Individual Details

John is said to have about age four when his family moved to St. Louis - then a small French-speaking village.

The dates of John W. Stoy's marriages are estimated based on the age of the first known child of the marriages. John and Elizabeth are said to have four children, only William was surviving when the Goodspeed bio was written, just prior to 1889.

The bio of William M. Stoy, son of John and Elizabeth lists six children for John and Hariiet Cliften, but the youngest is named "James". In the 1860 census there is a youngest daughter named Minerva, but no young James. It is possible there was a son of that name who died young, but the children are spaced so evenly, I doubt that there was a James.

1860 Census. Meramec Twp, St. Louis Co, MO, Hh 775
John Stoy, age 58, b. KY. Harriett, age 48, b. KY
Children all born in Missouri: Julia A. 20. Francis M. 19. Martha E. 16. Josiah C. 12. John 9. Minerva 6.

Birth	May 1801	Kentucky
Marriage	Ca 1826	Elizabeth Price
Marriage	Ca 1838	Harriet Clifton
Death	May 1882	Saint Louis County, Missouri

Spouse	Harriet Clifton (1812 - 1866)
Child	Julia A. Stoy (1840 - )
Child	Francis Marion Stoy (1841 - )
Child	Martha E. Stoy (1844 - )
Child	Josiah C. Stoy (1848 - )
Child	John Stoy (1851 - )
Child	Minerva Stoy (1854 - )

Spouse	Elizabeth Price (1811 - 1832)
Child	William M. Stoy (1828 - )

Father	Living
Mother	Elizabeth Koontz ( - )