John Lemon Gockley^[1]

1855 - 1936  (81 years)

• Name	John Lemon Gockley
  Birth	26 Feb 1855
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Oct 1936
  Burial	Bowman Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I2540	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Hackman, Peiffer
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Jacob Rohrer Gockley,   b. 3 Jan 1824, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Sep 1901, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Catherine L Adams,   b. 14 Jul 1821, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Apr 1900, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amanda Peiffer,   b. 10 May 1855, Pennsylvania, USA d. 3 May 1905, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1879
  Children	1. Edwin P Gockley,   b. 16 Dec 1883   d. 10 Mar 1952 (Age 68 years)   2. Chester P Gockley,   b. 10 Jan 1897   d. 5 Mar 1897 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Amanda Reiff Sweigart,   b. 15 Feb 1879   d. 13 Nov 1940 (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Mae Gockley,   b. 28 Jul 1909, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Apr 1994, Medical Center Hospital, 809 E Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda, Florida, USA (Age 84 years)   2. John Lemon Gockley, Jr,   b. 8 Dec 1910   d. 17 Sep 2001 (Age 90 years)   3. Harry Chambers Gockley,   b. 28 Feb 1913   d. 19 May 1996 (Age 83 years)   4. Charles W Gockley,   b. 25 Oct 1915   d. 10 Apr 1999 (Age 83 years)   5. Amanda Gockley,   b. 17 Apr 1917   d. 23 Nov 1969 (Age 52 years)   6. Jacob Gockley,   b. 7 Mar 1919   d. 16 Dec 2005 (Age 86 years)   7. Eli Gockley,   b. 7 Aug 1922   d. 9 Dec 1928 (Age 6 years)   8. Frank Gockley,   b. 26 Jan 1924, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Apr 1926, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  John Lemon Gockley, eighty-one, of Ephrata, died at the Lancaster General Hospital, on Saturday morning at 2:40 o'clock of a complications of diseases. He was a member of the Ephrata Mennonite church. He is survived by his wife, who was Amanda Sweigart before marriage, and the following children: Edwin, Lancaster; Lizzie, wife of Nathaniel Martin, Goodville; John, Womelsdorf; Harry, Ephrata; Charles, Amanda, and Jacob, all at home. Eight grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Keller, Lancaster; and one brother, David Gockley, of this borough,also survive. Services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the late home, with further services at the Ephrata Mennonite Church. Interment will be made in Bowman's cemetery, Ephrata. New Holland Clarion October 9,1936 Contributed By Ruth George

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Website: Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree (Reliability: 0). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=53028956&pid=2540 [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76265457/john-lemon-gockley (Reliability: 2).