DR. I.D. STOCKTON, a physician and surgeon of fifty years' practice, is located in Compton, where he will spend the evening of life in the most healthful atmosphere, and the county where Nature has done her best to make her creatures happy.

The Doctor is a native of Illinois, born October 16, 1815. His father's name was Robert and his mother's Phoebe (Whiteside) Stockton, both being native of Kentucky, his father of English and his mother of Irish origin. Mrs. Stockton was a cousin of the celebrated General Whitesides. Her mother was of Scotch parentage. The Doctor's grandfather was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, and the famous "Stockton's Valley" was named in honor of him. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools of his native county and Shuntliff College in Illinois. Then he went to the Physiomedical and Sanitarian College at Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating at that institution in 1838. He practiced two years in Southern Illinois under Dr. Pope, and at the expiration of that time he continued practicing alone, remaining in that part of Illinois for eight years. Leaving there he went to Kansas, where he devoted two years to the practice of his profession, but prior one year in Texas. Then turning his face toward the sunset, he came to California, where he remained for a period of fifteen years, was in Washington Territory one year, and lastly came to Compton. During all this time he was actively engaged in the practice of his chosen profession.

Dr. Stockton was married in 1840 to Louisa Spiller, a native of Tennessee. Of this union nineteen children were born, and fifteen are still living. The wife and mother departed this live at Florence in 1883.

Politically the Doctor is a member of the Republican party. He was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, at the age of sixteen years. Socially he affiliates with the Masonic fraternity, and religiously, with the Christian Church, being an active and consistent member of the same. He was at one time secretary of the Bible Society. He is a worthy and honored citizen, respected and esteemed by all who know him.

Dr. Isaac Denton Stockton, a son of Robert and Phoebe (nee Whiteside) Stockton, married Louisa Marion Spiller on 24 Dec 1840.

They were the parents of:

George Washington Stockton, b. 22 Apr 1842
Andrew Jackson Stockton, b. 9 Sep 1843
Benjamin Franklin Stockton, b. 17 Sep 1845
Louisa Marion Stockton, b. 16 Jul 1847
Infant son b. 14 Feb 1849
Christopher Columbus Stockton (1850-1937)
Rebecca Stockton (1851-1901)
Gabriel Sutherland Stockton(1853-1831)
Joshua Turner Stockton, b. 1 Jan 1856
Phoebe Stockton, b. 28 Mar 1857
Isaac Denton Stockton(1859-1940)
Samuel Whiteside Stockton (1860-1933)
Elizabeth Spiller Stockton (1861-1940)
Mary Ann Stockton, b. 15 Aug 1862
Robert L. Stockton (1863-1939)
Joanne Benson Stockton, b. 6 Dec 1864
Jessie Olive Stockton, b. 11 Feb 1866
Infant son
William W. Stockton (1869-1945)

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1850 census Williamson County, Illinois
1860 census Sonoma County, California
1870 census Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
1880 census Kern County, California
__?__ Bio: near Bakersville, Kern County, California
1882 Bio: Florence, Los Angeles County, California
1889 Bio: Compton, Los Angeles County, California
1897 died ____?____* County, California

*Dr. Isaac Denton Stockton might have died at the home of his daughter Rebecca (nee Stockton) Chubb in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

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