TX Family Group Sheet for the Jonathan "John" Stedman Family

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Submitted by: Mary (Stinson) Claunch-Lane-Walthall
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Husband: Jonathan "John" STEDMAN
Birthdate: 1857
Birthplace: Hill County, Texas
Death date: 1940
Place of death: Fort Worth, Texas
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Father: John Steadman
Mother: Elizabeth Unknown

Marriage date:
Marriage place:

Wife: Mary ASHMORE
Birthdate: 7 March 1876
Birthplace: Louisiana
Death date: 20 Aug. 1915
Place of death: Oakdale, Allen Parish, Louisiana
Burial: Cryer Cemetery
Father: Wm. Ransom Ashmore
Mother: Lizzie Williams

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Gladys Stedman
Sex: f
Birthdate: 7 Feb1911
Birthplace: Ball, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Death date: 14 Jan 1981
Place of death: Fort Worth, Texas
Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Homer Dobbs


Child No. 2: Agnes Inez Steadman
Sex:
Birthdate: 7 Aug 1915
Birthplace: Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Death date: 20 June 1987
Place of death: North Richland Hills, Tarrant, Texas
Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:


Documentation: Jonathan Steadman was born in 1857 in Hill County, Texas. The
only other time I have found him on a census is in 1930 Cleveland, Liberty Co.,
Texas. He worked in sawmills until he was too old or too frail to work. He was
listed on the 1930 Liberty Co., Texas census at 80 years old and his name was
spelled, John Stadman, as well as his wife Lydia and my aunt Gladys Stedman. The
name has been changed so many times, it is difficult to keep up with. My Aunt
Gladys went to school in Cleveland, Texas and possibly in Silsbee, Kountze and
Honey Island. She told me that she lived in all those places when she was
growing up. Neither Aunt Gladys or my mother knew they had a sister until they
were grown and married. My mother found out in Nov. 1939 when John Steadman
showed up on her porch and said "I am your father". I was born on Nov. 18th
and my mother was busy taking care of a new baby as well as her father and her
own family. Her father didn't talk a lot, but she did find out she had a
sister. Aunt Gladys boarded with several families in those S.E. Texas counties;
including a Nora Herrington in Silsbee, Texas.