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John Furnas
Rebecca Furnas & Samuel Teague
Susanna Teague
Susanna Teague born June 13, 1798 died Apr. 26, 1871
Md Nov. 8, 1815 Samuel Steddom born ; died
Their Children: IV
1. Lurana Steddom born June 14, 1817; died Oct. 21, I852
Md Feb. 1, I838 David Mather born ; died
They lived at Richmond, IN
Their Children: V
1. Susanna Mather born Nov. 9, 1838; died Sept. 14, 1842
2. Charles Mather born Oct. 11, 1840; died Oct. 21, 1845
3- Susanna Mather bom Sept. 29, 1842; died Dec. 21, 1881
Md (1) June 2, 1864 Isaac C. Hawkins born ; died
Md (2) June 25, 1872 J. W. Jay born ; died
4. Elizabeth Mather born Nov. 20, 1844; died
Md Sept. 23, 1869 Albert H. Kelsey born ; died
5. Henry Mather born Jan. 4, 1847; died
Md Oct. 17, 1883 Jennie Francis Grant born ; died
6. Samuel Mather born Jan. 22, I85O; died
Md July 10, 1874 Lillie Mcllvain born ; died
7 David Lindley Mather born June 20, 1852; died
Md Dec. 19, 1878 Emma E. Harris born ; died
2. John Furnas Steddom born May 2, 1820; died Nov. l4, I879
Md (1) Apr. 3, 1840 Mary Ann Compton born ; died
Md (2) Sept. 25, 1856 Sarah J. Terrell born ; died
Their Children; V
1. Isaac P.C. Steddom born Mar. 1, 1841; died
Md June 30, I865 Lucinda Puckett born ; died
2. William C. Steddom born Jan. 7, 1844; died
Md Feb. 20, 1866 Lizzie Knight born ; died
3. Anna C. Steddom born June 18, 1849; died
Md Nov. 22, 1871 John W. Collett born ; died
4. Mary T. Steddom born Feb. 8, 1858; died
Md Feb. 8, 1893 Alonzo R./j Hellings bom ; died
5. Terrell Clark Steddom born Apr. 25, 1859; died
Md Feb. 19, I8B5 Mary Alice Bates born ; died
6. George T. Steddom born Jan. I9, I86I; died Aug. 6, I89I
7* Charles Steddom born Aug. 23, 1862; died
Md Apr. 11, 1894 Anozette D. Hellings born ; died
8. Newton Steddom born Mar. 19, 1864; died
Md Dec. 28, 1888 Alice I. Blair born ; died
9. Rachel C. Steddom born Apr. 14, I866; died
10. Samuel J. Steddom born Aug. I6, 1870; died
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John Furnas
RelDecca Furnas & Samuel Teague
Susanna Teague & Samuel Steddom
Their children continued
3. Rhoda S. Steddom born Aug. 10, 1821; died
Md Nov. 11, 1837 Marcus Mote born June 19i 181?; died ' '
(David &Miriam (Mendenhall) Mote) They lived at Richmond, IN
Their Children: V
1. Kirk Linus Mote born Jan. 28, I8i;'0; died
Md (1) Jan. 2, I86I Lyda A. Harvey born ; died
Md (2) Dec. 19 1891 Lottie Jones born ; died
2. Samuel Steddom Mote born Sept. 15 18^2; died
Md (1) May 186? Alice Longfellow born ; died
Md (2) May 26, I869 Emma Pollock born ; died
3* Henry David Mote born June 2^, 18^7 died Jan. 14, 1882
Md Apr. 1871 Belle Howard born ; died
4. Jennie Susanna Mote born July 9t 1850; died
Md Feb. 2, I87I Frank Xbaugh born ; died
5. Edwin L. Mote born Dec. 31 1853; died Mar. 14, 1857
6. Edwin M. Mote born Feb. 18, 1857; died Nov. 11, i860
4. Henry Steddom born Mar. 14, 1824; died Oct. 11, I89I
Md (1) Sept. 20, 1850 Sallie Caramack born Feb. 10, 1825; died
June 28, I860 bur. Turtlecreek Fr. Gem., Warren Co., OH
Md (2) Mar. 20, 1862 Rhoda Hasket born died
Their Children: V
1. Albert Steddom born July 27, I85I; died Sept. 29, I85I Randolph, IN
2., Mary K. Steddom born J\ily 27, I85I; died Aug. 28, 1854 bur.
Turtlecreek Fr. Gem., Warren Co., OH
3. Emma S. Steddom born Aug. 28, 1853; died
Md Sept. 3f 1873 Samuel C. Miller born ; died
4. Sylvan M. Steddom born July 29 1855; died July 24, 1882
Md Nov. 25f 1880 Emma Hall born ; died
5. Cornelia C. Steddom born Dec. 11, I856; died
Md Dec. 24, 1879 Albert D. Ferrell born ; died
6. Joseph Steddom born June 21, i860; died Sept./Nov. 13i i860;
bur. Turtlecreek Fr. Gem.
7. Sallie Steddom born June 21, i860; died Aug./Oct. 31f i860
bur. Turtlecreek Fr, Gem.
2) 8. Willie Steddom born Aug. 18, 1863; died
9. Isaac H. Steddom born Oct. 9 1865; died
Md Aug. 1, 1886 Adda Blair born ; died
5. Isaac Kelly Steddom born Sept. 18, 1827; died Sept. 17 1897
Md Sept. 26, 1851 Narcissa Price (Rice & Price) born
Apr. 26, 1828; died Aug. 25# I89I bur. Turtlecreek Fr. Gem,
Their Children: V
1. Martha Steddom born Aug. 2, 1852; died-Apr. 30# 1853
Turtlecreek Fr. Gem.
2. Francis White Steddom born Apr. 7# 1854; died
Md Jan. 22, 18^ Ahna !Lt3iuiS'fe"Earli'.born ; died
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r^' John Furnas
Rebecca Fxarnas & Samuel Teague
5* Isaac Kelly Steddom & Narcissa Price - their children - continued
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3. Laura Steddom born May 23, 1856; died
Md Oct. 14, 1885 David E. Dunham born ; died
Alpheus born Jan. 22, I858j died Oct. 20, I863 bur. Turtlecreek
Ft. Gem. (Steddom)
Charity Earl Steddom born June 20, I860j died Dec. I3, 1882
bur, Turtlecreek Fr. Cem.j Md Dec, 10, 1879 George S, McGurdy
born ; died
Their Children: VI
1, Fred Earl McGurdy born Dec, 5i 1880; died Calif.
