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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1820 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 195, township had a little over 40 families; related families include James Lackey, Michael Stoker, and Michael Graybill. In neighboring Madison Township, related families David Stoker, Peter Graybill, Nancy (Graybill) Henson, and James McDaniel are found. Columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
Michael Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,1//1,1,0,1,0.
Michael Graybill: 3,0,0,0,1,0//1,0,0,1,0.
James Lackey: 2,2,1,2,0,1//1,2,1,1,5.
1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker:
Alexander Lackey. Males 20-30:1. Females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [Next door neighbor is James Lackey.]
1840 US: Bloomfield Twp., Jackson, Ohio, p. 48a, next door is James Lackey, note the entire township fits on 4 pages and there are no Graybills, Stokers, Ellers, McDaniels, or other related families:
Alexander Lackey. Males: 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 30-40:1. Females: 5-10:1; 15-20:1; 30-40: 1
1850 US: Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio, p. 239a, 23 Jul 1850, dwelling #190:
Alexander Lackey, 47, farmer, $1000.
Catherine 41, NC.
Rebecca, 20, OH.
Almaninda, 19, OH.
James E., 17, farming, OH.
Michael O., 14, OH.
Elva Ann C., 9, OH.
Chloe A., 4, OH.
Same census also has James Lackey, age 80, VA with several other Lackeys living with him including Bamsel. Also living with him is a Mary Henson, age 43, with her family - possibly Mary was a Lackey who married a Henson.
1860 US: Thurman P.O., Bloomfield Twp., Jackson, Ohio, 20 Jun 1860, p. 35a, dwelling 505:
Alexander Lackey, 57, farmer, $4,000, $600, OH.
Catherine, 51, NC.
Michael O., 24, farmer, $240, $100, OH.
Elvean C., 19, F, NC.
Cloe A., 14, NC.
Next door at dwelling 506:
James E. Lackey, 27, farmer, $600, $200, OH.
Mary A., 29, VA.
Leonidas F., 4, OH.
Laura M., 1, OH.
There is also an Adam Lackey, age 47, with family at dwelling 679 and a Bamsel Lackey, age 42, with family at dwelling 681.
1870 US: Camber P.O., Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, p. 4a, 24 Jun 1870, dwelling #44:
Alex Lackey, 67, farmer, $8,000, $500, OH.
Catherine, 61, keeping house, NC.
Michael, 34, personal $700, OH.
Ann, 24, helps mother, OH.
Next door is the Jas. E. Lackey family (age 37).
1880 US: Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio, Source: FHL film 1255036, National Archives Film T9-1036, p. 4C:
Catherine Lackey, age 71, widow, NC NC NC.
A son, Michael Lackey, age 44 born in Ohio with his wife and one child also noted.
2. Name may also be James Alexander Lackey or Allen Alexander Lackey. Parents are probably James (Ephrodius?) Lackey and Ester McAlexander. Tombstone shows as Allen Lackey.
3. Information from Ron Hunter 27 Mar 2004 per his website www.gencircles/users/ronaldjhunter/5/data/45411:
Allen "Alexander" Lackey, b. 14 Feb 1803 in Ohio, died 22 Sep 1875 in Jackson Co., OH, bur. Vega Cem., Bloomfield Township, Jackson Co., OH. Parents are James Lackey b. 4 Mar 1770 in VA and Esther McAlexander b. 24 Dec 1767 in Patrick Co, VA.
His wife is Catherine Stoker, b. 19 Feb 1809 in NC, d. 23 Aug 1896 in Jackson Co., OH, bur. in same cemetery as husband, m. 1 Jan 1829.
Children all born in Jackson Co., OH:
Rebecca, b. 18 Oct 1829, d. 14 Apr 1900 in Jackson Co., OH; m. Amos Davis 21 Oct 1852 in Jackson Co., OH; 6 children.
Almirinda Frances, b. 25 Jun 1831, d. unmarried 21 Jun 1851 in Jackson Co., OH.
James Ephrodidus, b. 6 Feb 1833, d. 6 Dec 1897, b. Mary A. Sharp 29 Aug 1855, had 2 children.
Michael Onesimus, b. 1 Feb 1836, d. 1905, m. Ann c. Jones 23 Dec 1869 in Jackson Co., OH, 1 child.
Elveann C., b. 24 May 1841, d. unmarried 27 Dec 1864..
Chlow a., b. 24 Feb 1846, d. unmarried 27 Dec 1864, bur. in Vega Cem., Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co., OH.
