John Rockey
(Abt 1817-)
Catherine
(Abt 1816-)
John Lucas Rockey
(1844-1924)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth E. Bucher
2. Elizabeth Hiester Houck

John Lucas Rockey 2 3 4

  • Born: 28 Mar 1844, Buckeye Twp., Stephenson, IL 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth E. Bucher
  • Marriage (2): Elizabeth Hiester Houck on 23 Jan 1890 in , Lebanon, PA 1
  • Died: 26 Jan 1924, , Lebanon, PA at age 79 4
  • Buried: Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 4

   Another name for John was John L. Rocky.6

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: author of serveral county histories. See See http://genealogytrails.com/ill/stephenson/oldsettlers.html in 1869 in Cedarville, Stephenson, IL. 3

2. Residence: in 1870 in Buckeye Twp., Stephenson, IL. 7

3. Census in 1880 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 8 The 1880 census recorded Mary Bucher, 76, living with her son-in-law, J. L. Rockey, 36, and her daughter Libbie E. Rockey, 34. The ladies and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. J. L. was born in Illinois and his parents in Pennsylvania.

4. Occupation: historical writer in 1890 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. 1


John married Elizabeth E. Bucher, daughter of Dr. Christian Bucher and Mary Valentine. (Elizabeth E. Bucher was born on 12 Feb 1846 in Schaefferstown, Lebanon, PA 9 10 11 12 13, christened on 5 Apr 1846 in Schaefferstown: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA,11 died on 17 Nov 1885 2 13 and was buried in Schaefferstown: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Lebanon, PA 2 13.)


John next married Elizabeth Hiester Houck, daughter of Henry Houck and Susan Margretha Bucher, on 23 Jan 1890 in , Lebanon, PA.1 (Elizabeth Hiester Houck was born in 1864 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA,1 14 died in 1937 in , Lebanon, PA 14 and was buried in Lebanon: Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, PA 14.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF9R-B65 John L. Rockey and Elizabeth Hiester Houck, 1890.

2 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 6.

3 Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901, History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Geographical and Genealogical (Philadelphia : Everts & Peck, 1883
360 p., 63 p. of plates : ill., maps), Page 237.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12629437.

5 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M853-7TR John Rocky in entry for John Rocky, 1850.

6 Meginness, John F., Biographical Annals Of Lancaster County, Pa: Containing Biographical And Genealogical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens And Many Of The Early Settlers (J. H. BEERS and CO., 1903. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=HM4xAQAAMAAJ), Page 1023.

7 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6W8-CWJ John L Rockey in entry for John Rockey, .

8 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWNS-P8C Libbie E. Rockey in entry for Mary Bucher, 1880.

9 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 3.

10 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Schaefferstown, Series: M432 Roll: 791 Page: 25.

11 St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Schaefferstown: , Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA.

12 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Schaefferstown, Series: M653 Roll: 1129 Page: 619.

13 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32271388.

14 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38099869.


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