Mrs. Jane Elliott Stonehocker Obituary
Dec 14, 1894
Ashland Clipper
On last
Saturday, Dec 8, at 12:35 o'clock p.m., Mrs. Jane Elliott Stonehocker died at
their home in this city. There were present of the family, Mrs. J. H.
Stonehocker and daughter, of Sumner County. and S.A. Stonehocker and wife of
this county.
Deceased was born in Ireland in
January 1822, and was therefore 72 yrs and
11 months
old at the time of Her death. She removed with her parents to Coshocton County
Ohio in 1829, and was married to Samuel Stonehocker Dec .1, 1842.
There were born of this union five sons, and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs.
Stonehocker removed with their family in April, 1865, to Nodaway Co. Mo, and
from thence to Elk County and finally to Clark County, May 1885. Mrs.
Stonehocker leaves a husband, four sons and two daughters to mourn the loss of
wife and mother. She had been a member of the Old School Presbyterian church for
51 years at the time of her departure, and after a dutiful life she fell asleep
by the "gates of light" peacefully in a saviors love. Grandma Stonehocker may
not have been immaculate, but her heart ever opened with a benevolent fullness
to earth's unfortunate and was warmed by a generous ray of philanthrophy. She
was passed to that bonrne (sic) from whence no traveler has yet returned, but
her memory will quicken the pulse of her aged husband, and be a tender
recollection in the hearts of her surviving children. Peace be to the
voiceless clay of the old mother's in Isreal who pass the portals in the angel
song, "Peace on earth good will toward men."
Contributed by
Earl Stonehocker
May 4, 2006.