Md Queen Totten born ; died
Their Children: VII
1, Son born ; died
6. Susanna Steddom born Jan, 3f 1863; died Sept, 22, 1881 bur,
Turtlecreek Fr, Gem,
? Rice Price Steddom born Dec, 23, 186^; died Dec. 20, I949
8, Mira M. Steddom born'June 25, 186?; died Apr, 8, I896 Turtle-
Greek Fr. Cera,
9* Isaac Roy Steddom born Jime 2, 1872; died Jan, 28, 1874 bur
Turtlecreek Fr, Gem,
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6, Lydia S, Steddom born Sept, 24, I83O; died
Md Feb. 23, 1854 Thomas S, Terrell born ; died
Their Children: V
1.^ Annie R, Terrell bom Mar, 3I, 1855; died
Md fl) Oct. 2, 1873 Holland G. Bradley born ; died
Md (2) Jan. 2, I889 William H, Hoover bom ; died
2, Mary S, Terrell born Jan. 1, 1857; died
Md Oct. 5 1-^75 Joseph Sopher born ; died
3. Clark Terrell born July 5, I858; died
Md Apr, 2, 1885 Sarah Crispin born ; died
4, Samuel S, Terrell born July 21, i860; died
Md Feb. 12, I885 Ida Sharp born j died
5* Lydia Terrell born Sept, 6, 1862; died
Md Jan, 9, 1895 James Kessler born ; died
6. Lurana M, Terrell born Nov. 18, 1864; died
7. Rebecca Teague Steddom born Aug. 3, 1834; died
Md (1) Jan, 10, I86I John Patty born ; died
Md (2) Aug. 3, 1889 Thomas A. Thompson born ; died
Their Children: V
1, Mary Patty born Mar. 2, 1862; died Jan. I3, 1866
2, Lucella Patty born Aug. 9, 1864; died
Md Dec. 25, 1884 P, E, Cromer born ; died
3* Orilla Patty born Max. 30 1867; died
^ Md Oct. 6, I885 Eli M. Stintin born ; died
4, Susanna Patty born Aug. 12, I869; died Mar, 31, IB73
5. Lizzie Patty born Apr. 28, I872; died Sept. I6, I873
John Furnas
Lurana Steddom & David Mather
Susanna Mather
Susanna Mather bom Sept. 29, 1842; died Dec. 21, 1881
Md (l) June 2, 1864; Isaac G. Hawkins born ; died
Md (2) June 25, 1872 J. W. Jay born ; died
Their Children: VI (2)
1. Joseph Frederick Jay born Nov. 7 1874; died
2. Henry Mather Jay bom Nov. 26, 1875; died
3. Anna Elizabeth Jay born Dec. 15, 1877 died
4. Mary Lurana Jay born July 17, 1880; died
Elizabeth Mather
Elizabeth Mather born Nov. 20, 1844; died
Md Sept. 23, 1869 Albert H. Kelsey bom ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Raymond Mather Kelsey born June 27, I87O; died Aug. 4, 1874
2. Susie Kelsey born Oct. 14, 1872; died
3* Mayland Kelsey born Nov. 30f 1875 died
4. Stella Kelsey born Sept. 11, 1877; died
5. A1bertha Kelsey born Aug. 311 1879; died
6. Mather Kelsey bom Nov. 26, I886; died
Henry Mather
Henry Jâther bom Jan. 4, 1847; died
Md Oct. 17, 1883 Jennie Francis Grant born ; died
Their Children: VI They lived at Richmond, IN
1. George Herbert Mather born Aug. 21, 1884; died Apr. 7f 1891
2. Raymond Blanchard Mather born Aug. 6, 1888; died
3. Mary Grant Mather born June JO, I894; died
Samuel Mather
Samuel Mather born Jan. 22, I85O; died
Md July 10, 1874 Lillie Mcllvain born ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Irene Susan Mather born Mar. 12, 1875; died
2. Samuel Ernest Mather born Mar. I5, 1877; died
3. Naomi Lillian Mather born Dec. I3, 1879; died
4. David Lindley Mather born Sept. 30 1881; died
5* Joseph Henry Mather born Aug. 27, 1883; died Feb. 4, 1884
6. Earl Mcllvain Mather born Mar. 29, 1885; died
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John Furnas
John Furnas Steddom
Isaac P.O. Steddom
Isaac P. G. Steddom born Mar. 1, 1P41; died
Md June 30 IB65 Lucinda Puckett bom ; died
Their Children* VI
1. Wilhelmina Steddom born July 7, 1866; died
Md Oct. 11, 1888 George Pitts bom "; died
Their Children; VII
1. Lucile Pitts born July 26, 1889; died
2. Cora Steddom born June 24, 186?; died
Md June 10, 1894 Charles Bartlemay born ; died
3. William Orange Steddom born Apr. 5, 1868; died
Md Aug. 15, I891 Elmore Tingler born ; died
4. John F. Steddom born Mar. 20, 1874; died
5. Clarkson Steddom born Jan. 14, I878; died
6. Calvin Steddom bom Jan. 14, I878; died
William C. Steddom
William C. Steddom born Jan. 7, 1844; died
Md Feb. 20, 1866 Lizzie Knight born ; died
Their Children; VI
1. Carrie C. Steddom born Mar. 4, 1868; died
Md Dec. 25 1887 Clark C. Kunld.e bom ; died
Their Children; VII
1. . Edith Kunkle bom Sept. 14, IB9O; died
Md Ralph Simcox born ; died
2. Clarence Kunkle born Jan. 9, I893; died
3. Charles Kunkle born ; died
2. Viola Steddom born Feb. 2, I87O; died
3. Mary A. Steddom bom June 9, 1872; died
4. John W. Steddom born Dec. I9, 1880; died Mar. I6, 1886
5. Bruce A. Steddom born June 22, 1885; died
6. Evan J. Steddom born June 17, 1889; died
Anna C. Steddom
Anna C. Steddom born June 18, 1849; died
Md Nov. 22, I87I John W. Collett born ; died
Their Children; VI
1. John William Collett born June 28, IB73; died Dec. 11, I875
2. William Thomas Collett born Feb. 23, 1877; died
3. Frederick Whittier Collett born Mar. 22, 1880; died
Mary T. Steddom
Mary T. Steddom born Feb. 8, 1858; died
Md Feb. 8, I893 Alonzo R. Hellings born ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Infant born June 6, I895. died June 6, I895
John Furnas
John Furnas Steddom
Terrell Clark Steddom
Terrell Clark Steddom born Apr, 25, 1859; died
Md Feb. 19 1885 Mary Alice Bates born ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Lennie J, Steddom born Jan. 2, 1895; died
Charles L, Steddom
Charles L. Steddom born Aug. 23, 1862; died
Md Apr. 11, 189^ Anozette D. Hellings born ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Eva Margaret Steddom born Apr. 22, 1895; died
Newton Steddom
Newton Steddom born Mar. 19, 1864; died
Md Dec. 28, 1888 Alice I, Blair born ; died
Their Children: VI
1. Rosco J. Steddom born Oct. 25, 1889; died
2. Inez Steddom born July 31, 1891; died
3. George Steddom bom Mar. 20, 1893; died Dec. 19, 1893
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Submitted by: Dorothy Carter
STIDHAMôrsT^SAf 7 STEDHAM is derived from the ancient manor of
six to the year A.D. 960 in County Sus sex. England. The manor later growing into the modern town bearing
that name. The STIDHAM or STEDHAM family had branches in England.
Scotland, Ireland and Sweden. ^ '
Dr. Timothy stidham was born at Hammell, Sweden and moved to Dela
ware with the Swedish Settlers in ^6SU' His descendents moved on to
a Quarker settlement at Bush River, South Carolina, about 1762.
" Stkddom ;
Hanrjr Steddom, a descendant of Timothy Stidham, was bom March 15.
1754* He died in Warren County, Ohio October 27, 1822. He married
Martha Pearson, August 1, 1776, at Bush River, South Carolinia.
Prom Bush River, South Carolina, Henry and Martha and many others
came to the new Northwest Territory, in the early winter of l80ii.
This dangerous journey was made in a covered wagon. The route fol
lowed from Newberry County, led by way of Greenville through Saliada
Gap to Ashville, North Carolina, thence along the French Broad River
past Bald Mountain to Greenville, Tennessee, through the Cumberland
Gap and Lexington Kentucky to Cincinnati; from thie point the road
led to Reading, a distance of twelve miles, the only improved high
way in Ohio, in 18OI4., on to Lebanon and up the valley of the Turtle-
creek to what is now Waynesville, Ohio. A six week Journey made
even more difficult since the latter part was through dense under
growth.
Here in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, these Quarker families and
their descendants have made their home. Many of the descendants still
live in the area. The Steddom home is still standing in Waynesville.
(verbatim)
Wheareas Henry Stiddom of ye Destrict of Ninety Six & provence of
South Carolina Son of John Stiddom Deceased And Mary Stiddom Now
Pearson & Marther pearson Daughter of Samuel pearson of ye District
and provence afore sd Boath appeared at Seaveral Monthly Meetings
of the people Calld quakers at Bush River and Declared their in
tentions of Marage With each other before sd Meeting and after the
Needfull inquire Being Made concerning them they haveing the consent
of parents or parties tho5be sd perposals was allowed of By ye sd
Meeting
And row for the full accomplishing of there Said Marage they ye sd
Henry Stiddom & I'iarthox* pearson Boath appeared at a Meeting of Wor
ship at Bush River held ye first Day of ye 8th Mo^" 1776 Among the
people afore said and the Said Henry Siddom taking ye sd Marther
pearson by the had and Did in a solmn Manner openly Declare that he
ye Henry Stiddom Did take ye Marther pearsqn to be his wife &
Warricê (^rtCficate:
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promising with the Lords assistance to Be unto her a loveing
and faithful husband until Death Should Seprate them and the
Said Marther pearson Did in Like Manner openly Declare that she
took him ye sd. Henry Stoddom to be her husband promising with
the Lords assistance to be unto him a loveing and faithful wife
until Death Should Seperate them or words to that purposs and
then there in the same assembley they the henry Stiddora and
Marther pearson she acording to the custom of Harage assuming
the Itame of her husband & as a farther Conferamation hereof they
here unto "Subscribed there Names the Day and year above written
and we whoe was present at the Solemni zation of the said Marage
have here unto under Neath Subscribed names as witnesses of the
Same- Henr^ Steeddom
Matha Steedom
William Wright
Charity Cook
Jonathan Taylor
Ann Pugh
Jerimah Wright
Sarah Pugh
Isaac Cook
Charles Pattey
Mary Jay
Richard Taylor
Rehel jay
Ann candler
Eleanor Cavell
Mary Taylor
Mary Pearson
Benja, Vanhorn
Richard Cavell
Benjamin Pearson
Jacob Chandler
Peter Ruble
Joseph Thompson
John Kelly
Margrat Pearson
William mcDonald
Isaac Kelly
Joseph Pearson
Samuel Pearson
Mary Pearson
Mary ogelbee
Enoch Pearson
William Pearson
Thos. Pearson
Sheby Pearson
William oglebee
Mary Jay
Elisabeth Pemberton
William Taylor
Saml Nelson
Thos Pugh
Sarah Daviss
Steddow 'J{evmon
The third annual Steddom Family Reuion was held at the Turtle-
creek Friends Meeting House, Tuesday, August 1hth, 1916, Waynes-
ville. Warren County, Ohio,
The following persons attended this Reunion:
Mrs* Viola Santee and son Wendell, What Cheer,. Iowa,
Mr, & Mrs. Charles Steddom, Lacy, Iowa.
