John Adam Dockey1

M, #29745, b. 17 August 1895, d. 11 December 1967
  • Last Edited: 19 Jun 2026
  • John Adam Dockey was born on 17 August 1895, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2,3,1
  • He was the son of Franklin L. Dockey and Emma J. Spotts.1
  • John Adam Dockey married Katherine Grace Shaffer circa 1921.1
  • John Adam Dockey died on 11 December 1967, Geisinger Hospital, Mahoning Township, Montour County, PA, at age 72.2,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    John A. Dockey, Of Herndon RD, War I Veteran John Adam Dockey, 72, a resident of the Stone Valley area Lower Mahanoy Township, Dalmatia RD, died Monday the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was admitted as patient on Nov. 25 and underwent surgery on Dec. 8. He had been previously hospitalized for one week prior to Nov. 18, and had been in failing health the past 10 years.
    He was born Aug. 17, 1895, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, a son the late Franklin L. and Emma Spotts Dockey. He was a veteran of World War I having been inducted April 19, 1918, and was stationed at Camp Lee, Va., prior to his service France with the 313th Field Artillery Battalion.
    He was a life and chartering member of Alvin E. Long American Legion Post 504, Herndon RD, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Camp No. 6470 of Millersburg, the Hickory Corners community fire company, Zion Lutheran Church Valley. He was a carpenter by occupation prior to his retirement in 1957. He was married to Katherine Grace Schaffer on Dec. 22, 1917 by the late Rev. R. Ira Gass of Pillow. The couple would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 22.
    Surviving are his wife, and the following children, a daughter, Mrs. George Carl, of Dalmatia RD; a son, Dean D. Dockey, of Schenectady, N.Y; another son preceded him death; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from the Edwin Hoover funeral home, Dalmatia, with the Rev. Arthur W. Roberts, pastor of the Uniontown charge of the United Church of Christ, officiating. He is Mrs. Dockey's pastor. Burial will be in the Stone Valley Cemetery. Relatives and friends received from 7 to p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
    The Daily Item, December 12, 1967, Page 7.4
  • He was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.3,2

Children of John Adam Dockey and Katherine Grace Shaffer

  • Helen Arlene Dockey+1 b. 24 Sep 1922, d. 7 Mar 2014
  • Dean Durrell Dockey1 b. 17 Sep 1926, d. 19 Jul 1996

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 121472-67; https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39935015/john_a-dockey. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for John Adam Dockey, The Daily Item, December 12, 1967, Page 7. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed June 19, 2026).

Jonathon Dockey1

M, #29747, b. 31 December 1819, d. 7 July 1904
  • Last Edited: 9 Jun 2009
  • Other sources record that Jonathon Dockey was known as.1
  • Jonathon Dockey is also referred to as Jonathan Dockey in some sources.2
  • He was born on 31 December 1819, Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA.1,3,4
  • He was the son of Johannes Dockey and Anna Maria Schaffer.1
  • Jonathon Dockey married Mary Catherine Hepner, daughter of Peter Hepner and Magdalena Lenker, circa 1843, Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA.1,3
  • Jonathon Dockey died on 7 July 1904, Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA, at age 84.1
  • He was buried at Zion (Stone Vallley) Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.5

Children of Jonathon Dockey and Mary Catherine Hepner

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S187] 1860 United States Census, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1149; Page: 336; Image: 338.
  3. [S187] 1860 United States Census, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1149; Page: 336; Image: 338.
  4. [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1401 Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 40.
  5. [S7] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume III (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 4th edition, 1997), p. 290. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials III.

Jonathon Dockey1

M, #29749, b. July 1874, d. 1956
  • Last Edited: 9 Jun 2009
  • Jonathon Dockey is also referred to as Jonathan Dockey in some sources.2
  • He was born in July 1874.2,3
  • He was the son of Benjamin F. Dockey and Mary A. Lenker.1
  • Jonathon Dockey married Joanna Gesner circa 1899.2,3
  • Jonathon Dockey died in 1956, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He was buried at Union Cemetery, Pillow, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.4

Children of Jonathon Dockey and Joanna Gesner

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S382] Elsie Klinger Eaves. The Genealogical Records of James M. & Elsie K. Eaves, online site no longer accessible, 2006, data downloaded January 2, 2009. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Website (2006).
  3. [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623_1401 Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 40.
  4. [S7] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume III (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 4th edition, 1997), p. 380. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials III.
  5. [S199] 1910 Census , Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1337; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 102; Image: 701.
  6. [S192] 1920 US Census, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania;Roll: T625_1557; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 120; Image: 1138.