BIO: Levi Schuckers, Jefferson County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jean Wall Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/pa/jefferson/ http://usgwarchives.net/pa/jefferson/beers/beers-bios.htm _____________________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers, 1898, pages 1100-1101. _____________________________________________________________________ LEVI SCHUCKERS, of Winslow township, is one of the representative agriculturists and extensive lumber merchants of Jefferson county. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms plans readily, and is determined in their execution; and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is today his. Mr. Schuckers was born January 26, 1840, in Minersville, Schuylkill Co., Penn., a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Himes) Schuckers, also natives of the county, where their marriage was celebrated, and where they remained until their removal to Jefferson county in 1857. The father purchased what was known as the Jacob Horm farm in Winslow township, comprising 107 acres, for which he paid $2000, and there continued to reside up to within a year of his death. He was a successful farmer, was stalwart Democrat in politics, and served his fellow-citizens in the capacity of school director, supervisor and auditor of Frailey township, Schuylkill county. He died March 14, 1858, aged forty-five years, his wife in December 1863, aged fifty, and the remains of both were interred in Emerickville cemetery, Jefferson county. They held membership in the Lutheran Church, and were people of the highest respectability. Henry and Nancy (Staulman) Schuckers, the paternal grandparents of our subject, were also natives of Schuylkill county, where the latter died, and was buried in the Klouser Church cemetery. In 1854 the grandfather cam to Jefferson county, where he spent his remaining days. Levi Schuckers is the second in order of birth in the family of nine children, the others being as follows: Sarah A., who married Henry Kroh, but both are now deceased; Emanuel, a farmer and lumberman of Pinecreek township, Jefferson county; Valentine, who died and was buried at Portland, Ore.; Franklin, deceased, who was a farmer and lumberman of Washington township, Jefferson county; Joseph, an agriculturist of Pinecreek township; Emma, wife of Adam Mohney, a laborer of the same township; Amanda, wife of James I. Brady, bookkeeper of the firm of Long and Brady, proprietors of a sawmill at Brookville, Penn.; and Elizabeth, wife of John Baum, a farmer of Pinecreek township. The early educational privileges afforded our subject were quite limited, he being able to attend school for only two four-months' terms; but he has made the most of his advantages and become a well- informed man. He remained with his parents until reaching the age of twenty-three, working on his mother's farm during the fall and winter months. Much of his time has been spent in clearing the wild land, grubbing up the stumps, and in other arduous and laborious tasks; but prosperity at length crowned his efforts, and he is to-day one of the well-to-do citizens of Winslow township. In early life he took many rafts of lumber down Sandy Lick and Red Bank creeks and the Alleghany river, but he is now practically living retired at his beautiful home in Winslow township. He first purchased 187 acres of land for $5,000, paying only $1,200 down; but at the end of four years the place was free from debt, although he had to pay ten per cent interest on the principal. He has added to the original tract until it now comprises 417 1/2 acres of the most valuable farming land in central Pennsylvania. It is supplied with all the conveniences and accessories of a model farm, and Mrs. Schuckers spares no pains in making it one of the most attractive spots in Jefferson county. He has not confined his attention alone to agricultural pursuits and lumbering, but has branched out into other lines of business, and is now a stockholder in the First National Bank of Reynoldsville, Penn., and also in the Pennsylvania & Buffalo Land Company, of Buffalo, N.Y. As a stalwart Democrat, he takes quite an active and prominent part in political affairs, and has served as school director and assistant assessor. On September 1, 1863, in the present home of Mr. Schuckers he was married to Miss Elizabeth Kroh, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Welker, a Lutheran minister. They have seven children: Elmer E., a farmer of Pinecreek township, Jefferson county, who married Lovilla Hetrick; Homer G., a farmer and lumberman of the same township, who married Mary Snyder, and has two children, Lawrence and Charles; James A., who married Lillie Sherwood, and is engaged in jobbing at Skunk Hollow, Jefferson county; Kennedy C., clerk in the First National Bank, of Reynoldsville, Penn.; Glen L., who is employed in a sawmill in Winslow township, Jefferson county and Cora E. and Lee S., both at home. Mrs. Elizabeth (Kroh) Schuckers was born July 2, 1844, in Pinecreek township, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Haupt) Kroh, natives of Northumberland county, Penn., and early settlers of Jefferson county, where they spent their last years, the former dying in 1876, at the age of seventy-five, and the latter in May, 1872, at the age of seventy- two. Both were consistent members of the Lutheran Church, and very prominent in their community. Their remains were interred in the Brookville Cemetery. The father followed the occupations of farming and lumbering, and also operated a gristmill. His political support was given the men and measures of the Republican party. Mrs. Schuckers is the youngest of seven children, namely: Beneval, a retired farmer of Pinecreek township; Sarah, wife of Peter Baum, an agriculturist of the same township; Jacob, who was engaged in farming in Armstrong county, Penn., but is now deceased; Angeline, who married John B. Snyder, but both have passed away; Henry, a farmer, now deceased; Catherine J., wife of George Jordan, who is engaged in the hotel business in Perryville, Penn.; and Elizabeth (Mrs. Schuckers).