Mrs* Mary S. Hellings, Oskaloosa, Iowa,
Mrs. Emma Brooker, Pulaski, 111,
Mr. & Mrs. K,C, Kunkle and da.ughter Edith, Bellevue, Ky.
Ralph Simcox, Covington, Ky,
Mrs. Cora Steddom Bartlemay, Goshen, Ind.
Isaac P,C, Steddom, Webster, Ind,
Mr. & Mrs, Samuel Smith, Miamisburg, Ohio.
Mr. & Mrs. Wra. H. Mendenhall
Mr. & Mrs, J. Orville Compton and son, Edward, New Burlington.
Mrs. Alice Johnson and daughter, Rosa, Spring Valley.
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Mrs. Emma V. Mote
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur Jeffery and sons. Prank, George, Carmen and )
Lawrence, of Franklin.
Robert Olvis, Hamilton.
Mr. & Mrs. Davis Dunham
Mr. & Mrs. Jehu Mulford and daughters, Grace and Lucy.
John D. Steddom
Henry Mull and daughters, Cleomine and Eunice.
Mr. & Mrs. J.J.G. Steddom and daughters, Mary and Florence.
Mr. & Mrs. E.J. Steddom, Lebanon.
Mr. & Mrs. Omar Hollingsworth
Mr. & Ifrs.'Joe s* Kersey
Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Steddom
Mr. & Mrs. Bert Hollingsworth
Mr. & Mrs. Max Hollingsworth
Mrs. Viola Mull Bogan
Arena E. Kersey
Cora L. Kersey
Mr. & Mrs. R.J. Murray
Lide Murray
Beatrice and Helen Ullum
W. Rufus Kersey, Oregonis
Letters from the following were read since they could not attend:
Charles S. White, Detroit, Michigan
Mrs. Ida Hollingsworth Moore, Lincoln, Nebraska
Dr. Rice P. Steddom, of Washington, D.C. ' J
The death of the following family members were reported:
Emily Dumont Steddom (Mrs. John D.)
Esther P. Steddom (Mrs. Samuel T.) late of Lebanon, Ohio.
Kirk L. Mote, late of West Milton, Ohio.
Anne T. White (Mrs. James) late of Richmond, Indiana.
Eva Dulton'White (Mrs. Chas. S.) late of Detroit, Michigan.
Isaac Compton, California.
Source! The ebove information on the Steddom Family .aa Obtained at
Wilmington College, Quarker Room Library.
'Correction
The article Tapscott Cemetery, page 103 of the last issue was
submitted by . Florence Geradine.
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In Memoriam
'Others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor."John 4:38.
Emily Dumont Steddom
Esther Pearson Steddom
Anna T. White
Eva Dutton White
Kirk L. Mote
Isaac Compton
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
A Copy [verbatim, literatim, at punctatim] of the Original
Marriage Certificate of Henry and Martha Steddom, now in
Possession of Mrs. Laura Steddom Dunham, Lebanon, Ohio.
Wheareas Henry Stiddom ofye Destrict ofNinety Six& provence ofSouth Carolina Son ofJohn
Stiddom Deceased And Mary Stiddom Now Pearson &Marther pearson Daughter of Samuel
pearson of ye Destrict and provence afore sd Boath appeared at Seaveral Monthly Meetings
of the people Calld quakers at Bush River and Declared their intentions ofMarage With each
other before sd Meeting and after the Needfull inquire Being Made concerning them they
haveing the consent ofparents or parties concerned there sd perposals was allowed of By ye
sd Meeting
And now for the full accomplishing of there Said Marage they ye sd H^ry Stiddom &Mar
ther pearson Boath appeared at aMeetingofWorship at Bush River held ye first Day ofye 8th
Mo*^ 1776 Among the people aforesaid and the Said Henry Siddom taking ye sd Marther pear
son by the had and Did in a solmn Manner openly Declare that he ye Sd Henry Stiddom Did
take ye Said Marther pearson tobe his wife &promising with the Lords assistance toBe unto
her a loveing and faithful husband until Death Should Seprate them and the Said Marther
pearson Did in Like Manner openly Declare that she took him ye sd. Henry Stiddom tobe her
husband promising with the Lords assistance tobe unto him a loveing and faithfull wife untill
Death Should Seprate them orwords tothatpurposs and then and there in the same assembley
they the Said henry Stiddom and Marther pearson she acording to the custom of Marage as
suming the Name ofher husband &as a farther Confermation hereof they here unto Subscrib
ed there Names the Day and year above written and we whoe
was presept at the Solemni zation of the said Marage have here Henry teeddom.
unto under Neath Subscribed our names as Witnesses of theSame Matha Steedom
William Wright
Charity Cook
Jonathan Taylor
Ann Pugh
Jerimah Wright
Sarah Pugh
Isaac Cook
Charles Pattey
Mary Jay
Richard Taylor
Rehel jay
Ann Candler
Eleanor Cavell
Mary Taylor
Mary Pearson
Benja. Vanhorn
Richard Cavell
Benjamin Pearson
Jacob Chandler
Peter Ruble
Joseph Thompson
John Kelly
Margrat Pearson
William mcDonnald
Isaac Kelly
Joseph Pearson
Samuel Pearson
Mary Pearson
Mary ogelbee
Enoch Pearson
William Pearson
Thos. Pearson
Sheby Pearson
William oglebee
Mary Jay
Elisabeth Pernberton
William Taylor
Saml Nelson
Thos Pugh
Sarah Daviss
The third annual meeting of
the Steddom descendants was
held at the Turtlecreek
Friends' Meeting House Tuesday,
August I4th, 1916. The showers
that continued at intervals during
the morning did not dampen the
interest and enthusiasm of a good
ly number that assembled near
where their ancesters liad settled al
most one hundred twelve years ago.
The members of this family arc wide
ly scattered through more than a
dozen states and Canada.
We record here the attendance of
the following:
Mrs. Viola Santee and son, Wen
dell, What Cheer, Iowa; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Steddom, Lacy, Iowa;
Mrs. Mary S. Hellings, Oskaloosa,
Iowa; Mrs. Emma Brooker, Pulaski,
III.; Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Kunkle
and daughter, Edith, Bellevue, Ky.;
Ralph Simcox, Covington, Ky.; Mrs.
Cora Steddom Bartlemay, Goshen,
Indiana; Isaac P. C. Steddom, Web
ster, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Smith, Miamisburg; Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. H. Mendenhall, Mrs. and Mrs.
J. Orville Compton andson, Edward
New Burlington; Mrs. Alice John
son and daughter, Rosa, Spring Val
ley; Mrs. Emma V. Mote, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur JefFeryand sons, Frank,
George, Carmen, and Lawrence,
Franklin; Roberta Olvis, Hamilton;
Mr. and Mrs. David Dunham, Mr.
and Mrs. Jehu Mulford, and daugh
ters Grace and Lucy, John D. Sted
dom, Henry Mull and daughters,
Cleomine and Eunice; Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. G. Steddom and daughters,
Mary and Florence; Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Steddom, Lebanon; Mr. and
Mrs. Omar Holling.sworth; Mr. and
Mrs. jc)e S. kersey, Mr. anil Mrs.
\N'. C. Steddom; Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Hollingswcrth; Mr. and Mrs. Max
Hollingsworth; Mrs. Viola Mull Be
gan; Arena E. Kersey; Cora L. Ker
sey; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Murray;
Lide Murray; Beatrice and Helen
Ullum; and W. Rufus Kersey, Ore-
gonia.
The forenoon hours were spent In
friendly visiting, the renewal of old
acquaintances, and exchange of
greetings among those who had nev
er met before. Shortly after the noon
hour the local committee of arrange
ments supervised the serving of a
bountiful dinner, not on the lawn as
w-as planned, but in the house, by
reason of the morning rain.
Shortly after 2 p. m. the meeting
convened in business session, in
troduced by the singing of a well
known hymn. "These Quakers
know how to sing", was the remark
of one present whose judgment
bears the stamp of finality. Minutes
of the last year's meeting were read,
approved, and duly entered on re
cord.