4. The father of this individual, James Lackey, appears to be part of the following story per the book "A History of Jackson County, Ohio," by D.W. Williams, vol. 1 The Scioto Salt Springs, Jackson, Ohio, 1900, pp. 99-100: "BLOOMField - The election in this township was held at the house of Judge Hugh Poor, which stood in a central location. the officers were... Thirty-seven electors cast their ballots, the name of Reuben Long being the first registered. the others were: Theophilus Blake, Henry Humphreys, John Hale, William Keeton, Morris Humphreys, Ellis Long, Benjamin Long, Azariah Jenkins, Joshua Stephenson, Thomas Barton, John R. Corn, John Scurlock, John Dickerson, Sharp Barton, George Campbell, Hugh Poor, Hugh Scurlock, Moses Hale, Arthur Callison, Christopher Long, Benjamin Hale, Robert Irwin, Moses Gillespie, DAVID Stoker, Nimrod Arthur, Allen Rice, Michael Stoker, James LACKEY, Martin Poor, John Stephenson, Sr., Samuel McClure, Andrew Donnally, John Stephenson, Jr., Robert G. Hanna and Alexander Poor. There was considerable excitement at this voting place, occasioned by a number of free fights, growing out of a feud between membersof the Long and Hale families. The origin of the trouble is unknown, but at some time in the day Joel Long and John Hale started the ball rolling by agreeing to 'box and fight each other at fisticuffs.' The well known code of the backwoods was no doubt followed to the letter in this fistic duel, but the result did not give satisfaction. Blood was up, and some words led Christopher Long to assault Moses Hale, and, according to the indictiment, did 'strike, beat, wound and illtreat, to the great damage of the said Moses Hale.' John R. Corn interferred in behalf of the latter, and Long promptly gave him a dose of the same medicine. At this point James LACKEY got mixed up in the affair, and Benjamin Long then took a hand and assaulted him. These contests furnished some of the grist for the first term of court in the following August, John Hale and Joel Long being fined $12 each, and Christopher Long $6 under each indictment. Benjamin Long's affair with LACKEY was not adjusted until the November term, when Long plead guilty and was fined $10 and the costs."
5. The following "Lackeys" appear buried in Vega Cemetery per the book "Cemetery Inscriptions of Jackson County," vol. 1, Vega Cemetery [locals pronounce area as Veegee rhyming with Beegee]:
____ Lackey, 10 Jul 1881 50y2m28d, wife of J E Lackey
Allen Lackey, 14 Feb 1803-22 Sep 1875
Ann C. Lackey, 1845-1915, wife of Michael O. Lackey
Banzel Lackey, 1 Oct 1887, 69y2m5d
Catherine Lackey, 19 Feb 1809-23 Aug 1896 (wife of Allen Lackey)
Chloe A. Lackey, 27 Dec 1864 18y10m3d, daughter of A. and O. Lackey
Infant Lackey, 22 Apr 1882, daughter of C.A. and M.A. Lackey
James E. Lackey, 6 Dec 1897, 64y9m
James M. Lackey, 1879-1956
L.F. Lackey, 1856-1909
Laura Lackey, 1856-1929
Margaret H. Lackey, 1882-1935, wife of James M. Lackey
Mary Coverston Lackey, 1822-1904, wife of Banzel Lackey
Matilda A. Lackey, 4 Apr 1900, 49y8m16d, wife of JE Lackey
Michael O. Lackey, 1836-1905
Permelia Lackey, 23 Jan 1895, 79y9m, daughter of James and Easter Lackey
BIOGRAPHY:
1. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 116-117: "Catherine Stoker, b. 19 Feb 1809 in Ashe Co., NC; d. 23 Aug 1896 in Gallia Co., OH. She married, 1 Jan 1829, in Jackson Co., OH, Alexander Lackey, b. 14 Feb 1803, in Virginia; d. 22 Sep 1875 in Jackson Co., OH. He was a son of James and Easter Lackey who, after a short period of living in Gallia County, Ohio, moved on to Jackson Co. and settles in Bloofield Twsp. in 1806. The were one of the very first families to settle permanently in the county. Family accounts of Catherine Lackey attest to the beauty and firmness of her character and the wonder of her handiwork. A number of pieces of the latter are now precious possessions of her descendants. She was living at her son Michael's home at the time of her death. [The book continues with biographies of the children and grandchildren of this couple; Children, all born in Jackson Co., OH include:]
Rebecca Lackey, b. 18 Oct 1829; d. 14 Apr 1900 in Jackson Co., OH. She m. 21 Oct 1852, Amos Davis and had children...
Amarinda Frances Lackey, b. 25 Jun 1831; d. 21 Jun 1851 in Jackson Co., OH; m. 17 Oct 1850, Harrison Scurlock. She died at the birth of her first child who also did not survive.
