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The reunion of the Stockman and related families will be held in Silver City, New Mexico on 16, 17 and 18 July this year.

Friday: As has become traditional the family will gather at the home of Lee and Judy in the afternoon and evening to get acquainted and renew old friendships. Address is: #16 McKinley Street, call 505-388-4054 for directions and check at front desk of Motel for map.

Saturday: The family will congregate in a nice meeting room provided by the restaurant for the traditional auction and entertainment and then on Saturday evening the traditional Banquet will be held. Locations for these events will be available at the Friday gathering. Louisa Billings aka Judy Allen will entertain us with her life story, and we may have Billy the Kid’s school teacher and a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient to also educate and entertain us.

Sunday: The picnic at Little Walnut Picnic Area will conclude the reunion. Maps and directions available Friday and Saturday. Good weather guaranteed, what ever it may be!!

We have moved the reunion motel this year. Our former host, Mike Trumbull, has sold the motel were he met two years ago and the new operators have increased rates beyond what we feel is reasonable. The new motel we recommend is:

Be sure to tell them you are with the Stockman Family Reunion for the Special rate of $55.00 plus tax for single or double.

Rvers and motor home dwellers should make reservations early as RV parks fill up fast here in this cool haven from the heat of Tucson and El Paso.

The Auction - a word for the new comers. We will have an auction of items brought by family members, funds raised will defray the cost of the reunion. Home canning, jams, jellies, and arts and craft items are always popular. Items from your home town, business or locality are also in demand. -//-

In this article consider the names Stockman and Stuckman to be interchangeable. In the records many times the name can be read one way or the other.

John Stockman of Fayette County, Pennsylvania first comes to our attention in 1800 when we find him living in Bedford county, PA, in the same township as Peter Stockman who has been identified as a son of Johannes Peter Stockmann and Anna Christina Christen, the immigrants. Both John and Peter’s names were recorded in 1800 as Stuckman.

1800 John Stuckman, Bedford County, PA, Hopewell & Woodberry Townships Page 436
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	1	0	0	0
Females	2	0	1	0	0	0

1800 Peter Stuckman Bedford County, PA, Hopewell & Woodberry TWPs, page 440
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	1	0	0	0

The 1800 census provides a year of birth for John Stockman somewhere between 1774 and 1784. His wife was born between 1784 and 1794, the one son in the household was born after 1790 and the two daughters were also born after 1790. Family records of a David Stockman and Johnathan Stockman who were living in Ohio in 1840 tell us that they each had a father named John. The evidence indicates that this John Stockman was the father of the two boys, David and Johnathan Stockman. Since neither David nor Johnathan lived to see the 1850 census we are not able to determine which is the elder son. The wife of John Stockman was recorded in family records as Hanna Batchell.

By 1810 John Stockman has moved to Fayette County, PA and is living there in the same township as Martin Stockman who has also been identified as a son of Johannes Peter Stockmann and Anna Christina Christen, the immigrants. Johannes Martinus was an infant when his parents emigrated from Nassau-Siegen to Philadelphia in 1766 on the ship Polly.

The close association of John Stockman with two of the sons of Johannes Peter Stockman and Anna Christine Christen, leads one to presume that he is also a son, but no baptismal record or other evidence has been found at this time to prove this contention

. The History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co., 1882, Page 490, has a list of the early settlers of Bullskin Township, and makes the following comments about John Stockman, “Further down Mounts’ creek among the early settlers were John Smutz, Martin Garver, and westward John Stockman, the latter being a Dunkard Preacher and a very estimable man. This place is now occupied by John Stoneacher.” It is interesting to note that Martin Garver, mentioned in this article, married Fanny Stockman, a sister to Martin Stockman and if our assumption is correct, of John Stockman.

On page 497 the History contains an added bit of information. “One of the first schools in the township was taught in a building near the Baptist Church. It was simply a log cabin but the school was well attended and for those times was considered very good. Pupils were in attendance from the Stoneacher, Shank, Newmeyer, Stockman, Latta, Shallenbarger, Highlands, Myers, Smutz, Garver and other families.”

1810 John Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Tyrone TWP, Page 119
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	1	0	1	0	0
Females	2	2	0	1	0	0

1810 Martin Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin STP, Page 122
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	0	1	0
Females	0	0	0	0	2	0

The 1810 census tells us that John Stockman was born between 1765 and 1784, his wife was born between 1765 and 1784, one son was born after 1800 and one between 1796 and 1800, two daughters born after 1800 and two born between 1796 and 1800.

In 1820 John Stockman is still living in Fayette County, PA, enumerated on the same page of the census as Martin Stockman.