Letters from Charles S. White, of
Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Ida Hol
lingsworth Moore, Lincoln, Nebras
ka; and Dr. Rice P. Steddom, of
Washington D. C., were read and ap
preciated. The followingabsent and
remote members were remembered:
Celeste S. Hollingsworth, Rock
Island, Illinois; Rebecca T. Thomp
son, Emporia, Kansas; AliceWalton,
New Burlington, Ohio; and Eunice
Mendenhall, Spring Valley, Ohio.
D. E. Dunham was appointed chair-
jman of a committee to cooperate
with the Secretary in correspond
ence with the absentees as directed.
The committee on necrology re
ported the loss by death of the fol
lowing: Emily Dumont Steddom
(Mrs. John D.) and Esther P. Sted
dom (Mrs. Samuel T.), late of Leb
anon, Ohio; Kirk L. Mote, late of
West Milton, Ohio; Anna T. White
(Mrs. James), late of Richmond,
Indiana; Eva Dutton White (Mrs.
Chas. S.), late of Detroit, Michigan;
and of Isaac Compton, in California.
For the first four obituaries were
read and ordered entered upon the
record. The committee was asked
to secure brief memorials of the oth
ers and file them for record-
The Historian then presented a
paper continuing the family history
and in:idents of pioneer life in the
early days. By eoui ic,sy of Dr. O.
N. HufF, of Fountain City, Indiana,
there was loaned for reading at this i
meeting a sketch of the life of the
late Dr. Oliver W. Nixon, a former
teacher of the Turtlecreek Academy,
who afterwards attained national
celebrity. Four of his former pupils
were present: John D. Steddom, of
Lebanon; Isaac P. C. Steddom, Web
ster, Indiana; Wm. C. Steddom, Ore-
gonia, Ohio; and Samuel Smith, of
Miamisburg, Ohio.
Mrs. Laura S. Dunham brought
with her the original marriage cer
tificate of Henry Steddom and Mar
tha Pearson, with the signatures of
those who witnessed their marriage
at Bush River S. C., in 1776. Its
Ireading and the opportunity for its
perusal proved to be of unusual in
terest.
Officers to serve the coming year
were reelected as follows:
President, John D. Steddom;
Vice-president, J. J. G. Steddom;
Sec'y.-Treas., Evan J. Steddom;
Historian, W. Rufus Kersey.
Committees on necrology, local
arrangements, and local transporta
tion were continued as appointed a
:year ago. To a large General Com-
' mittee and the officers above named
is entrusted the fixing of a date for
the next reunion. And so adjourned
the third of a series that continues to
be of more than ordinary interest.
Traditions and Incidents of
Family History.
By W. Rufus Kersey.
The annals of a quiet neighbor-
!hood find a ready interpretation in
the character of the early settlers
whose labors gave direction to life
in the new Northwest Territory.
Our forbears who settled here m
the early winter of 1804 were of
that number who are to be account
ed as well-behaved, law-abiding,
industrious and frugal. They were
inured to a life of hardship, hard
labor and peril before they left
their old home in South Carolina.
They and their co-religionists were
zealous supporters of religious free
dom, and unflichingly bore witness
to their faith under persecution at
the hands of both Whig and Tory.
Acentury agotheir protest against
slavery took the form of migration
and Waynesville and vicinity be
came the Mecca for many Friends
who sougiit a new home in south
western Ohio.
In a former paper I have narrated
an experience of Henry Steddom, a
non-combatant who sought to main
tain an unarmed neutrality amid
the stirring scenes of Revolutionary
times. It is a family tradition that
the men who were non-combatants
were compelled to leave their homes
and become "outliers," hiding in
the pine thickets. The women left
at home were wont to secrete food
in a number of places in the hope
that the men would find at least
some of it during their period of
exile.
If life at Bush River was one of
hardship and difficulty, so too the
Iexodus to the new Northwest Ter-
ritory had its perils and dangers*
The route followed from Newberry
county led by way of Greenville,
through Saluda Gap to Ashville,
N. C., thence along the French
Broad River, past Bald Mountain
to Greenville, Tennessee, through
Cumberland Gap and Lexington,
Ky., to Cincinnati; from this point
the road led to Reading, a distance
of twelve miles, the only improved
highway in Ohio in 1804; thence to
Lebanon and up the valley of the
Turtlecreek to this location; a jour
ney that usually required about six
weeks for its accomplishment.
The latter part of the journey was
one of difficulty by reason of the
dense undergrowth as well as the
large trees to be found in this vi
cinity. One of Henry and Martha
Steddom's granddaughters, on ask
ing how they happened to find this
place received for answer; "We
just drove till we came to thespring
and stopped." The spring referred
to is located a short distance east
of the brick house erected in 1839,
for many years the home of the
Samuel Steddom family and de
scendants, and now the residence of
the Spencer family.
My statement of a year ago, lo
cating the first camp elsewhwere
was made on the authority of one
whose father participated in the re
moval to Ohio. It appears that the
location indicated in my former
paper is correct for the camp of the
Hollingsworth family only. What
seems to be well authenticated fam
ily tradition says that Henry Sted
dom built his house close to the
site of his first camp. A part of the
foundation wall of the stone house
can still be seen.
There is no portrait of Henry
Steddom extant; and had photo
graphy been known in his day, it is
highly probable that he would have
rated the work of the sun-artist as a
vanity of vanities. Our conception
of the man can be formed only by
noting briefly some of his achieve
ments during the eighteen years of
his lifein Ohio. He appears to have
been a manof noordinary executive
ability to accomplish so much as he
did; and what he did bore the marks
of refinement. The stone house
above mentioned had a two story
Eorch along the south side guarded
y a banister of neat construction,
and underneath the stairway was a
small closet with a little window sug
gestive of good taste and correct
ideas. He built a large barn of logs
with stables at the ends, a thresh
ing floor between them and much
store room above. He made ex
tensive dlearings in the forests that
lay all ^bout, planted a large apple
orchard afed a number of peach
trees; and the row of Walnut trees,
some of which are still standing
along the roadway northwest of the
house, is of his own planting.
It is narrated of him that, on one
occasion as he was returning home
after his day's work in the oottom
near Spencer's ford, dusk overtook
him. He then discovered that he
was being followed by timber wolves
and tradition still points out the
place on the hillside between John
K. Spencer *s saw mill and his north
tenant house, where he climbed a
tree to escape their attacks. There
they kept him treed several hours.
Then the wolves left him and he
returned home.
An incident in the life of Martha
Steddom that occurred in South
Carolina may properly come in
here. The depredations suffered at
the hands of the marauding sol
diers of both the Continental and
British armies have already been
referred to. It was their custom to
enter houses and take therefrom
whatever they saw that they de
sired. On one occasion they cut
from Martha Steddom's loom the
cloth that she was then weaving,
and carried it away with them. She
was the possessor of a number of
stands of bees, and the attempt of a
party of soldiers to rob the hives
resulted disastrously. One of their
number, having possessed himself
of the family butcher knife, was
using it in his attempts at honey
getting. Compelled by the stings of
the bees to desist, he retreated
striking at them with the knife.
By an unfortunate stroke he struck
his own' nose, almost severing it
from his face. He then came into
the house and desired Martha Sted
dom "to tie it on" for him. She
took bandages, secured the wound
ed member in place, and "tied it
on" as best she could. The humor
of the situation however quite over
came her; and when narrating the
incident to one of her granddaugh
ters many years afterwards, she
would again laugh heartily, and
said that she could not have checked
herself, even if threatened with
death.
The first spring after arrival here
a camp was opened for the making
of Maple syrup and sugar. Troughs
were made for catching the sap by
hollowing out sections of the smal
ler tree trunks two and a half feet
in length. A deep notch was cut in
the tree in which rested one end of
the trough, which was supported at
the outer end by two wooden legs.
This was the prototype of the mod
ern pail with its Eureka sap spout
and bucket hanger.
The sap was boiled down in iron
kettles., the men often continuing
the boiling all night long. Samuel
Steddom, second son of Henry and
Martha Steddom, has told how he
a boy of nine years rose at 4 o'clock
to relieve the men who had toiled
all night. Ofttimes a deer would
spring up by the pathway along
which he ran to the camp, and
whistle so shrilly that his hair stood
up from fright, notwithstanding he
had with him his rifle. In this con
nection it may be noted that he was
the nimrod of the family; or at least
the one to whom tradition ascribes
the greatest feats of hunting.
The difficulty of obtaining salt
and the resultant scarcity led to
every means to save it all. The
earth of the smoke house floor that
had received the brine from meat
that overhung in other years was
placed in a hopper and leached; the
water with its briny solution was
then boiled down, and in this way
the salt was recovered.
Before the arrival of the grist
mill the most primitive means
sufficed to reduce corn to corn meal.
A section of an oak or gum tree
trunk four feet in length and two
in diameter served as a rude mor
tar, when burned out at one end to
a depth of eighteen or twenty inches.
