Jan

7 Dec 1877 – 15 Dec 1941

Birth	7 Dec 1877
Death	15 Dec 1941
Cemetery	Saint Francis Cemetery Wahoo , Saunders County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	SKS on 20 Feb 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11198986

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JOHN ABRAHAM STUCHLIK. Among the native sons of Saunders county who have continued to reside here since reaching maturity because of their belief that the opportunities here afforded to the agriculturist are equal to those found elsewhere is John Abraham Stuchlik, who is farming one hundred and sixty acres in Elk precinct. He is also an auctioneer and cries the greater part of the sales in the county. He was born in Elk precinct on the 9th of December, 1877, a son of Anton and Mary Stuchlik, both of whom were natives of Bohemia. In 1875 they emigrated to the United States and located on what is now section 5, Elk township, Saunders county, Nebraska. The father at once homesteaded eighty acres of land, to which he subsequently added a tract of similar size by purchase. He carried on general farming until he retired from active life. Both he and his wife are now living with their son Anton. John A. Stuchlik received his education in the common schools and worked on the home farm until 1901, when at the age of about twenty-four years he began farming for himself, buying one hundred and sixty acres on sections 7 and 8, Elk precinct, and paying therefor twenty-eight dollars an acre. He has erected all of the buildings upon the place, which include large modern barns and cribs and a good residence. He carries on general farming and specializes to some extent in raising Duroc-Jersey hogs. He does not, devote all of his time to agricultural pursuits, however, as since 1907 he has cried many sales in Saunders and Butler counties and has gained an enviable reputation as an auctioneer. His ability in that line was discovered quite by accident, In 1907, while at a basket social held at the schoolhouse in district 94, he was requested to act as auctioneer and did so; He was so successful in that capacity that the people in the neighborhood asked him to cry their sales, his first sale occurring on the 17th of December, 1907, on a farm in Elk township. As the years have passed he has been accorded a large patronage and has cried many sales both in English and Bohemian. He also has other interests, being a director of the Saunders County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which he represents as local agent, and being also agent for a number of other insurance companies and president of the Farmers Stock & Grain Company at Prague. He has been a stockholder in that concern since its organization, was for four years a director thereof and is now serving as president for the second year. Mr. Stuchlik was married on the 2d of September, 1901, to Miss Anna Paseka, a daughter of John W. Paseka, of Prague. Three children have been born to this union, namely, Edward, Victor and Edith. Mr. Stuchlik casts his ballot in support of the men and measures of the democratic party and has served for twelve years as school director. He has also been called to other offices as he is serving for the fourth year as township assessor and in 1907 he was road supervisor for the entire township. His religious faith is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the Plasi Catholic church, of which he has been treasurer for the past five years. He is president of the Catholic Workmen of Prague and is popular within and without that organization. He possesses the power of leadership and has been called to office in many connections, at all times proving efficient and conscientious in the discharge of his duties. He is widely known throughout the county and his sterling worth is indicated by the fact that those who have been most closely associated with him hold him in the highest esteem.

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Anna Paseka Stuchlik Janda 1882–1967

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