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of Nicholas Stickle

Family History
Descendants of Adam Stickle
Smethport, McKean County, PA

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Descendants of Nicholas Stickle

Generation No. 1

        1.  Nicholas1 Stickle  (NicholasA) was born Abt. 1725 in Rhinebeck, NY1, and
died January 1800 in New York2.  He married Catharina Kieffer Bef. 1755 in NY.

Notes for Nicholas Stickle:

        Nicolaus md. Catharina Kieffer.  They had issue bpt. at Rhinebeck Luth., Red Hook Luth., Germantown Ref., and Gallatin Ref. Churches.  Papers in the estate of Nicholas Stickle, late of Claverack, were issued Jan 1800 (Columbia Co. Administration Bk. B).
Ref: Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York, Universal City, CA,
1985, p. 1001.

More About Nicholas Stickle:

Military: Public Service, American Revolution

        Children of Nicholas Stickle and Catharina Kieffer are:
        2       i.      Nicholaus2 Stickles, born 27 September 1755 in Rhinebeck,Dutchess Co., NY.  He married Jamima Wheeler.
        3       ii.     Anna Margaretha Stickles, born 28 August 1757 in Red Hook,Dutchess Co., NY.  She married Johannes Miller.
        4       iii.    Elizabeth Stickles, born 30 September 1760 in Rhinebeck,Dutchess Co., NY.  She married Michael Pulver.
        5       iv.     Johannes Stickles, born 03 July 1763 in Gallatin, Columbia Co. NY. He married Jannetje Pulver.
        6       v.      Catharina Stickles, born 14 January 1766 in Gallatin,Columbia Co. NY.  She married Conrad Walsy.
        7       vi.     Anna Margaretha Stickles, born 17 April 1768 in Germantown,Columbia Co., NY.
       8       vii.    Adam Stickles, born 07 November 1770 in Columbia Co. NY;died 05 May 1856 in Keating Twp, McKean Co, NY, USA.
        9       viii.   Fredrich Stickles, born 17 January 1773.
        10      ix.     Wilhelm Stickles, born 1776.  He married Elizabeth Snyder.
        11      x.      Henry Stickles.

Generation No. 2


        8.  Adam2 Stickles (Nicholas1 Stickle, NicholasA) was born 07 November 1770
in Columbia Co. NY, and died 05 May 1856 in Keating Twp, McKean Co, NY, USA.  He
married Eleanor Morry in Columbia Co, NY, USA.

Notes for Adam Stickles:

        Adam Stickles was born in 1761, lived in Claverack, Columbia Co. NY in the
early 1800's.  He was christened 7 October 1770 in Dutchess, Red Hook, parents
Nicholas and Catharine Kiefer Stickel  He removed to McKean Co. PA in 1841, settling
in what became known as Stickles Hollow, near Smethport, PA where he is buried in
Rosehill Cemetery.  He has a large monument, date of death 5 May 1856, age 95 years,
6 mo.

Birth- Tombstone, Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, McKean Co.,PA Marriage-Tombstone,
 1850 US Census,PA; McKean Co; Keating Twp.p.9.M-432,roll795
Death- Tombstone, Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, McKean Co., PA Census-1790; US; NY;
Columbia Co., Claverack, Heads of Families, p. 61, male over 16 yrs, (age 29).
Census-1800; US; NY; Columbia Co; Claverack; p. 193, line 22, male 26-45 (age 39);
National Archives microfilm M-32, roll 22.
Census-1810; US; NY; Columbia Co.; Claverack, p. 156, male over 45 (Age 49). N.A.
film M-252, roll 31.
Census-1820; US; NY; Columbia Co.; Claverack, p.064, line 10, male over 45 (age 59),
N.A. film M-33, roll 70.
Census-1830; US; NY; Columbia Co.; Claverack, p. 84, line 1, male 60-70 (age
69). N.A. film M-19, roll 87.
Census-1840; US; NY; Yates Co.; Italy, male 70-80 yr living with son Stephen
Stickles, p. 298, line 6. N.A. film M-704, roll 351
Census-1850; US; PA; McKean Co; Keating Twp., p.9, family 150, dwelling 150, line
27. Listed age 80 yr (error). N.A. film M-432, roll 795.

Claverack was formed in 1772.