Into this cup-shaped cavity a por
tion of a grist was placed and beaten
with a stick of wood that served as a
pestle. When sufficiently bruised
and pounded the meal was then
sifted and deemed ready to be made
into bread.
For a number of years it w^ not
possible to raise good wheat in the
cleared areas, too much over-shad
owed by tall trees. The grain was
light in weight, often mouldy and
not fully matured. It was of a
pinkish color and was called sick
affected those who vate house sufficed. About the year younger brother, William Penn Nix-
hcat;for jg32 there was built immediately on, came with him and enrolled as
(-he making of north of the site of this house a one- a nupil in the school. Nathan Doan
C)i>scly ^ country, came the story frame structure. This served of Wilmington, served as assistant
bomcs school. The min- as a house of worship until 1869. It teacher during the winter of 1848-9.
f Miami Monthly meeting was built by an Englishman who The presence of a number of
hat a request for a meeting bore the name ofKirby. While here Shawnee Indians in school is still
f ôrship atTurtlecrcek,inTurtIe- he boarded at Samuel Steddom's. recalled by students of that rather
^ township, Warren County, He usually came late to supper, for early day. They bore the names of
t five miles south by southwest he continued to work as long as he Daugherty, Duchien and Barbee.
/\Vavnesville, was granted by the could see to drive a nail. All at- Some of them remained in the neigh-
of y T? L- ..
County contains a copy of the deed crossing the ravine that lies north afterwards went to Shawneetown,
made by Henry and Martha Sted- of these premises an owl flew down Kansas, and became chief of his
dom, conveying to John Steddom, from a neighboring tree and severe- tribe there. Among the incidents of
Abraham Hollingsworth, Thomas ly scratched his bald head. After the school that are still remembered
Evans, Thomas Sherwood and Sam- this he came promptly to supper, was a debate on some phase of the
uel Steddom, the plot of ground on At a very early date a small log slavery question. It was partici-
which stands this meeting house, school house was erected west of the pated in by Oliver Nixon and John
In consideration of the sum of one site of this meeting house. It stood Quincy Smith on the one side, and
dollar, payment of which was ac- quite near the roadway, and between Durbin Ward and John Probasco of
knowledged, the conveyance was the large maple tree and the pres- Lebanon on the other; all of whom
made to the five persons named, ent location of the gateway. Its became prominent in later years,
and the survivers of them " and the one window was made by cutting The debate was held in the old
heirs at law of such one of them out a great part of one of the logs school house, dimly lighted by
as shall survive all of them, for the of the east side. The floor was made tallow candles, and eagerly listened
uses and purposes following: that of puncheons. The benches were to by a crowded audience. Doubt-
is to say, for the use of the Society split from logs, were very narrow, less the debate was a stirring one
of Friends, particularly that part and supported by wooden legs, and ably conducted. At its close
of said Society distinguished by the They were without backs, and so the "boys" Messre. Nixon and
name of Turtlecreek Meeting of the high that the feet of small children Smith were heartily congratulated
Society of Friends in Warren Coun- seated there hung unsupported sev- by their opponents for the ability
ty aforesaid, as a site for Friends* era! inches from the floor. A with which they had presented their
Meeting House, or for such other single row of benches was placed case. I can not here trace the subse-
purposes as the said meeting shall around the room. The writing desks quent carrer of Oliver W. Nixon,
at any time direct etc." The In- were boards laid upon wooden pins but the words of one who knew him but the words of one who knew him
long and intimately may well be denture was witnessed by David driven in the wall.
Jay and John Jay, Sixth Month 16, The successor of this rude school given here: "Dr. Nixon was the
1819. On the 18th of Twelfth house was a frame building that purest and best man I ever knew.
Month following, Henry and Martha stood upon the hill south of us, at He was so thoughtful of everybody
Steddom appeared before Thomas a point where the Oregonia road he ever knew and his whole life
Smith, a Justice of the Peace for toLeelan, turns at right angles to the was full of kind deeds." On his
Warren County, and ackowledged west leaving the Waynesville and monument that stands in the little
their act and deed, she relinquish- Morrowroad. Itbecame theseatof cemetery of the town where his
ing all her right and title of dower in a very flourishing school and was youth was passed, in Spartan-like
the property. The deed was re- justly famed for the excellenceof its brevity is summed up the record of
ceived at the Recorder's office instruction. Thither came students his eighty years:
Twelfth Month IS, three days be- from Wilmington, Waynesville, Oliver woodson nixon
fore their appearance before the Lebanon and from the more remote Areonaut
Justice of Peace; and was duly Miami county. In the late forties, surgeon c^'stSn SoidJer
recorded First Month 4 1820 by E. before the arrival of Alfred Hoi- g,, j|,ose whose labors have
W.lhams. Recorder of Warren brook in Lebanon and the develop- Hghtfullv enrolled them among the
f Htgh School instruction ,n West our
Where the hrst meetings were any ot our Warren County towns, gratitude is due
held we can only conjecture. It the little Turtlecreek Academy was ??Before thom foU th'fortt of u.c plain
will be noted that a request for a unsurpassed within a radius of And poaco and plenty follow in thotrain."
meeting was brought before Miami twenty miles. One of its teachers And may we not be permitted to
Monthly Meeting and was granted for perhaps three winters was Oliver express the belief that much that
less than two years after the settle- Woodson Nixon of New Garden is best in the character of our
ment here. Inasmuch as the site (now Fountain City) Indiana, who worthiest inhabitants of today, is
for a Meeting House was not legally came thither from Friends' Board- due to the surviving influence of
secured until 1819 probably a pn-| ingSchool at Richmond, Ind. His| these hardy pioneers?
This leaflet contains an account of the third annual re
union of the descendants of Henry and Martha Steddom,
which was held at Turtlecreek Friends* Meeting House,
two miles northwest of Oregonia, and six miles east by
northeast from Lebanon, Ohio, August 14, 1916.
The descendants of these pioneers now number several
hundred, and are to be found in the following States;
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon; also in the District
of Columbia and Canada.
An interesting paper of historical value dealing with the
dispersion of the family to these widely scattered localities
can be prepared by our historian. Prof. W. Rufus
Kersey, of Oregonia, Ohio, if you will furnish him with
the facts in your possession. Write to him at once, give
fully and as accurately as possible all the information
you have concerning the movements of the family in
order that he may use as much as is of general interest in
his next report. Do not defer this or it will be forgotten.
Do it now. It will require much time to prepare the
material and it should be forwarded to him at once.
Herschel I. Fisher,
Chm. Com. on Publication.
Lebanon, Ohio
September Fifth,
Nineteen Hundred Sixteen.
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In Memoriam
'Others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.*'John 4:38.
Emily Dumont Steddom
Esther Pearson Steddom
Anna T. White
Eva Dutton White
Kirk L. Mote
Isaac Compton
Rest eternal *irant unto them, O Lord, and let lijiht perpetual shine upon them.
A Copy [verbatim, literatim, et punctatim] of the Original
Marriage Certificate of Henry and Martha Steddom, now in
Possession of Mrs. Laura Steddom Dunham. Lebanon, Ohio.
Whe.ireas HenryStiddom of yeDestrictof Ninety Six& provence ofSouthCarolina Son ofjohn
Stiddom Deceased And MaryStiddom Now Pearson &Marther pearson Daughterof Samuel
pearsonof ye Destrict and provence afore sd Boath appeared at Seaveral Monthly Meetings
of the people Calld quakers at Bush River andDeclared theirintentions of Marage With each
other before sd Meeting and after the Needfull inquire Being Made concerning them they
haveing the consent of parents or parties concerned theresd perposals was allowed of By ye
sd Meeting
And now for the full accomplishing of there Said Marage they ye sd Henry Stiddom &Mar
ther pearson Boath appeared at a Meeting of Worship at Bush River held ye first Day of ye 8th
Mo**" 1776 Among thepeople aforesaid and theSaidHenry Siddom taking ye sd Marther pear
son by the had and Did in a solmn Manneropenly Declare that he ye Sd Henry Stiddom Did
take ye Said Marther pearson to be his wife &promising with the Lords assistance to Beunto
her a loveing and faithful husband until Death Should Seprate them and the Said Marther
pearson Did in Like Manner openlyDeclare that she took himye sd. Henry Stiddomto beher
husband promising with the Lords assistance to be unto him a loveing and faithfull wife untill
Death Should Seprate themor words to that purpossand then and there in the same assemble)*
they the Said henry Stiddom and Marther pearson she acording to the custom of Marage as
suming the Nameof her husband &as a farther Confermation hereof they hereunto Subscrib
ed there Names the Day and year above written and we whoe
was present at the Solemni zation of the said Marage have here Henry Steeddom.
unto under Neath Subscribed our names as Witnesses of the Same Matha Steeoom
William Wright
Charity Cook
Jonathan Taylor
Ann Pugh
Jerimah Wright
Sarah Pugh
Isaac Cook
Charles Pattey
Mary Jay
Richard Taylor
Rehel jay
Ann Candler
Eleanor Cavell
Mary Taylor
Mary Pearson
Benja. Vanhorn
Richard Cavell
Benjamin Pearson
Jacob Chandler
Peter Ruble
Joseph Thompson
John Kelly
Margrat Pearson
William mcDonnald
Isaac Kelly
Joseph Pearson
Samuel Pearson
Mary Pearson
Mary ogelbee
Enoch Pearson
William Pearson
Thos. Pearson
Sheby Pearson
William oglebee
Mary Jay
Elisabeth Pernberton
William Taylor
Saml Nelson
Thos Pugh
Sarah Daviss
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The third annual meeting of
the Steddom descendants was
held at the Turtlecreek
Friends' Meeting House Tuesday,
August 14th, 1916. The showers
that continued at intervals during
the morning did not dampen the
interest and enthusiasm of a good
ly number that assembled near
where their ancesters had settled al
most one hundred twelve years ago.
