Joseph Orland Stockton

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The Nebraskana Society

Joseph Orland Stockton

Joseph Orland Stockton, educator, was born at Wheaton, Illinois, December 2, 1900, the son of John Raymond and Martha S. (Gauger) Stockton. His father, a building contractor, was born of English parents at Wheaton, July 9, 1875. His mother, whose ancestry was German, was born at Wheaton, February 17, 1882.

Mr. Stockton was graduated from the Wheaton High School in 1918, was a student at Dakota Wesleyan University, and received the A. B. degree from Wheaton College in 1923. He received four letters in football, two letters in basketball, and four in baseball, at Wheaton College, and was captain of the football team for two years.

Upon his graduation from college Mr. Stockton became coach of athletics at Nogales, Arizona, where he remained for a year. He served as coach at Alliance, Nebraska for five years, and since 1930 has been superintendent of schools at Spencer, Nebraska.

He is affiliated with Gary Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church at Spencer, is a Mason, and holds membership in the Red Cross, Woodmen of the World, and the Nebraska State Teachers Association. His (sic) favorite sports are football, hunting and fishing. During the World War Mr. Stockton drove an ambulance in France for 10 months, and is now a member of the American Legion. He is a Republican.

On November 27, 1926, he married Helen Bertha Hawes at Alliance, Nebraska. Mrs. Stockton, whose ancestry is Irish and German, was born at Fremont, February 4, 1906. Residence: Spencer.