1820 John Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin TWP, Page 103
	<10	10-16	16-18	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	1	2	0	1	0
Females	1	2	---------	0	0	1	0

A short note of explanation is in order when the 1820 census records are interpreted. The column in which males ages 16-18 yrs are recorded was added to this census. Females were not enumerated in this age class. Any male enumerated in this age class was also enumerated in the 16-26 yrs age class. The result of this is that often the number of persons in the household in 1820 can be incorrectly interpreted. John Stockman had only two sons enumerated in this census. One was born between 1802 and 1804 and the other between 1794 and 1802. One daughter was born between 1810 and 1820 and two between 1804 and 1810. John and his wife were born prior to 1775. Incidentally, John was not indexed by Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com in this census and his record was found only by scrolling through the images of the 1820 census of Bullskin Township.

In 1830 John Stockman is enumerated in Fayette County, living near Martin Stockman.

1830 John Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin TWP, page 294
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Females	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

The two sons are no longer in the household, but an additional John Stockman has joined the ranks of those enumerated in Fayette County. This is the son Johnathan Stockman. Johnathan married Ester Stockslager.

1830 John Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin TWP, Page 293
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Females	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The other son, David had moved to Ohio and in 1830 was living in Columbiana County. He married Ann Walker. Their eldest son was born in Fayette County, PA in 1824 before the move to Ohio..

1830 David Stuckman, Columbiana County, Ohio, Center TWP, Page 451
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Females	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

In 1840, John, the father is still living in Fayette County, PA near Martin Stockman.

1840 John Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin TWP, Page 386
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Females	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

The son David died in 1838 and in 1840 his widow, Ann Stuckman, was enumerated in Columbiana County, OH.

1840 Ann Stuckman, Columbiana County, Ohio, Elkrun TWP, Page 219
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Females	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ann and David had a large family but most of the sons were “farmed out” to work for neighbors and were not living at home.

In 1840 John Stockman, the son, has moved from Fayette County, PA and is also living in Columbiana County, OH.

1840 John Stockman. Columbiana County, OH, Madison TWP, Page 99
Name	<5	5 10	10 15	15 20	20 30	30 40	40 50	50 60	60 70	70 80	80 90	90 100	S
Males	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Females	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

In 1850 the Father, John Stockman is still living in Fayette County, PA and his brother Martin Stuckman has died. John's sons have moved away and John is the only Stockman left in Fayette County.

1850 John Stuckman, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Page 448, H.H. 188, Bullskin TWP
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
John Stuckman	78	M		PA
Sarah Stuckman	38	F		PA

David Stockman’s widow, Ann is still living in Columbiana County, OH. This family has been discussed in The Stockman Family Newsletter, Vol 16 No. 2. At that time we had not made the connection between David Stockman and his father.

1850 Ann Stuckman, Columbiana County, OH, Page 207, H.H. 1346, Elkrun TWP
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Ann Stuckman	40	F		PA
Irvin	26	M	Farmer	PA
Thomas	24	M	Farmer	OH
Lafayette	22	M	Blacksmith	OH
Susan	18	F		OH
Dan'l	16	M	Farmer	OH

1850 Ester Stuckman, Wayne County, Ohio, Page 317, 21 Sep 1850, Congress TWP
Name	Age	Sex	Occupation	Place of Birth
Ester Stuckman	49	F		PA
Ann	16	F		PA
John	12	M		PA
Martha E	9	F		OH
Hannah	72	F		PA

Ester Stockslager was born 18 Feb 1801, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA, Dau of Peter Stockslager and Anna Pechtel. She and Johnathan Stockman had the following Children according to a record book complied by Gail McClain.

Hannah Stuckman born 21 Feb 1826 in Fayette County, PA, m in 1846 to Thomas Pratt Leonard, his second wife. She died 20 Jul 1926 in Wellsville, Columbiana County, OH.

William Stuckman. Is this the William Stuckman who married Nancy Carlisle 15 Nov 1849 in Columbiana County, OH?

Hannah Stuckman, age 72 years living with Esther is the wife of John Stuckman. Her maiden name has been reported as Hannah Baschtell. Was she living with Ester because her son had only recently died?