Themembers of this family arewide
ly scattered through more than a
dozen states and Canada.
We record here the attendance of
the following:
Mrs. Viola Santee and son, Wen
dell. What Cheer, Iowa; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Steddom, Lacy, Iowa;
Mrs. Mary S. Hellings, Oskaloosa,
Iowa; Mrs. Emma Brooker, Pulaski,
111.; Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Kunkle
and daughter, Edith, Belle^me, Ky.;
Ralph Simcox, Covington, Ky.; Mrs.
Cora Steddom Bartlemay, Goshen,
Indiana; Isaac P. C. Steddom, Web
ster, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Smith, Miamisburg; Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. H. Mendenhall, Mrs. and Mrs.
J.Orvilie Compton and son, Edward
New Burlington; Mrs. Alice John
son anddaughter, Rosa, Spring Val
ley; Mrs. Emma V. Mote, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Jeffery andsons,Frank,
George, Carmen, and Lawrence,
Franklin; Roberta Olvis, Hamilton;
Mr. and Mrs. David Dunham, Mr.
and Mrs. Jehu Mulford, and daugh
ters Grace and Lucy, John D. Sted
dom, Henry Mulj and daughters,
Cleomine and Eunice; Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. G. Steddom and daughters,
Mary and Florence; Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Steddom, Lebanon; Mr. and
Mrs. Omar Hollingsworth; Mr. anc
Mrs. Joe S. Kersey, Mr. and Mrs,
W. C. Steddom; Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Hollingsworth; Mr. and Mrs. Max
Hollingsworth; Mrs. Viola Mull Bo-
gan; Arena E. Kersey; Cora L. Ker
sey; Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Murray;
Lide Murray; Beatrice and Helen
Ullum; and W. Rufus Kersey, Ore
gonia.
The forenoon hours were spent m
friendly visiting, the renewal of old
acquaintances, and exchange of
greetings among those whohad nev
er met before. Shortly after the noon
hour the local committee of arrange
ments supervised the serving or a
bountiful dinner, not on the lawn as
was planned, but in the house, by
reason of the morning rain.
Shortly after 2 p. m. the meeting
convened in busine.s.s session, in
trcjduced by the singing of a well
known hymn. "These Quakers
know how to sing", was the remark
of one present whose judgment
bears the stamp of finality. Minutes
of the last year's meeting were read,
approved, and duly entered on re
cord
Letters from Charles S. White, of
Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Ida Hol
lingsworth Moore, Lincoln, Nebras
ka; and Dr. Rice P. Steddom, of
Washington D.C.,were readand ap
preciated. The following absent and
remote members were remembered:
Celeste S. Hollingsworth, Rock
Island, Illinois; Rebecca T. Thomp
son, Emporia, Kansas; Alice Walton,
New Burlington, Ohio; and Eunice
Mendenhall, Spring Valley, Ohio.
D. E. Dunham was appointed chair
man of a committee to cooperate
with the Secretary in correspond
ence with the absentees as directed.
The committee on necrology re
sorted the loss by death of the fol
owing; Emily Dumont Steddom
(Mrs. John D.) and Esther P. Sted
dom (Mrs. Samuel T.), late of Leb
anon, Ohio; Kirk L. Mote, late of
West Milton, Ohio; Anna T. White
(Mrs. James), late of Richmond,
ndiana; Eva Dutton White (Mrs.
Chas. S.), late of Detroit, Michigan;
andof Isaac Compton, jn California.
For the first four obituaries were
read and ordered entered upon the
record. The committee was asked
to secure brief memorials of the oth
ers and file them for record.
Iperusal proved to be of unusual in
terest.
Officers to serve the coming year
were rcelected as follows:
President, John D. Steddom;
Vice-President, J. J. G. Steddom;
Sec'y.-Treas., Evan J. Steddom;
Historian, W. Rufus Kersey.
Committees on necrology, local
arrangements, and local transporta
tion were continued as appointed a
year ago. To a large General Com
mittee and the officers above named
is entrusted the fixing of a date for
the next reunion. And soadjourned
the third of a series that continues to
be of more than ordinary interest.
Traditions and Incidents of
Family History.
By W. Rufus Kersey.
The annals of a quiet neighbor
hood find a ready interpretation in
the character of the early settlers
whose labors gave direction to life
in the new Northwest Territory.
Our forbears who settled here m
the early winter of 1804 were of
that number who are to be account
ed as well-behaved, law-abiding,
industrious and frugal. They
inured to a life of hardship,
labor and peril before they left
their old home in South Carolina.
They and their co-religionists were
zealous supporters of religious free
dom, and unflichingly bore witness
to their faith under persecution at
the hands of both Whigand Tory.
Acentury agotheir protest against
slavery took the form of migration
and Waynesville and vicinity be
came the Mecca for many Friends
who sought a new home in south
western Ohio.
In a former paper 1 have narrated
an experience of Henry Steddom, a
non-combatant whosought to main
tain an unarmed neutrality amid
thestirring scenes of Revolutionary
times. It IS a family tradition that
the men who were non-con^batants
were compelled to leave their hom^
and become "outliers," hiding in
the pine thickets. The women left
at home were wont to secrete food
in a number of places in the hope
that the men would find at least
some of it during their period ot
exile. , r
If life at Bush River was one ot
hardship and difficulty, so too the
exodus to the new Northwest 1er-
The Historian then presented a
paper continuing the family history
and in.-idents ot pioneer life in the
early days. By courtesy of Dr. O.
N. Huff, of Fountain City, Indiana,
there was loaned for reading at this
meeting a sketch of the liie of the
late Dr. Oliver W. Nixon, a former
teacher of the Turtlecreek Academy,
who afterwards attained national
celebrity. Four of his former pupils
were present: John D. Steddom, of
Lebanon; Isaac P. C.Steddom, Web
ster, Indiana; Wm. C. Steddoni, Ore-
gonia, Ohio; and Samuel Smith, of
Miamisburg, Ohio.
Mrs. Laura S. Dunham brought
with her the original marriage cer
tificate of Henrv Steddom and Mar
tha Pearson, with the signatures of
those who witnessed their marriage
at Bush River S. C., in 1776. Its
reading and the opportunity for its
ritory had its perils and dangers-
The route followed from Newherry
county led by way of Greenville,
throt^h Saluda Gap to Ashville,
N. C., thence along the French
Broad River, past Bald Mountain
to Greenville, Tennessee, through
Cumberland Gap and Lexington,
Ky., to Cincinnati; from this point
the road led to Reading, a distance
of twelve miles, the only improved
highway in Ohio in 1804; thence to
Lebanon and up the valley of the
Turtlecreek to this location; a jour
ney that usually required about six
weeks foj- its accomplishment.
The latter part of the journey was
one of difficulty by reason of the
dense undergrowth as well as the
large trees to be found in this vi
cinity. One of Henry and Martha
Steddom's granddaughters, on ask
ing how they happened to find this
place received for answer: *'We
just drove till we came to the sciring
and stopped." The spring referred
to is located a short distance east
of the brick house erected in 1839,
for many years the home of the
Samuel Steddom family and de
scendants, and now the residence of
the Spencer family.
My statement of a year ago, lo
cating the first camp elsewhwere
was made on the authority of one
whose father participated in the re
moval toOhio. It appears that the
location indicated in my former
paper is correct for the campof the
Hollingsworth family only. What
seems to be well authenticated fam
ily tradition says that Henry Sted
dom built his house close to the
site of his first camp. Apart of the
foundation wall of the stone house
can still be seen.
