I am not related to this surname, but received this biography from Ohio-Foot mailing list and thought it might be helpful to someone researching this name.
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George M. Stoker
Centennial Biographical History, Hancock County, Ohio
Page 14-15
With the industrial interests of McComb this gentleman is closely
associated, being a member of the firm of Stoker Brothers, owners of the
planing mill. He is a young man of enterprise and business capability and
in his undertakings is meeting with desirable and well merited success.
Mr. Stoker is a native of Hancock county, his birth having occurred in Allen
township, upon his father's farm, in the year 1866. He is a son of T. A.
Stoker, a well-known agriculturist of this community. He remained upon the
old homestead until fourteen years of age, during which time he pursued his
education in the public schools of the neighborhood, and through the summer
months and in the periods of vacation he worked in field and meadow,
assisting in the cultivation of the farm, but believing that another pursuit
would prove more congenial, when fourteen years of age he began learning the
carpenter's trade, which he followed continuously until 1897. He became a
proficient workman and evidences of his skill are seen in many substantial
buildings of the county. In 1897 he joined his brother in the establishment
of a planing mill business in McComb, and in the new enterprise they
prospered, their business assuming large and profitable proportions. The
Stoker Brothers are now manufacturing the Little Star grain separator for
the company of which they are now members, and of which company George M.
Stoker is the manager.
In the year 1888 Mr. Stoker was united in marriage to Miss Lily Stout; and
they have one son, Fred. Mr. Stoker is a prominent Odd Fellow, belonging to
both the lodge and the encampment, and in the former he has filled all of
the chairs. He is now serving as treasurer of the town, being elected on
the Republican ticket by a majority of ninety-five, although the usual
majority is about thirty, --the increased vote indicating his personal
popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow
townsmen, who recognize his capability and his loyalty in citizenship.
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