The identification of the members of this Stockman family removes three more of the mystery Stockmans found in Pennsylvania when we began identifying the descendants of the known immigrant Stockmans. One remaining unknown Stockman who has not been placed into a family is Philip Stockman who, descendants claim was born in 1799 in Westmoreland County, PA. Philip married Sarah Drummond but no parents for him have yet been identified. It is possible that he may be part of the family of George Stuckman, another of the sons of Johann Peter Stockmann the immigrant. George Stuckman's family is not well known. -//-

During the now infamous half time show at the Super Bowl, a breath a sanity and beautiful music was injected into the proceedings in the form of a commercial production by Jim McMillen, son of Jim McMillen and Helen Taylor (Anthony Taylor, Ella Susan Stockman, {Christopher Columbus Stockman, Peter stockman} and {Laura N Stockman, Hardy Francis Stockman, Henry Stockman} Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas Branch of the Family).

Jim who lives in Pasadena arranged the music for the NFL Super Bowl commercial that aired during the halftime show and featured NFL players singing "Tomorrow' from the musical "Annie.'

But this was only one of many musical productions that Jim has been involved with. He conducts the Crystal Cathedral Orchestra when the regular conductor is absent and can be seen on the Sunday TV show “Hour of Power” regularly.

Last December Jim arranged the music for an ESPN commercial touting bowl week college football games that was sung to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas”. ESPN will be using this commercail for the next couple of years.

Last February he organized a concert honoring Charlie Parker, "Bird Lives,' for the Pasadena Jazz Institute and the Brehm Center for the Arts in honor of Black History Month. The concert ended with McMillen's tribute to Parker, an original composition called “You are the Night and the Music”. The show was reviewed by the Los Angles Times as “Sublime”. Father Jim reports that after only a couple of hours sleep, Jim was up the next morning, directed the orchestra at the Crystal Cathedral, and then helped Disney Productions with an arrangement problem. Father Jim adds, “You might say we’re proud of him.”

James Anthony McMillen was born In TX the youngest of Jim and Helen’s three children. He studied composition and was a graduate assistant at Cal State Northridge. An accomplished trombone player, he toured with blues great Clarence "Gate Mouth' Brown, plays on cruise ships, with Disneyland's Dixieland band, for Universal Studios, is a regular with the Crystal Cathedral band in Garden Grove and for years arranged music for Circus Vargas. He moved to California in 1982, and to Pasadena five years ago with his wife, Kathy. In a recent article by Emanuel Parker for the Pasadena, CA Paper, Jim is quoted as saying, “I lived in West Los Angeles 15 years and only saw my neighbors when they moved,” he said. “I like Pasadena because it has big-city opportunities and a small-town vibe. I've got the mountains in my back yard and a waterfall two miles away. I feel connected here.”-//-

                Markette Billingsley, daughter of James W Billingsley and Tommie Dee Noling ( Lola Beatrice Nichols,
        Icey Izena Stockman, Young Hardy Stockman, Hardy Francis Stockman, Henry Stockman,
        Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch fo the family) passed away Wednesday,
        May 12, in Silver City, New Mexico at the Gila Regional Medical Center. Markette was born Feb. 13,
        1957, in Morenci, Greenlee County, Ariz.
            She is survived by her father James Billingsley and his wife Judy; mother, Tommie Dee Best of Silver City;
        two children, Paul Bryant Billingsley of Silver City and Fay Lynn Coleman of Albuquerque; two
        grandchildren, Emerald Breann Billingsley and Lola Faith Billingsley, both of Salt Lake City, Utah; six sisters
        and brothers, Sherril Billingsley of Safford, Ariz., Diana Andrews and her husband, John, of Silver City,
        Tom Billingsley and his wife, Carrie, of Show Low, Ariz., Becky Carter and her husband, Steve, of
        Flagstaff, Ariz., David Billingsley of Morenci, Ariz., and Kathy Billingsley of Franklin, N.M.; and
        numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

            Markette was preceded in death by her grandparents and one nephew, Darrel James Wood. Markette
        loved to spend time working in her garden, fishing, and just being outdoors. She also loved music and
        dancing. She will always be remembered as someone who lived to love and loved to live. She will be
        deeply missed by all that knew her and loved her. The family received friends from 4-6 p.m. Sunday 16
         May at Bright Funeral Home. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Monday (Arizona time), in the
         Virden Community Center, Virden, N.M., with Bishop Stan Jones officiating. Interment was in the
        Duncan Cemetery.

            Pallbearers were Tommy Billingsley, James Wayne Billingsley, Seth Davis, Jesse Davis, Mike Acosta and
        John Tea. Honorary bearers were David Wood, Kevin Wood, Christopher O'Dell, Jess Moyers,
        Adam Billingsley, Ryan Billingsley, Joe Billingsley, Lorenzo Saben, Gregory Saben and Dustin Billingsley.
        Bright Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

As was reported in a previous issue of The Stockman Family Newsletter, When the 1920census enumeration was taken in Wichita Falls, Texas, incarcerated in the Jail, there, were Hardy and Ed Stockman (William Bonapart Stockman, Young Hardy Stockman, Hardy Francis Stockman, Henry Stockman, Frederick Stockman and Katherine Disponet of the Texas branch of the family and uncles to your humble editor!). At that time little was know about the circumstances of the high crimes and misdemeanors which lead to their arrest.