There is no portrait of Henry
Steddom extant; and had photo-
graphy been known in his day, it is
highly probable that he would have
rated the work of the sun-artist as a
vanity of vanities. Our conception
of the man can be formed only by
noting briefly some of his achieve
ments during the eighteen years of
his life inOhio. He appears to have
been a man of noordinary executive
ability to accomplish so much as he
did; and what he did bore the marks
of refinement. The stone house
above mentioned had a two story
porch along the south side guarded
by a banister of neat construction,
and underneath the stairway was a
smallcloset witha little window sug
gestive of good taste and correct
ideas. He built a large barn of logs
with stables at the ends, a thresh
ing floor between them and much
store room above. He made ex
tensive clearings in the forests that
lay all about, planted a large apple
orchard firtd a number of peach
trees; and the rowof Walnut trees,
some of which are still standing
along the roadway northwest of the
house, is of hisown planting.
It is narrated of him that, on one
occasion as he was returning home
after his day's work in the bottom
near S^ncer's ford, dusk overtook
him. He then discovered that he
was beingfollowed by timber wolves
and tradition still points out the
Sjace on the hillside between John
^ Spencer's saw mill and his north
tenant house, where he climbed a
tree to escape their attacks. There
they kept him treed several hours.
Then the wolves left him and he
returned home.
An incident in the life of Martha
Steddom that occurred in South
Carolina may properly come in
here. The depredations suffered at
the hands of the marauding sol
diers of both the Continental and
British armies have already been
referred to. It was their custom to
enter houses and take therefrom
whatever they saw that they de
sired. On one occasion they cut
from Martha Steddom's loom the
cloth that she was then weaving,
and carried it away with them. She
was the possessor of a number of
stands of bees, and the attempt of a
party of soldiers to rob the hives
resulted disastrously. One of their
nu:nber, haying possessed himself
of the family butcher knife, was
using it in his attempts at honey
getting. Compelled by the stings of
the bees to desist, he retreated
striking at them with the knife.
By an unfortunate stroke he struck
lis own' nose, almost severing it
Irom his face. He then came into
the house and desired Martha Sted
dom "to tie it on" for him. She
took bandages, secured the wound
ed member in place, and "tied it
on" as best she could. The humor
of the situation however quite over
came her; and when narrating the
incident to one of her granddaugh
ters many^ years afterwards, she
would again laugh heartily, and
said that she could not have checked
herself, even if threatened with
death.
The first spring after arrival here
a camp was opened for the making
of Maple syrup and sugar. Troughs
were made for catching the sap by
hollowing out sections of the smal
ler tree trunks two and a half feet
in length. A deep notch was cut in
the tree in which rested one end of
the trough, which was supported at
the outer end by two wooden legs.
This was the prototype of the mod
ern pail with its Eureka sap spout
and bucket hanger.
The sap was boiled down in iron
kettles., the men often continuing
the boiling all night long. Samuel
Steddom, second son of Henry and
Martha Steddom, has told how he
a boy of nine years rose at 4 o'clock
to relieve the men who had toiled
all night. Ofttimes a deer would
spring up by the pathway along
which he ran to the camp, and
whistle so shrilly that his hair stood
up from fright, notwithstanding he
had with him his rifle. In this con
nection it may be noted that he was
the nimrod of the family; or at least
the one to whom tradition ascribes
the greatest feats of hunting.
The difficulty of obtaining salt
and the resultant scarcity led to
every means to save it all. The
earth of the smoke house floor that
had received the brine from meat
that overhung in other years was
placed in a hopper and leached; the
water with its briny solution was
then boiled down, and in this way
the salt was recovered.
Before the arrival of the grist
mill the most primitive means
sufficed to reduce corn to corn meal.
A section of an oak or gum tree
trunk four feet in length and two
in diameter served as a rude mor
tar, when hurneil out at one end to
a depth of eighteen or twenty inches.
Into this cup-shaped cavity a por
tion of a grist was placed and beaten
with a stick of w(X}d that served as a
pestle. When sufficiently bruised
and pounded the meal was then
sifted and deemed ready to be made
into bread.
For a number of years it was not
possible to raise good wheat in the
cleared areas, too much over-shad
owed by tall trees. The grain was
light in weight, often mouldy and
not fully matured. It was of a
pinkish color and was called sick
mi
&
. for thus it affected those who vate house sufficed. About the year
* motcd to use it. . 1832 there was built immediately
*'nasdy following the making of north of the site ofthis house aone-
i a new country, came the story frame structure. This
^ L rtsr* in a new country, cam
' h?rch and the school. The mm- as a house of
' triTof Miami Monthly meeting was built by an Englishman who
' "w that a request for a meeting bore the name of Kirby. While here
for worship atTurtlecrcek, in Turtle- he boarded at Samuel Steddom's.
creek township, Warren County, He usually came late to supper, for
al>out five miles south by southwest he continued to work as long as he
of granted by the could see to drive a nail. All at-
said Monthly Meeting Fourtn tempts to persuade him to change
Month lOj 1806 and opened Fifth his time of leaving offwork failed.
Month 8, of the same year. The It was his wont to carry his hat in
office of the Recorder of Warren his hand. One evening while he was
County contains a copy of the deed crossing the ravine that lies north
made by Henry and Martha Sted- of these premises an owl flew down
dom, conveying to John Steddom, from a neighboring tree and severe-
Abraham Hollingsworth, Thomas jly scratched his bald head. After
Evans, TTiomas Sherwood andSam- this he came promptly to supper,
uel Steddom, the plot of ground on At a very early date a small log
which stands this meeting house, school house was erected west of the
In consideration of the sum of one site of this meeting house. It stooc
dollar, payment of which was ac- quite near theroadway, and lietween
knowleciged, the conveyance was jthe large maple tree and the pres-
made to the five persons named, ent location of the gateway. Its
and the survivers of them "and the one window was made by cutting
heirs at law of such one of them out a great part of one of the logs
as shall survive all of them, for the of the east side. The floor was made
uses and purposes following: that of puncheons. The benches were
is to say, for the use of the Society split from logs, were very narrow,
of Friends, particularly that part and supported by wooden legs,
of saidSocietv distinguished by the They were without backs, and so
name of Turtlecreek Meeting of the high' that the feet of small children
Society ofFriends in Warren Coun- seated there hung unsupported sev
ty aforesaid, as a site for Friends^ eral inches from the flror. A
Meeting House, or for such other single row of benches was placed
purposes as the said meeting shall around the room. The writing desks
at any time direct etc." The In- were boards laid upon wooden pins
denture was witnessed by David driven in the wall.
Jay and John lay. Sixth Month 16, The successor of this rude school
On the 18th of Twelfth house was a frame building that
Month following, Henry andMartha stood upon the hill south of us, at
Steddom appeared before Thomas a point where the Oregonia road
Smith, a Justice of the Peace for toLeelan, turns at right angles tothe
Warren County, and ackowledged west leaving the Waynesville and
their act and deed, she relinquish- Morrowroad. It became theseatof
ing all herright andtitleof dower in a very flourishing school and was
the property. The deed was re- .justly famed for the excellence ofits
ceived at the Recorder's office instruction. Thither came students
Twelfth Month 15, three days be- from Wilmington, Waynesville,
forc^ their appearance before the Lebanon and from the more remote
Justice of Peace; and was duly Miami county. In the late forties,
recorded First Month 4, 1820by E. before the arrival of Alfred Hol-
Wiliiams, Recorder of Warren bnxik in Ix:banon, and the develop-
County. ment of High School instruction in
Where the first meetings were any of our Warren County towns,
held we can only conjecture. It the little Turtlecreek Academy was
will be noted that a request for a unsurpassed within a radius of
meeting was brought before Miami twenty miles. One of its teachers
Monthly Meeting and was granted for perhaps three winters was Oliver
less than two years after the settle- Wo^son Nixon of New Garden
ment here. Inasmuch as the site (now Fountain City) Indiana, who
for a Meeting House was not legally came thither from Friends' Board-
secured until 1819 probably a pri-] ing School at Richmond, Ind. His
served
as a house of worship until 1869, It
younger brother, William Penn Nix
on, came with him and enrolled as
apupil in the .school. Nathan Doan
of Wilmington, served as assistant
teacher during the winter of 1848-9.
The presence of a number of
Shawnee Indians in school is still
recalled by students of that rather
early day. They bore the names of
Daugherty, Duchien and Barbee.
Some of them remained in theneigh
borhood a number of years, em
ployed bv neighboring fkrmers.
Whence tney came or how, is not
now known. One of their number
afterwards went to Shawneetown,
Kansas, and became chief of his
tribe there. Among the incidents of
the school that are still remembered
was a debate on some phase of the
slavery question. It was partici
pated in b)[ Oliver Nixon and John
Quincy Smith on the one side, and
Durbin Ward and John Probasco of
Lebanon on the other; all of whom
became prominent in later years.
