John P. Stelle, son of Samuel and Patsy Stelle, was born April 16, 1843 and died December 10, 1917, aged 74 years, 6 months and 24 days. February 15, 1866 he was married to Eliza E. Coker and to this union were born ten children: Leonora, Thos. P., Ellie, Ira T., James M., Chas. W., Elsie, John R., Eliza Madge and Ralph C. Mrs. Stelle died February 22, 1909, all the children survive him except Charles W. dying in infancy, and Elia Madge who died at the age of 19 years.
Funeral service was held at the M. E. Church in Dahlgren at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10th, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Interment in Richardson Hill cemetery.
(Note: Mr. Stelle was the publisher of the Union Eagle and the Golden Era.)
This genealogy archives contains a handwritten diary by John P. Stelle, b. 1843. The diary covers 1862-63 and is twenty five pages long.
Archive contains the following:
Family Souvenir of John P. and Eliza E. Stelle, of Dahlgren, IL
This contains a short genealogy of both parents. It also includes thumbnail size photos of the ten children born to John and Eliza along with their birth and death dates.There is a poem written by John P. Stelle along with six photos of him and his wife. The final photo is taken 1907.
Their children are the following:
Sara Leonora Stelle Cook b. 1866
Theodore Parish Stelle b. 1868
Effie Stelle Cook b. 1871
Ira Thompson Stelle b. 1873
James Merwin Stelle b. 1874
Charles Wilfred Stelle 1877-1877
Elsie Stelle Winkler b. 1879
John Rickcords Stelle b. 1881
Eliza Madge Stelle 1883-1902
Ralph Coker Stelle b. 1889
An 1876 Birthday Poem from Eliza Coker Stelle for son Theodore P. Stelle
Genealogy of Stelle Family beginning with Poncel/Pontius Stelle born France @1860.
Biographical sketch of Theodore Stelle
Genealogy of the COKER Family - handwritten and typed
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