About Slate River Mill (aka Hocker Mill)
See more info about Slate River Mill (aka Hocker mill), once owned by the Johan Adam Hocker family, including it’s specific location.
Tracing Your Ancestors Using Deeds
Thanks to Randy Seaver’s geneablog round-up, I read a great article that illustrates how to find your ancestor’s origins using deeds in conjunction with other records. If you’re stuck for ideas, deeds and other land records can be a great source of information.
Kirche Russheim ~ Inside
Check out this image of the church in Russheim. This is where my Hacker ancestors would most likely have gone to church.
Don’t you hate it when stuff disappears off the web? This image is no longer available on Flickr. [edit: 5 Feb 2020]
Judge William Adam Hocker’s Obituary
Judge William Adam Hocker obituary in The Evening Independent of St. Petersburg, Florida from July 20, 1918.
“Judge Hocker Dies at Ocala
Distinguished Jurist Spent Last Winter Here and Made Many FriendsThe many St. Petersburg friends of Judge William Hocker will regret to learn that he died last Wednesday. Judge Hocker spent last winter at Sunnyside, with the family of Joseph E. Hamilton, 417 Fourth street north, and made many warm friends especially among the older people. He was a dignified and learned man of the old Southern school. The Ocala Star gives the following sketch of Judge Hocker’s career and family:
Judge William A. Hocker was born in Buckingham county, Virginia in 1844, and was a son of William Hocker and Susan Mildred Lewis.
He served in Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry during the civil war. In November 1868, he was married to Gertrude Venable, and settled near Leesburg, Flas., in 1874, and moved to Ocala in 1892. He became a circuit judge for the fifth circuit in 1893 and continued to hold such office until 1901 when he was elected by the supreme court as one of its commssioners, and shortly thereafter was elected a member of the supreme court of Florida, which position he occupied for 12 years and retired a few years ago on account of failing health.
In 1909 he was married the second time to Mattie N. Glover of Roanoke, Va., who survives him. He is also survived by three children, William Hocker, of Ocala; Mrs. T. P. Drake of Yalaha, and Frederick R. Hocker, of Ocala. His eldest daughter, Mrs. C. P. Lovell, died in 1914. Eight grandchildren also survive him namely: Lieut. Charles P. Lovell, Gertrude Lovell; Elizabeth, Margaret and Lucretia Hocker; William and Trusten P. Drake Jr., and Clifton Montgomery Hocker.”1
Create a Calendar
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Pennsylvania Probate Records
Browseable images are available at FamilySearch.org for Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. You can’t search them, but you can access index images for the various books for the county.
What Kills Us—1900 vs 2010
Top 10 causes of death in 1900 and in 2010. Very interesting to note the difference and the similarities.
Chronicling America
Search America’s historic newspapers pages from 1836-1922.
Scottish Mining Website
I learned a lot about mining from the Scottish Mining website—including the fact that Alexander Buchanan died as a result of injuries from a coal pit accident.