"John Nobel Cumming Stockton, son of Rev. Philip and Catherine (Cumming) Stockton, was described by one who knew him in later life as over six feet, erect, with straight, dark hair that never turned gray. He was smooth-shaven, with prominent cheeks, a firm mouth, and a forecful chin.
Early in life, he m. Jane Van Schaick, of Albany, N.Y., family of that name, and for a time resided in the Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady, where seveal of his children were born. About 1816 ge removed to southwest Ohio, then the seat of the Great Forest, and resided on land that had belonged to his father's estate.
He was a man of striking personality and there are many traditions which testify to his imperious manner and forcefulness. The early associations and educational surroundings of both himself and his wife were far different from those in the primitive conditions of the new country. He and his family clung to their ideals, and their life was therefore largely one of aloofness.
This circumstance seems rather to have added to, than subtracted from, his influence in the community. His seclusion was futher to be accounted for by the fact that Mrs. Stockton was totaly blind for many years before her death, and his attentions to her were unremitting and extremely tender.
He was an ardent Whig and a partisan of Henry Clay, although he refrained from participation in public affairs. Both he and Mrs. Stockton were members of the Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith. They both died in the year 1838, she on the 16th day of Sept., and he on the 21st-five days later."
From: The Stockton Family of new Jersey ... by Thomas Coates Stockton, published 1911 and in reprint as of 2014; page 83
Early in life, he m. Jane Van Schaick, of Albany, N.Y., family of that name, and for a time resided in the Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady, where seveal of his children were born. About 1816 ge removed to southwest Ohio, then the seat of the Great Forest, and resided on land that had belonged to his father's estate.
He was a man of striking personality and there are many traditions which testify to his imperious manner and forcefulness. The early associations and educational surroundings of both himself and his wife were far different from those in the primitive conditions of the new country. He and his family clung to their ideals, and their life was therefore largely one of aloofness.
This circumstance seems rather to have added to, than subtracted from, his influence in the community. His seclusion was futher to be accounted for by the fact that Mrs. Stockton was totaly blind for many years before her death, and his attentions to her were unremitting and extremely tender.
He was an ardent Whig and a partisan of Henry Clay, although he refrained from participation in public affairs. Both he and Mrs. Stockton were members of the Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith. They both died in the year 1838, she on the 16th day of Sept., and he on the 21st-five days later."
From: The Stockton Family of new Jersey ... by Thomas Coates Stockton, published 1911 and in reprint as of 2014; page 83
"John Nobel Cumming Stockton, son of Rev. Philip and Catherine (Cumming) Stockton, was described by one who knew him in later life as over six feet, erect, with straight, dark hair that never turned gray. He was smooth-shaven, with prominent cheeks, a firm mouth, and a forecful chin.
Early in life, he m. Jane Van Schaick, of Albany, N.Y., family of that name, and for a time resided in the Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady, where seveal of his children were born. About 1816 ge removed to southwest Ohio, then the seat of the Great Forest, and resided on land that had belonged to his father's estate.
He was a man of striking personality and there are many traditions which testify to his imperious manner and forcefulness. The early associations and educational surroundings of both himself and his wife were far different from those in the primitive conditions of the new country. He and his family clung to their ideals, and their life was therefore largely one of aloofness.
This circumstance seems rather to have added to, than subtracted from, his influence in the community. His seclusion was futher to be accounted for by the fact that Mrs. Stockton was totaly blind for many years before her death, and his attentions to her were unremitting and extremely tender.
He was an ardent Whig and a partisan of Henry Clay, although he refrained from participation in public affairs. Both he and Mrs. Stockton were members of the Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith. They both died in the year 1838, she on the 16th day of Sept., and he on the 21st-five days later."
From: The Stockton Family of new Jersey ... by Thomas Coates Stockton, published 1911 and in reprint as of 2014; page 83
Early in life, he m. Jane Van Schaick, of Albany, N.Y., family of that name, and for a time resided in the Mohawk Valley, near Schenectady, where seveal of his children were born. About 1816 ge removed to southwest Ohio, then the seat of the Great Forest, and resided on land that had belonged to his father's estate.
He was a man of striking personality and there are many traditions which testify to his imperious manner and forcefulness. The early associations and educational surroundings of both himself and his wife were far different from those in the primitive conditions of the new country. He and his family clung to their ideals, and their life was therefore largely one of aloofness.
This circumstance seems rather to have added to, than subtracted from, his influence in the community. His seclusion was futher to be accounted for by the fact that Mrs. Stockton was totaly blind for many years before her death, and his attentions to her were unremitting and extremely tender.
He was an ardent Whig and a partisan of Henry Clay, although he refrained from participation in public affairs. Both he and Mrs. Stockton were members of the Presbyterian Church, and died in that faith. They both died in the year 1838, she on the 16th day of Sept., and he on the 21st-five days later."
From: The Stockton Family of new Jersey ... by Thomas Coates Stockton, published 1911 and in reprint as of 2014; page 83
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