Stuckel, Stephen

STUCKEL, SIMMERMAN, GRAVOCK, PASCHALL, SKALA

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Date: 2/15/2003 at 08:58:06

Source: "The 1901 Biographical Record of Clinton Co., Iowa, Illustrated" published: Chicago : S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1901.

STEPHEN STUCKEL.

Stephen Stuckel, who is now successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits on section seven, Waterford township, Clinton county, Iowa, was born in Austria on the 12th of April, 1864, and is a son of Stephen and Annie (Simmerman) Stuckel, who were life-long residents of that country. They were the parents of seven children, namely: Jacob, who is a soldier in the Austrian army, and lives near Vienna; John, who is also in the Austrian army; Mary, wife of John Gravock, a resident of Liba, Austria; Annie, who also makes her home in that country; Stephen, of this review; Joseph, who came to America three years after our subject, and now makes his home in Waterford township, this county (he married Thresa Paschall); and one died young.

The subject of this sketch was reared in the land of his birth and attended its schools until nineteen years of age. In 1883 he emigrated to America, and after spending four months in Chicago, working in a furniture factory, he came to Clinton county, Iowa, and was first employed on a farm near Riggs by the year. After his marriage he bought one hundred and twenty acres of land on sections six and seven, Waterford township, and has since built a commodious and comfortable residence, a large barn and other outbuildings, besides making many other useful and valuable improvements upon the place. He gives considerable attention to the breeding of thoroughbred Hereford cattle and a good grade of horses and hogs, and as a farmer and stockraiser in meeting with well-deserved success.

At St. Joseph’s Catholic church, in Sugar Creek township, February 8, 1893, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Stuckel and Miss Mary Skala, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Father Sassin. Mrs. Stuckel was born in Riggs, October 26, 1878, and is a daughter of Jacob and Anna Skala, both of whom were natives of Austria, and came to America about 1871. They were married in Lyons, Iowa, and have since made their home on a farm near Riggs, in Waterford township. Their children are: Mary, Jacob, Mathias, Kate, Agnes, John, Rosie and Susie, all unmarried, with exception of Mrs. Stuckel. Our subject and his wife have four children whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Loretta Anna, October, 26, 1892; Henry Joseph, June 26, 1895; Edward john, June 26, 1897; and Rosie Mary, June 2, 1899.

Mr. Stuckel is a member of the Austrian Roman Catholic Society, with headquarters at Joliet, Illinois, and belongs to St. Joseph’s Catholic church in Sugar Creek. Politically he affiliates with the Democracy, and is now efficiently serving as road supervisor.