Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 329
JOHN D. FROCK

John D. FROCK, a resident of section 19, Jefferson Township, came to the county in March, 1876, and moved near Reeder's Mills, where he worked for John WILLIAMS on a farm for three months, and then moved to Magnolia Township, where he rented land one year, and then bought forty acres in the same township. It was improved land, for which he paid $1,100. After two years he sold this place and moved to Harlan, Shelby County, where he conducted a hotel a few months, and then returned to Harrison County, renting land for two years, after which he purchased one hundred acres in Jefferson Township. The land was all under the plow, but contained no buildings. He erected a farmhouse 24x28 feet, and set out an orchard, cultivating the land for four years. In the spring of 1886 he purchased the place he now occupies.

Mr. FROCK was born in Maryland, January 31, 1840, the son of Valentine and Maria (HARNER) FROCK, who had a family of eight children, of whom our subject was the third. The children were: Louisa, Sophia (deceased), John D., William H., James E., Samuel (deceased), Lucinda and Theodore.

The parents were both natives of Maryland. John D. was married December 11, 1866, to Rebecca, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth STOCKSLEGER, who had a family of eleven children, our subject's wife being the youngest. Her father's family were as follows: Joshua, Jacob, Maria Ann, Joseph, Amos, Isaiah and Jeremiah (twins), Abraham F. and Isaac J. (twins). Samuel, and Rebecca.

Mrs. FROCK'S parents were both natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. FROCK's children are as follows: Elizabeth M., born September 27, 1867; William E., January 31, 1870; Ella M., April 19, 1872; Luella P., September 12, 1881.

Mr. and Mrs. FROCK are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church of Logan. Politically, our subject is a supporter of the Republican party.

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