Francis Story was born 1849 at South Mountain,
Ontario, Canada, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Story. Francis spent his
boyhood in Canada. In 1870 he married Caroline Brown. In 1872, they
came to Iowa and located in Sac County, near where the town of Odebolt was later
located. Lumber for their first home was hauled from Vail, Iowa.
Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Story were Jane
(Mrs. George Jackson); Ben; Eliza (Mrs. Elmer Mill); James; Millie, a twin to
William, died in youth; William married Grace Sheldon; Anna (Mrs. Daniel
McCorkindale); and Frank married Vinnie Orendorff.
Mrs. and Mrs. William Story were parents of Lawrence,
married Helen Babcock: Bess (Mrs. Phil Cockrill); Dorothy (Mrs. Ben Clark) and
William, Jr. married Lois Ogren.
Anna under McCorkindale history. Others moved
elsewhere.
(Source: “As Time Goes By”, Odebolt, Iowa 1877-1977,
printed by The Odebolt Chronicle May, 1977, p. 69)
Adam Stueckrath and his wife Elizabeth (Moeller)
Stueckrath came to America from Germany in April, 1891. They returned to
Germany and in 1892, brougth Elizabeth's mother, Katherine Moeller, whose
husbnad had died in Germany.
Adam and Elizabeth's first children were born in
Germany, Chris being five, and Andrew two and one half years, when they came to
America with their parents. Children born in America were Mary (Mrs. James
McGonigle); Louise (Mrs. Patrick Malone); Anna (Mrs. Fred Eckert); Fred; and
Henry.
Chris married Stella Manning and were parents of Helen
(Mrs. Russell Peters); Bernice (Mrs. Harry Cook); and Wesley married Joan
Pewsey.
Mr. and Mrs. James McGonigle are parents of Robert,
married Eunice Lindstrom; Eugene, married Louise McFarland - Virginia Kulberg -
Jewel Wiggins; Faye, married Edna Gilbertson; and Donald, married Margaret
Martiens.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Malone were parents of one son,
William.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eckert were parents of Betty (Mrs.
Mervin Platt).
Fred Stickrod married Agnes Bihrer and were parents of
Wayne, and Delette. Delette died in infancy.
Henry, married Carrie Wilken and their children are
Don; Ruth (Mrs. Lyle Gronemeyer); Ann (Mrs. Dean Einspahr); and Jack.
Henry Stueckrath, born 1858 at Kongiwald, Germany,
died 1941 at Odebolt. He was in military service in Germany in the
infantry division from 1880 to 1883. In 1890, he married Martha Elizabeth
Schriebre, born 1865 in Harlefeld, Cassel, Germany.
In 1893 they came to America on (the)steamship Munchen
and landed in Baltimore, Maryland. They came directly to Sac County and
settled on a farm near Odebolt. In 1900 they moved into Odebolt.
Their three oldest children were born in Germany.
There were seven children in all: Bertha; Martha (Mrs. Elmer Nitzsche);
Carl, married Ella Brogan; Adam, married Hattie Cunningham; Frank, married
Doretta Rose; Henry married Fern Smith; Elizabeth (Mrs. Glen McFarland - Mrs.
Glenn Boerner).
Mr. and Mrs. Nitzsche were parents of Lucille (Mrs. Ray
Downing).
Elizabeth (see McFarland history).