More About Adam Stickles:

Burial: Rose Hill Cem, Smethport, PA, USA

Notes for Eleanor Morry:


-Tombstone, Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, McKean Co., PA

Census-1790;US;NY;Columbia Co.,Claverack, Heads of Families - NY, p. 61, column 2,
Adam Stickles listed with female. (Wife is 25)
Census-1800;US;NY;Columbia Co.;Claverack,p.193, line 22, Adam Stickles listed with
female 26-45 (Elinor age 35). National Archives Microfilm M-32, roll 22.
Census-1810;US;NY;Columbia Co.;Claverack, p.156, female 45 and over, (Elinor is 45).
Microfilm M-252, roll 31.
Census-1820;US;NY;Columbia Co.;Claverack, p. 64, line 10, Adam Stickles listed with
female 45 and older (Elinor age 55). Film M-33, roll 70. Census-1830;US;NY;Columbia
Co.;Claverack, p. 84, line 1, Adam Skinkle (Stickles) listed with female 50-60
(Elinor age 65) may be wrong person in film M-19, roll 87.
Census-1840;US;NY;Yates Co;Italy, female age 70-80 listed with son Stephen, p. 298,
line 6. Film M-704, roll 351.
Census-1850;US;PA;McKean Co;Keating Twp;p.9, family 150, dwelling 150, line 28,
Elinor listed as age 78, living with husband Adam . N.A. film M 432, roll 795.
Census-1860;US;PA;McKean Co;Keating Twp;p.717, Ellen, age 93 and blind, born in NY,
listed with son Stephen, line 14, N.A. film M-653, roll 1138. Children: Known
children listed in notes of husband, Adam Stickles.

More About Eleanor Morry:

Burial: Rose Hill Cem, Smethport, PA, USA

        Children of Adam Stickles and Eleanor Morry are:
        12      i.      Mercy3 Stickles, born Abt. 1792.

Notes for Mercy Stickles:

Mercy Stickles was baptized 25 Mar 1792 by a traveling minister named Gideon
Bostwick.

        13      ii.     Johannes Stickles, born Abt. 1796 in Columbia Co. NY.

Notes for Johannes Stickles:

Johannes was baptized 1 Jan 1796 in Columbia Co. NY

+       14      iii.    Stephen Stickles, born 20 June 1800 in Claverack, ColumbiaCo, NY, USA; died 26 August 1864 in Keating Twp, McKean Co, PA, USA.
        15      iv.     Betsey Catherine Stickles, born Abt. 1812 in Columbia Co. NY.

Generation No. 3


        14.  Stephen3 Stickles (Adam2, Nicholas1 Stickle, NicholasA) was born 20 June 1800 in Claverack, Columbia Co, NY, USA, and died 26 August 1864 in Keating Twp, McKean Co, PA, USA3.  He married Elizabeth Teal Bef. 1824 in Columbia Co, NY, USA, daughter of George Teal.

Notes for Stephen Stickles:

        Stephen Stickles, son of Adam and Eleanor Stickles was born in Claverack,
Columbia Co. NY.  He was baptized in St. Thomas Lutheran Church. He married
Elizabeth Teal there, prior to 1826.  In 1836 he moved his family to Waterloo,
Senaca County NY, and in 1838 to Yates Co., NY.  In 1841 they migrated to Keating
Township, McKean County PA and located on a farm in what is known as Stickles
Hollow.  (History of McKean CO., PA p.458.)
        To revert to the pioneer days a recital of the following may not prove
uninteresting:  When Stephen Stickles arrived in Keating Twp., he had but $2.50
left, and had but one acquaintance in the neighborhood, P. B. Fuller.
 Work was scarce and wages very low, and the father and the boys went to making
shingles, which brought 75 cents per thousand, and "store pay" at that.  Having
little or no hay, they chopped browse for the cow and yearling once a day, and thus
worried through the winter of 1841/42.  In the spring of 1842, the father, having a
net, caught thousands of wild pigeons, but as there was no market for them, he hired
himself and his net to his neighbors at $2.00 per day, capturing 500 to 2000 pigeons
per diem. Stephen Stickles died in 1864, is buried in Rosehill Cemetery in
Smethport, PA.  His blind widow Betsy lived with their son Miller Stickles where she
died in 1880.  Miller Stickles began carrying the mail in 1844, from Smethport to
Great Valley, NY, a distance of 36 miles, going on horseback one day and returning
the next.  For this service he received 25 cents per day.  He also trapped pigeons,
entering into an agreement with W.S. Oviatt to trap all he could catch between April
4 and May 4 for 31 cents per dozen.  In three days he had earned $76.25.  At that
time the market dropped to 10 cents per dozen.  In one forenoon he captured 105
dozen.