James Ephrodidus Lackey, b. 6 Feb 1833; d. 6 Dec 1897; m. 1st 29 Aug 1855, Mary A. Sharp, d. 10 Jul 1881. She was a dau. of Caleb and Mary Sharp. He m. 2nd 14 Mar 1882, Matilda A. Jones. 'The History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio' by Interstate Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884, gives an account of him, saying that he was a practical and successful farmer in Bloomfield Township of Jackson Co., OH and that he served as trustee of Bloomfield Township 1865 to 1875 and from 1882 to 1883. He had two children by his first wife...
Michael Onesimus Lackey, b. 1 Feb 1836; d. 18 Oct 1906; m. 23 Dec 1869, Ann C. Jones, dau. of John J. and Betsy Jones. He served in the Civil War. He had but one child...
Elveann Lackey, b. 24 May 1841; d. 4 Mar 1864 of typhoid fever.
Chloe Lackey, b. 24 Feb 1846; d. 27 Dec 1864, of typhoid fever."
2. From an article entitled "The Family" from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. For the full transcriptional listing of the descendants of Michael Stoker and Catherine Stoker, see the notes of Michael Stoker - the following only pertains to this immediate family. Generation "1" is Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller:
"The Michael Stoker Family as existed at the time of his death. Those names that are [bracketed] probably were involved in the Missouri experience...
2. Catherine Stoker, born Feb 19, 1809 in Ashe Co., NC, moved with her family to Jackson Co, OH where she married Alexander LACKEY on Jan 1, 1829. She and her husband did not embrace the LDS church and chose to remain in Ohio where she died on Aug 23, 1896.
3. Rebecca LACKEY, born Oct 18, 1829 in Jackson Co., OH, married Amos Davis on Oct 21, 1852. She died Apr 14 in Jackson Co., OH.
3. Almarinda Frances LACKEY, born Jun 25, 1831, married Harrison SCURLOCK on Oct 17, 1850. She died Jun 21, 1851 in Jackson Co., OH.
3. James Ephrodidus LACKEY, born Feb 6, 1833, married Mary A. SHARP on Aug 29, 1855. He died on Dec 6, 1897.
3. Michael Onesimus LACKEY, born Feb 1, 1836, married Ann C. JONES. He died in Oct 1906."
3. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article:
"A call to Zion takes the family to Missouri.
Only one stays in Ohio.
Seven of Michael Stoker's (1762-1838) nine children joined the LDS Church between 1833 and 1836. His daughter, Catherine (1809-1893), who married Alexander Lackey, may not have joined nor did Rebecca (1807-1821), a daughter who died accidentally in 1821 at age 14. No doubt, Michael Stoker (1762-1838) and his wife, Catherine Eller (1773-After 1850), joined the church also although no record of their baptisms at that time seem to be available. Catherine had her patriarchal blessing given by Hyrum Smith in 1843.
The family, listening to their church leaders, were anxious to gather to Zion. On October 27, 1836 Michael, now past the age of 74 and Catherine, over 63 years old, sold out their holdings in southern Ohio and headed west to join the Saints in Missouri. With all of his
as repriChildren married except their youngest son, Eller (1816-1855), Michael Stoker (1762-1838) and a couple of dozen or more of his married descendants and their families headed west.
Goodby Ohio.
David Stoker's wife, Barbara Graybill, and Polly's husband, Michael Graybill, brother and sister, said their goodbyes to their parents, John Peter Graybill, Sr. (1762-1842), and Christina Wampler (1771-1844). This couple had journeyed from the Blue Ridge mountains in Ashe county, North Carolina with the Stokers in 1815 to southern Ohio and they planned to die there which they did. Christina Wampler may have trembled to see her children leave for the west. She had been kidnapped by the Delaware Indians from her Pennsylvania home when she was three years old. With pressure from the increasingly stronger armed forces of the whites, the Indians relinquished her when she was eleven years old, along with other children. She became easy to identify as she sang a lullaby, no doubt a German one, which her mother had taught her. When her mother heard her sing, she knew immediately that it was her Christina.(6)
A winter in Indiana.
