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John Stickle
Born 1730 Died 1816
St. Paul’s Lutheran cemetery, Red Hook. A rectangular marble tablet toward the front near the parking lot and Esleffer monuments, not far from fellow veteran, Jacob Whiteman.
Revolutionary War Veteran, Land Bounty Rights, 6th Dutchess Militia
Not only did John gain a reward for his service in a parcel of land, his father, Nicholas Stickle was also patriotic, having signed the Articles of Association at Rhinebeck at 72 years of age.
John’s tombstone is badly eroded, but stands next to his wife, Elizabeth Bohm’s (or Boam or Beam) legible marble tablet that informs us that she was his wife. She was the daughter of Wilhelm Bohm and married John in the Reformed church in 1766.
They had six children known to live to adulthood, all of which are named in their father’s will, Nicholas, 1767 who married Anna Bohnestiel, Rebecca, 1769 who married Harmon Sagendorf, John, 1774 who married Hannah Fraleigh (and also appears in his own entry on the Cemetery Crawl), Andrew, 1776 who married Helena Schumacher, Elizabeth, 1778 who married Nicholas Allendorf, and Katherine, 1785 who married Captain Jacob Shook. Katherine and Jacob Shook later removed to Macomb County, Michigan, which would have been a difficult and brave move in the early 19th century.
John Stickle died on October 3rd, 1816 and Elizabeth survived him for more than a decade.