References:
Birth-Tombstone, Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, PA. History of McKean Co. PA p.
458.IGI batch 7313814, serial sheet 79.
Marriage-Obituary of wife Betsy (Elizabeth Teal), Smethport newspaper 1880.
Death-Tombstone, Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, PA
Census-1800-US,NY, Columbia Co., Claverack, p. 193, line 22, father Adam Stickels
listed with two males under 10 yrs.,( Stephen born this year). National Archives
Microfilm M-32, roll 22.
Census-1810-US, NY, Columbia Co., Claverack, p. 156, father Adam listed with
male 10-16. N.A. film M-252, roll 31.
Census-1820;
Census-1830;US;NY;Columbia Co., Claverack, p. 83, line 27, Stephen in 30-40 age
bracket, (age 30), N.A. film M-19, roll 87.
Census-1840;US;NY;Yates County, Italy, p. 298, line 6, age 40. N.A. film M-704, roll
351.
Census-1850;US;PA;McKean Co;, Keating Twp.;p.9, family 149, dwelling 149,line 21,
age 52. N.A. film M-432, roll 795.
Census-1860;US;PA;McKean Co;, Keating Twp.,p.717,family 1230,dwelling 1267, line 12,
age 61, N.A. film M-653, roll 1138.

More About Stephen Stickles:
Burial: Rose Hill Cem, Smethport, PA, USA

Notes for Elizabeth Teal:
        Elizabeth (Betsy) Teal was born 15 May 1794, married Stephen Stickles in
Columbia Co., NY prior to 1826.  They moved to Senaca Co in 1836, then to Yates Co
in 1838, settling in McKean Co. PA in 1855.  She had a brother Jacob who was living
in Columbia Co. NY in 1855.

From her obituary: "Mrs. Elizabeth Stickles, widow of the late Stephen Stickles died at her residence in Keating Township on the 24th of February (1880).  Mrs. Stickles lived to the advanced age of 85 years.  She had been a resident of McKean County for nearly half a century.

References:


Children of Stephen Stickles and Elizabeth Teal are:
16      i.      Jacob Frederick4 Stickles, born 05 September 1824 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY.  He married Emily Abbey.
17      ii.     Catherine Maria Stickles, born 08 July 1826 in Claverack, Columbia Co, NY; died 19 December 1902 in Keating Twp, McKean Co, PA4,5.  She married Joseph Beaman Oviatt 24 March 1846 in McKean Co, PA. Notes for Catherine Maria Stickles:

Death of Mrs. Catherine M. Oviatt.

Mrs. Catherine Maria Oviatt died at her home in Keating Township on Friday, December 19, 1902, aged 76 years, 5 months and 11 days.

Catherine Maria, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Stickles, late of Keating township, was born in Claverack, Columbia County, N.Y., on July 8, 1826.  She moved with her parents to Waterloo, Seneca, N.Y., in 1836, then to Yates county, N.Y. in 1839 and in 1841 moved to Keating township, reaching their destination on Christmas day.

In 1846 she was united in marriage to Joseph Beaman Oviatt of Smethport. To them were born 11 children, six boys and five girls, ten of whom survive, namely: George E., John B., Mrs. Mary E. Acre, Allan, Mrs. Ellen B. Hyde, Wilbur I., Ghordis C., Mrs. Ida R. Pickersgill, Misses Carrie A. and Sarah B., all living in Smethport and vicinity.  Frank, the eldest, was drowned while in bathing at the age of 12 years.  All the daughters and three of the sons were present when their mother passed away.

On October 22, 1865, her husband, J. B. Oviatt, died leaving her with these ten children, Sarah a baby. Mrs. Oviatt was a sister of Miller C., Hiram S., and George A. Stickles, deceased, of Keating township, Pa., and Jacob and Lydia (Butterfield) Stickles of Wisconsin.

Funeral services were held on Sunday last by prayer at the house at 1 p.m. and a sermon at the East Smethport Union church at 2 p.m. delivered by Rev. P. S. Calvin. The remains were laid at rest in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Death Register lists cause of death as pneumonia, one week duration, place of birth, Columbia Co. NY, age 76 years, buried 21 Dec, 1902

References:

More About Catherine Maria Stickles:
Burial: 21 December 1902, Rose Hill Cem, Smethport, PA, USA
Cause of Death: pneumonia

More About Joseph Beaman Oviatt:
Vocation: farmer, publisher, editor
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport, PA

18      iii.    George Adam Stickles, born 02 September 1827 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY.  He married Caroline Grimes July 1855.
19      iv.     Miller C Stickles, born 22 December 1830 in Churchtown, Columbia Co., NY; died 20 January 1903 in Mc Kean Co. PA.  He married Catherine Herd 13 May 1855 in Columbia Co. NY.
20      v.      Hiram S. Stickles, born Abt. 1832.
21      vi.     Lydia E. Stickles, born Abt. 1834.

Endnotes

  1. NSDAR, DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition,  (Washington, DC 1994), Part 3, p. 2810.
  2. Lisa Stickles Cellura
  3. Rosehill Cemetery, Smethport, PA, grave stone.
  4. obituaryBible recordMcKean Co. Register of Deaths
  5. Obituary of Catherine Stickles Oviatt, Smethport, PA.