During the late fall and winter of 1836, the Stoker families, whether together or separately, trekked across Ohio in their wagons. Many of them planned to spend part of the winter with relatives in Indiana.(7) Michael stopped in Henry County, Indiana where on December 1, 1836 he bought "1 Roe of Shock corn" from the estate of Absalom Koons who was Catherine's deceased nephew.(8) Michael's son Michael Stoker, Jr., must have been in Henry County when he wrote in his journal in April 1837 that he baptized Margaret Judd, David Eller, Tabitha Eller, Mary Sharp, Rhoda Judd. These were relatives and soon-to-be relatives. Margaret Judd in 1839, after the Stokers were driven from Missouri, would marry Michael's youngest brother, Eller. Rhoda Judd was the mother of Margaret Judd and Tabitha Eller. David Eller was Michael's first cousin.(9)
Michael's (1762-1838) daughter, Elizabeth (1800-1868) and her husband, James Welker had been in Indiana when their first child was born in 1823. However, their next four children, starting in 1825 and ending in 1835 were all born near the Stokers in Jackson County, Ohio. The members of Michael's family felt comfortable living near each other and sometimes grew deeply attached. Polly Stoker Graybill found it difficult when her family said their goodbyes to their Indiana relatives. One of them cried because Aunt Polly was leaving and he would not see her again.(10)
Picture: "Christena Wampler's headstone in Jackson Co."
Evidently, Catherine Stoker Lackey and her husband, Alexander, went to Missouri and joined her parents there in 1837. One of her sons, Michael Onesimus, being only a year old, cried so hard when they crossed the Mississippi River that his mother had to cover his head with her apron.(11)...
The Stokers leave Missouri
Leaving her husband, Michael, buried in Missouri, Catherine Eller Stoker (1773-after 1850) and her large family, helped each other, left Far West, Missouri and joined the hundreds of Saints who were on the road heading east to Illinois at the time. Little is known about the Stoker family's journey other than Joseph Levi Graybill's account of securing a team and taking his father's family to Illinois. There is some question if Alexander and Catherine Stoker Lackey and their four children were with the Stokers. A great granddaughter says they stayed in Missouri only a year.(19) The Lackey family would not follow the saints to Illinois, but would return to Jackson County, Ohio.
Footnotes:
5. Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill, Sr." Typescript sent to Jim Stoker by Alice Graybill Russell, 6120 Wincanton Dr., Shreveport, LA 71129 on October 6, 1993.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. A necessary explanation on the Michael Stoker (Stocker) family group sheet sent by Jim Rose, 740 So.Woodland Hills Dr., Woodland Hills, UT, 84 653 on Nov. 13, 1993.
9. "The Howard Leytham, Stoker, Von Dollen Family Histories...," p. 92.
10. Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill, Sr."
11. Letter from Ethel McCarley, dated July 15, 1957 to Madeline E. Fletcher. Ethel's address was Rio Grande, Ohio. Information found in the notes of the Michael Stoker family group sheet sent by Jim Rose to Jim Stoker on Nov. 18, 1993.
18. Joseph Levi Graybill, "Testimony at age 92."
19. Letter from Ethel McCarley to Madeline E. Fletcher dated July 15, 1957."
4. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
"Michael, 74 years of age, and Catherine, 63 years of age, lived in Bloomfield Township until the fall of 1836, when on October 27 they sold their farm and moved with their new church settling near the new town of Farr West, Missouri. Land records state that on 27 October 1836 Michael Stoker sold all his land, eighty acres, improvements and water rights to Wm. Wilmore. Sec 34, T. 8 R. 17 W 1/2 of the NW 1/4. When Michael sold their home in Jackson, Ohio they left their daughter Catherine, and her husband, Alexander Lackey, in the care of the Lackey families. Catherine and Alexander later joined them in Missouri for a brief period of time. During the church's "Missouri Conflict" Catherine and Alexander returned to the Lackey family in Ohio. The 1850 census records for Bloomfield Township list Catherine and Alexander Lackey along with Adam Lackey."
BIRTH:
1. Ohio would be surmised as Ohio from censuses; however, the following news article from his wife indicates Virginia. Exact date from Ron Hunter's website cited above. James Hook in the book as cited in these notes also uses 14 Feb 1803 in Virginia. From an article entitled "Stokers coming to Ohio" rom the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT:
"(A Miss Ethel McCarley did research on the Stoker family line for Madeline Fletcher of Fort Collins, Colorado. She sent to Madeline an article found in a local newspaper which featured an elderly Mrs. Katy Lackey. She is Catherine Stoker, daughter of Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller, who married to Alexander Lackey on Jan 1, 1829. The newspaper and its date were not given. It is assumed that the interviews took place in 1896. Photocopy of the article was sent to Jim Stoker by Madeline Fletcher's sister, Helen Evans, of San Diego, California on March 15, 1994.)
