Individual Details

Samuel H. Hocker

(24 Oct 1853 - 19 Sep 1932)

Occupation: Farmer, helped on dad's farm then owned his own farm six miles north of Bluffton, Wells, Indiana. When lived in Adams County was township trustee in French Twp. in 1884. Brother Franklin's obituary says he lived in Decatur, Indiana in 1931. In 1910 census he is shown as a real estate dealer. In 1920 census he is shown as a house painter.

Residence: 1900 census: lived at 513 West South St., Bluffton, Wells, Indiana; 1910 & 1920 census: lived at 318 West Wabash St., Bluffton, Wells, Indiana; in 1930 census was living with daughter Lucinda's family in Kirkland Twp., Adams, Indiana, age 76

Died at age 78

Burial: Zion Church cemetery, Honduras, Indiana

Events

Birth24 Oct 1853Tuscawaras Twp., Stark, Ohio
Census1 Jun 1860Tuscawaras Twp., Stark, Ohio
Census1870French Twp., Adams, Indiana
Marriage27 Sep 1874Adams County, Indiana - Rachel Cline
Census1 Jun 1880French Twp., Adams, Indiana
Marriage21 Jan 1897Wells County, Indiana - Mary A. Aeschbacher
Census1 Jun 1900Bluffton, Wells, Indiana
Census15 Apr 1910Bluffton, Wells, Indiana
Census1 Jan 1920Bluffton, Wells, Indiana
Residence1924Bluffton, Wells, Indiana
Census1 Apr 1930Kirkland Twp., Adams, Indiana
Death19 Sep 1932Kirkland Twp., Adams, Indiana
Burial22 Sep 1932Zion Cemetery, Honduras, Adams, Indiana

Families

SpouseRachel Cline ( - 1895)
SpouseMary A. Aeschbacher ( - 1932)
FatherStephen Hocker (1811 - 1873)
MotherSusannah Elizabeth Wefler (1824 - 1902)
SiblingJohn W. Hocker (1844 - 1883)
SiblingJoseph Hocker (1848 - 1908)
SiblingChristian W. Hocker (1851 - 1924)
SiblingAbraham E. Hocker (1856 - 1925)
SiblingFranklin Pierce Hocker (1859 - 1931)
SiblingMary L. Hocker (1862 - 1921)
SiblingCharles Albert "Albert" Hocker (1867 - 1900)

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