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Note: Andrew Jackson Stall was a third generation German immigrant. He was born August 5, 1829 in Fairfield County, Ohio somewhere around the farming communities of Amanda and Tarlton. Both parents died while he was in his teens. He had five brothers and two sisters, two of which died in infancy. Those that knew him described him as a slender man of about 5' 10" in height. He was very agile and usually confident of his ability. He talked about a time when the creek was flooded and he gaily ran across the narrow top banister of the wooden bridge over the creek while the floodwaters raced beneath him. In a similar incident, Jackson, who had a keen sense of humor, tells about trying to pole vault across Otter Creek which was about twenty feet wide and eight to ten inches deep and when he was in mid-air the pole broke dumping him into the middle of the stream. This is a glimpse of this character, a risk taker, someone who liked to have fun. One of his grandchildren remembered Jackson as a violin player and a good singer. He was a devout Methodist, a "very religious man" that practiced his religion seven days a week, it is said. He took delight in his faith and enjoyed hand clapping and often expressed his agreement with the message by saying "amen" while others sang or testified. In addition to church, he and Addie used to hold services and pray at their house on Sunday afternoons on the lawn with children participating. On August 5, 1847, Jackson married the youthful Lucinda Ledom. The marriage was noted in the Ross County, Ohio Office of Probate Records. They took up residence in Huntington Township just south of Chillicothe near Uncle Abraham and Aunt Agnis (Young) Stall and cousins Abram Jr., Catherine, and Jacob. Jackson was a farmer and a cooper by trade. His parents were Alexander and Magdalina (Young) Stall who lived there in 1840. Alexander died about a month before Jackson and Lucinda were married and Magdalina had died about 6 years previously. Of interest, is the fact that brothers, Abraham and Alexander, married the daughters of Christopher Young. Christopher was a pensioner with the Revolutionary War and lived with his daughters in the later years of his life. He was from Rockingham County Virginia and volunteered for service at Woodstock, Virginia. Christopher is described as a shoemaker and a Baptist. Huntington Township is where Jackson and Lucinda started their family. On May 19, 1849, their first and only daughter was born. They named her Rachel Ann, probably after Lucinda's mother, Rachel. It was nine years before the second living child was born. But by then the family had moved to Macon County, Illinois. John B. was born in December of 1857. Another child by the name of Thomas is sometimes included in the list of children but little is known about him. Perhaps he died as an infant. Sometime after arriving in Illinois, perhaps during childbirth, Lucinda died. Rachel Ann was young and needed a mother and John was just a baby. The conflict between the north and south was heating up and Abraham Lincoln was about to be elected President from the State of Illinois. Times were tough and a decision had to be made as to what was best for the children. For whatever reason, Rachel Ann would go and lived with family in Chillicothe, presumably the Ledoms. She remained there until after the Civil War. She married William Henry Harrison Reddick in Locust Grove, Ohio on March 6, 1864. Bill and Rachel Ann would eventually migrate west and settle in Muscatine County, Iowa in the small farming community of Letts, southwest of Davenport. Meanwhile it is assumed Jackson had taken little John to Iowa to be close to this big brother Benjamin F. and his wife, Clarissa (Todd) Stall. Here he would spend the years of 1861 through 1865, the War years, doing odd jobs including work as a cooper, a barrel maker. Burlington was on the Mississippi River, a major shipping and manufacturing town. During the war years, a lot of military men and supplies moved south. Beef, pork and grain were needed in large amounts to keep the armies supplied and Burlington played an important part in this effort. It was here, in about 1863, that Jackson met and married his second wife. Sarah Ann Johnson, daughter of David H. Johnson. Sarah and Jackson did not have any natural children but did adopt a child born in Illinois by the name of Hattie Mary Gladhill. Not until 1996, were the details of the adoption known. Found in General Warranty Book 54, Page 557, the Deed of Adoption was filed on April 16, 1880. The little girl was 8 years old and had been abandoned by her parents, William and ? Gladhill, whereabouts unknown, soon after her birth. Jackson and Sarah received custody of her when she was two years old and had cared for her for six years before they adopted her. Sarah Ann died on April 27, 1881. Jackson was once again faced with the problem of caring for two children without a wife. Fortunately, John B. was 24 and able to fend for himself, in fact he may have been married at the time to Della Koontz. But, Hattie was still only 10 years old and needed someone to watch over her. After Sarah's death, Jackson moved to Clark County, Iowa and eventually married Miss Adaline "Addie" Mary Davis on March 22, 1883. Jackson and Addie lived about 11 miles northeast of Osceola, Iowa near Liberty, Clark County, Iowa. Their son, Louis L. Stahl was born on December 14, 1883. About 1907, Jackson moved with his wife and son to a farm about eight miles nearly due east of Osceola. In 1910, Jackson and Addie were living with their son, Louis and family, in Woodburn, Iowa. Jackson enjoyed good health all his life and even rode a harrow a day or so before he died. 1850 Census Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio enumerated September 6, 1850 Dwelling #295, Family #298 STALL, Andrew, 24, m, cooper, $400, born in Ohio _____, Lucinda, 22, f, born in Ohio _____, Rachel, 2, f, born in Ohio 1860 Census Niantic, Macon County, Illinois enumerated August 28, 1860 Series: M653 Roll: 203 Part: 1 Page: 814 Dwelling #9, Family #30 STALL, Andrew J., 33, m, farmer, $1000/$400, born in Ohio _____, Lucinda, 31, f, born in Ohio _____, Rachel, 12, f, born in Ohio _____, John, 4, m, born in Illinois 1880 Census Yellow Springs Township, Des Moines County, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254337 NA Film Number T9-0337 Page Number 23D Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace David H. JOHNSON Self W Male W 81 MARYLAND CONN ENGLAND A. J. STAHL Other M Male W 52 OHIO Farmer PA VA Sarah A. STAHL Other M Female W 51 PENN Keeps House MD PA Hattie Mary STAHL Other S Female W 8 IOWA OHIO PA Eliza FETROW Other Female W 20 IOWA PENN PENN
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