 1925 and was
named assistant general attorney of the corporation in 1928. He became vice president of International
Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in 1935 and later was elected a director.
"From 1940 to 1945 Mr. Stockton served as chairman of the executive committee of American kCable and
Radio, after which he assumed his International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation post in Europe.
"Mr. Stockton was also a director of American Cable and Radio Corporation; All America Cables and
Radio, Inc.; Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company; Compania Radio Area Maritima Espandia and the
International kTelephone Building Corporation, all International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
associated companies.
"His clubs included India House, the Wentworth in England and the Travelers in Paris.
"Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Susette Stockton; four children ____ and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Nelson."
3 DOROTHY P.
B Feb1894 MO (1900 and 1920 census)
D
M c1923 (1930 census)
John A. Nelson
B c1895 New York (1930 census)
1930 NY county NY Manhattan ED1203P5AS#39
J. A. Nelson 35 m@28y own home/$55,000 NY Sweden Sweden engineer oil
Dorothy wife 36 m@29y MO OR IA
email (above) - in 1932 Elizabeth “lives with her grandaughter Mrs. Nelson at 'Kindorbrook'
Ridgewood, N.J..”
father’s obit of 1940 - Mrs. Dorothy Nelson of Ridgewood NJ
brother’s obit of 1950 – Mrs. Dorothy Nelson
marriage announcement of niece Mary of 1955 – Mr. And Mrs. John A. Nelson
CENSUS ENTRIES
1880 CA R77 San Francisco SanFrancisco county P184AL20
living with his aunt, Emily Farris Clayton and her husband William
Charles W. Stockton nephew 16 OR IL IN in school
1900 MO Barry county City of Monett Ward 3 Roll 838 ED11S26L32
Charles W. Stockton head 36yo June1863 m 8y ID IL IL expressman
Lillian J. wife 35y June1864 M 8y children 2/2 IA IL PA
Tennie daughter 7y Jan1893 MO ID IA
Daugherty daughter 6y Feb1894 MO ID IA
Thomas R. father 65y Aug1834 m 37y IL TN IL
Elizabeth mother 64y Jan1836 m 37yt children 3/3 PA PA PA
1910 NJ Bergen Midland twp ED32P22BL86
Charles Stockton head 46 m 19y OR OH OH lawyer Wells Fargo
Lillian wife 44 married 196 Children 2/Living 2 IA IL PA
Dorothy 16 MO
Kenneth 17 MO
2 servants and 1 gardner in home
1920 NY NYCity Manhatten 17 West 10th Roll 1202 ED713 S7 L73
Charles Stocton head 56y OR KY IN lawyer lawoffice
Lillian J. wife 55y IA IL PA
Kenneth E. son 26y MO OR IA lawyer lawoffice
Elizabeth mother-in-law 84y PA PA PA
Dorothy P. daughter 25y MO OR IA
two servants
1930 NJ Bergan county Paramis borough Roll 1315 ED 2-192S1AL1
Charles W. Stockton head own home - value $75,000 66y OR KY IN lawyer general practice
Lillian J. wife 65y IA IL PA
Elizabeth P. mother in law 94y widow PA PA PA
three servants: nurse, gardner and cook
Unable to locate Kenneth in the 1930 census. According to Kenneth’s entry in Whos Who, he was
assigned to the European office of IT&T in 1930. His mother’s obituary of 1934 states he lives in London.
Thomas Richard Stockton
Death: 24 NOV 1904 in Chicago,Cook,IL
obit: His death took place at the home of his daughter, Lillian, in Chicago
Lillian Josephine Stockton
Death: in Ridgewood,,NJ
