History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 878, Putman Township
John Stockbarger, farmer, sec. 16; P. O., Cuba, was born in
Pennsylvania on the 29th of Aug., 1811, and is the son of Michael and
Catharine Stockbarger. He came to this county in 1856. He has been
exceedingly unfortunate in meeting with accidents. Aug. 20, 1872, he
was run over by the cars, breaking an arm and a leg. Again in 1878 he
was run over. In 1844 he was united in marriage to Mary Watson, who
bore him 7 children - 4 boys and 3 girls, all living, and 3 of them are
married.