'On last Monday, the writer paid a visit to Mrs. Katy Lackey, of Rio Grande. The old lady is remarkably spry for one so old, being eighty-seven last February. She can remember back for eighty-one years. Though she now lives in Gallia County, the greater part of her life was spent in Jackson County. Her maiden name was Stoker. Her parents, Michael and Catherine Stoker came here from North Carolina in 1815, when she was but six years old. There was quite a large family of them, consisting of father and mother, five brothers, three sisters, and a brother-in-law by the name of Craybill [Graybill]. They came in wagons, bringing all their goods with them, as far as the salt works on the Kanawha river, and there, on account of bad roads, they loaded their goods on pack horses. They crossed the Ohio river some time in February. Coming to this county in 1815, before its organization, they were directed by a gentleman by the name of Arthur to a sugar camp near the old Henson place, and there they stayed till a log cabin could be erected for a home. Many persons yet living in the vicinity, can remember the rude log hut that used to stand just a few rods above the present site of the Vega school house. Her nearest neighbors were, the Stephensons, who lived on the Daniel Evans' place; the Lackey homestead, now owned by Prof C. A. Lackey; an Arthur family, who lived where Mrs. Rebecca Evans now lives, below Vega and a family of Welkers, who moved somewhere in the hollow, where Albert and Evie Edwards now live. Her five brothers were David, John, Mike, Jacob and Elery [Eller] Stoker; and the sisters were Elizabeth, Rebecca, and herself, Katie Stoker. Her sister, Rebecca, was the second person buried in the old grave-yard mentioned a few weeks ago, on the farm of Mr. Daniel Williams; Anne Stephenson, a daughter of John Stephenson, one of the first commissioners of Jackson county, being the first person buried there. The story goes that Anne Stephenson was carried to the door on a quilt, and looking across the creek, selected a spot on the hillside under a walnut tree for her grave, which was the starting of the graveyard. When Rebecca Stoker died, Mr. Stephenson requested that she be buried by the side of his daughter, Anne, they being about the same age. The first school she attended was near the old tan house and not very far from where Mr. Jenkins Davis now lives. Her first teacher was John Stephenson and the second was Andrew Stephenson, both sons of the commissioner, John Stephenson. The school house was one of those rude log structures with a chimney in one corner, usually taking up about one quarter of the entire building. Wood was used for the fire purposes, the boys taking turns at chopping and rolling in back logs. The Stokers afterwards moved to Iowa, with the exception of Katy, the subject of this sketch, who married Mr. Alex Lackey and has lived here in Gallia county ever since.
The Stephensons came here from Greenbrier county, Virginia. Just when they came we are not able to say as they were here when the Stokers came in 1815. There was a large family of them, also, consisting of father, John, and mother, whose maiden name was Ewing. She was some relation of Thomas Ewing, the first Secretary of Interior; seven sons and three daughters. The sons were Jas, John, Joshua, Andrew, Williams, Samuel and Jerry. The girls were Ellen, Anne and Nancy. James was judge of the court of common pleas; John was, for several years, auditor; Sam and Jerry moved to Indiana; Anne died at the old homestead as stated above; Ellen married Joseph Scurlock; and Nancy married Courtney Martin.
The Lackeys came here from Virginia in 1806. They settled for a while in Gallia county, near where Mr. Jerry Corn now lives; then they came to this county, settling in Bloomfield township. The old homestead is still in possession of one of the descendants.
When the Lackeys and Stokers first came here, the country was all woods. Wolves were so numerous, it was next to impossible to keep sheep, and their howling would make the night hideous. Bear, too, were plentiful, and it was no uncommon thing to hear the pigs squealing and to rush out and find that a bear had devoured a pig, or had eaten a shoulder off of one of the larger hogs."
MARRIAGE:
1. FHL Film #301,043 "Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1816-1843" has no record of any marriage for this couple even though it does have marriages of John W. Stoker and Electa Sally McDaniel in 1827 and John McDaniel and Christina Stoker in 1835.
DEATH:
1. Date and location surmised by 1880 census. Exact date from Ron Hunter's website cited above.
BURIAL:
1. From Ron Hunter's website cited above.
2. During my visit to the area in Sep 2006, I was told by the locals that the local pronunciation of Vega is "Veegee" with the "g" being a soft "g" as in gee whiz.
3. Per the book "Cemetery Inscriptions of Jackson County," vol. 1, Vega Cemetery [locals pronounce area as Veegee rhyming with Beegee]:
Allen Lackey, 14 Feb 1803-22 Sep 1875
Catherine Lackey, 19 Feb 1809-23 Aug 1896 (wife of Allen Lackey)
SOURCES_MISC:
1. Mentioned in the FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, p. 87.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1803 - 1875 (72 years)