Hardy and Ed’s youngest sister, Rose, remembered that they had bought an old truck and were traveling around collecting scarp iron to salvage and in that manner able to support themselves. Well it seems that at some place in Texas they acquired some metal from a fellow and as luck would have it that metal had been stolen. This discovery resulted in their incarceration at a most inopportune time, just as the census taker was walking from cell to cell in the Wichita County, Jail!

Rose remembered that they were released when the full story of how the metal had come into their possession was known. The Wichita Daily Times , Wichita Falls, Texas in the 2 July 1920 issue reported the following:

It also become known Friday that the felony theft charges against Ed Stockman and Hardy Stockman had been dismissed upon recommendation of the District Attorney, insufficient evidence was the grounds for dismissal of the case, according to states attorneys

The paper reported on the case again in a summary of legal actions Wichita Daily Times 3 Mar 1921.

Last issue of the Newsletter listed all the Stockmans, Stuckmans and Steckmans enumerated in the 1790 census of the United States. This issue we have a compilation for the second Census of the United States.

Jacob Stockman, New London County, New London TWP, Page 629
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	3	2	0	1	0	0
Females	2	0	0	1	0	0

David Stockman, Hancock County, Maine, Page 0?
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males
Females

No image on Ancestry.com. David Stockman was indexed by Ancestry.com but no record can be found for him.

Samuel Stockman, Lincoln County, Bowdoin TWP, page 315
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	1	0	0	1	0
Females	3	1	0	1	0	0

Jacob Stockman, Lincoln County, Pownalborough TWP, page 483
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	1	0	0	1	0
Females	2	1	0	0	1	0

Barbarah Stockman, Frederick County, Buckeye District #1, Page 115
Males	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	0	0	0
Females	0	0	1	0	1	0

John Stockman, Frederick County, District #3, Page 115
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	1	0	0	0

George Stockman, Frederick County, District 3 Page 116
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	1	1	0	1	0
Females	0	1	1	0	1	0

John Stockman, Essex County, MA, Newburyport TWP, Page 346
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	1	0	0	0
Females	0	0	2	0	0	1 FPOC

Joseph Stockman, Essex County, MA, Salisbury TWP, Page 61
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	0	1	0
Females	0	0	1	0	1	0

Joseph Stockman, Jr, Essex County, MA, Salisbory TWP, Page 61
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	0	1	0	0

John C Stockman, Albany County, NY, 1^st Ward Albany, Page 250
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	2	0	1	0	0	0

John Stockman, Chester County, PA, West Town TWP, Page 746
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	1	0	1	0	0
Females	5	0	0	1	0	0

Jabas Stockman, Philadelphia County, PA, Unknown TWP, page 136, a boarding house
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	10	70	0	0
Females	1	0	1	1	0	0

Nathan Stockman, Northumberland County, Buffalo TWP, PA, Page 132
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	3	1	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	0	1	0	0

John Stuckman, Bedford County, PA, Hopewell & Woodberry Townships Page 436
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	1	0	0	0
Females	2	0	1	0	0	0

Peter Stuckman Bedford County, PA, Hopewell & Woodberry TWPs, page 440
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	1	0	0	0

Martin Stockman, Fayette County, PA, Bullskin TWP, page 505
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	1	0	0
Females	0	1	0	1	0	0

Samuel Stockman, Newport County, RI, Newport TWP, Page 232
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	1	0	0
Females	0	0	1	0	0	0

Isaac Stockman, Newport County, RI, Newport TWP, Page 308
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	0	0	0	1	0	0
Females	0	1	1	0	0	0

Henry Stuckman, Newberry County, NTWPL, SC Page 95
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	1	0	1	0	0
Females	3	1	1	0	0	0

John Stuckman, Newberry County, NTWPL, Page 94A
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	0	0	0	0

Peter Stuckman, Newberry County, Page 94B
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	1	0	1	0
Females	3	2	0	0	1	4 slaves

Charles Stockman, Addison County, VT, Vergennes TWP, Page 9
	<10	10-16	16-26	26-45	>45	other
Males	1	0	0	1	0	0
Females	1	0	0	2	0	0

The Stockman Family Newsletter

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by Lee T Stockman

P.O. Box 250

Silver City, NM 88062-0250

(505 388-4054

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