The debate was held in the old
school house, dimly lighted by
tallow candles, and eagerly listened
to by a crowded audience. Doubt-
ess the debate was a stirring one
and ably conducted. At its close
the^ "boys" Messrs. Nixon and
Smith were heartily congratulated
their opmnents for the ability
with which they had presented their
case. I can not here trace the subse
quent carrcr of Oliver W. Nixon,
>ut the words of one who knew him
qng and intimately may well be
given here: "Dr. Nixon was the
jurest and best man I ever knew.
4e was so thoughtful of everybody
ie ever knew and his whole life
was full of kind deeds." On his
monument that stands in the little
cemetery of the town where his
irouth was passed, in Spartan-like
jrevity is summed up the record of
lis eighty years:
OLIVBR WOODSON NIXON
1825IlKlff
Argonaut
Surgeon Writer Soldier
Christian
To all those whose lalxirs have
rightfully enrolled them among the
lathers of the mighty West our
gratitude is due.
'Before thttni fell the fortwt of the plain
And peace and plenty follow in the train."
And may we not be permitted to
express the belief that much that
is best in the character of our
worthiest inhabitants of today, is
due to the surviving influence of
lese hardy pioneers?
-
. for thus it affected those who vate house sufficed. About the year
*^ntcd to use it. 1832 there was built immediately
following the making of north of the site of this house a one-
V cs in a new country, came the story frame structure. This served
and the school. The min- as a house of worship until 1869. It
of Mianii Monthly meeting | was built by an Englishman who
altout five miles south by southwest he continued to work as long as he
of Waynesville, was granted by the could see to drive a nail. All at-
said Monthly Meeting Fourtn tempts to persuade him to change
Month 10, 1806 and opened Fifth his time of leaving offwork failed.
Month 8, of the same year. The It was his wont to carry his hat in
office of the Recorder of Warren his hand. One evening while he was
County contains a copy of the deed crossing the ravine that lies north
made by Henry and Martha Sted- of these premises an owl flew down
dom, conveying to John Steddom, from a neighboring tree and severe-
Abraham Hollingsworth, Thomas ly scratched his bald head. After
Evans, Thomas Sherwood and Sam- jthis he came promptly to supper,
uel Steddom, the plot of ground on At a very early date a small log
which stands this meeting house, jschool house was erected west ofthe
In consideration of the sum of one site of this meeting house. It stood
dollar, payment of which was ac- quite near the roadway, and between
knowledged, the conveyance was the large maple tree and the pres-
made to the five persons named, ent location of the gateway. Its
and the survivers ofthem "and the one window was made by cutting
heirs at law of such one of them out a great part of one of the logs
as shall survive all of them, for the of the east side. The floor was made
uses and purposes following; that of puncheons. The benches were
is to say, for the use of the Society split from logs, were very narrow,
of Friends, particularly that part and supported by wooden legs,
ofsaid Sîetv distinguished by the Thev were without backs, and so
name of Turtlecreek Meeting of the high' that the feet of small children
Society ofFriends in Warren Coun- seated there hung unsupported sev-
ty aforesaid, as a site for Friends* eral inches from the f^r. A
Meeting House, or for such other single row of benches was placed
purposes as the said meeting shall around the rcx>m. Thewriting desks
at any time direct etc." The In- were boards laid upon wooden pins
denture was witnessed by David driven in the wall.
Sixth Month 16, The successor of this rude school
On the 18th of Twelfth house was a frame building that
c following, Henry and Martha stood upon the hill south of us, at
Steddom appeared before Thomas a point where the Oregonia road
Smith, a Justice of the Peace for toLeelan, turns at right angles tothe
Warren County, and ackowledged west leaving the Waynesville and
their act and deed, she relinquish- Morrowroad. It became theseatof
ing all her right and title ofdower in a very flourishing school and was
the property. The deed was re-1 justly famed for die excellence ofits
L the Recorder's office instruction. Thither came students
Twelfth Month 15, three days be- from Wilmington, Waynesville,
fore their appearance before the Lebanon and from the more remote
Justice of Peace; and was duly Miami county. In the late forties,
First Month 4, 1820 by E. before the arrival of Alfred Hol-
Williams, Recorder of Warren bnxik in Lebanon, and the develop-
^^ty. ment of High School instruction in
Where the first meetings were any of our Warren County towns,
held we can only conjecture. It the little Turtlecreek Academy was
will be noted that a request for a unsurpassed within a radius of
meeting was brought before Miami twenty miles. One of its teachers
Monthly Meeting and was granted for perhaps three winters was Oliver
less than two years after the settle- Woodson Nixon of New Garden
ment here. Inasmuch as the site (now Fountain City) Indiana, who
for a Meeting House was not legally came thither from Friends' Board-
secured until 1819 probably a pn-| ing School at Richmond, Ind. His
younger brother, \ViHiam Penn Nix
on, came with him and enrolled as
a pupil in the school. Nathan Doan
of Wilmington, served as assistant
teacher during the winter of 1848-9.
The presence of a number of
Shawnee Indians in school is still
recalled by students of that rather
early day. They bore the names of
Daugherty, Duchien and Barbee.
Some of them remained intheneigh
borhood a number of years, em
ployed by neighboring farmers.
Whence they came or now, is not
now known. One of their number
afterwards went to Shawneetown,
Kansas, and became chief of his
tribe there. Among the incidents of
the school that are still remembered
was a debate on some phase of the
slavery question. It was partici
pated in by Oliver Nixon and John
Quincy Smith on the one side, and
Durbin Ward and John Probasco of
Lebanon on the otner; all of whom
became prominent in later years.
The debate was held in the old
school house, dimly lighted by
tallow candles, and eagerly listened
to by a crowded audience. Doubt
less the debate was a stirring one
and ably conducted. At its close
the^ **boys'* Messrs. Nixon and
Smith were heartily congratulated
by their opponents for the ability
with which tncy had presented their
case. I can not here trace the subse
quent carter of Oliver W. Nixon,
but the words of one who knew him
long and intimately may well be
given here: "Dr. Nixon was the
purest and best man I ever knew.
He was so thoughtful of everybodv
he ever knew and his whole life
was full of kind deeds." On his
monument that stands in the little
cemetery of the town where his
youA was passed, in Spartan-like
brevity is summed up the record of
his eighty years:
OLIVER WOOD.SON NIXON
IR25IIMIA
Argonnul
SurKoon Writer HotUlor
Otirintlan
To all those whose lalxirs have
rightfully enrolled them among the
fathers of the mighty West our
gratitude is due.
"Before thnin foil the r>nuil of the plain
And peace and plenty follow in the train."
And may we not be permitted to
express tê belief that much that
is best in the character of our
worthiest inhabitants of today, is
due to the surviving influence of
these hardy pioneersr
This leaflet contains an account of the third annual re
union of the descendants of Henry and Martha Steddom,
which was held at Turtlecreek Friends* Mcetinf^ House,
two miles northwest of Oregonia, and six miles cast by
northeast from Lebanon, Ohio, August 14, 1916.
The descendants of these pioneers now number several
hundred, and are to be found in the following States:
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona, California, Oregon; also in the District
of Columbia and Canada.
An interesting paper of historical value dealing with the
dispersion of the family to these widely scattered localities
can be prepared by our historian, Prof. W. Rufus
Kersey, of Oregonia, Ohio, if you will furnish him with
the facts in your possession. Write to him at once, give
fully and as accurately as possible all the information
you have concerning the movements of the family in
order that he may use as much as is of general interest in
his next report. Do not defer this or it will be forgotten.
Do it now. It will require much time to prepare the
material and it should be forwarded to him at once.
^ Herschel I. Fisher,
Chm. Com. on Publication.
Iwcbanon, Ohio
September Fifth,
Nineteen Hundred Sixteen.
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ecember 9, 1985The Lebanon StarPage 10
Many dedicated persons have
lent their working years in the
issrooms of the Lebanon and
arren County schools, women
itnumbering the men by a wide
argin. However, one of the lat-
- who was working at his pro-
>sion in the classroom for all of
:y years was Evan J. Steddom.
hte a number of his former
ipils, including the writer,
call their days in his
hoolroom. He was not a teacher
sy to forget.
Vlr. Steddom was of Quaker
cestry, the family having come
Warren County when it was
Dstly forest-covered. Henry
;ddom is credited with not only
ming to Ohio in 1804. but settl-
in what was known as the
irtlecreek area where a Quaker
urch was located near the rural
me today of the Ralph Stolle
nily. He and Abraham Holl-
|sworth came from South
rolina in 1804. More on the
iddom genealogy later.
Cvan J. Steddom was born to
lliam C. and Elizabeth Knight
;ddom in the Turtlecreek com-
inity on June 12. 1889..Heat-
ided the Turtlecreek school
ar his boyhood home and later
iduated from Lebanon High
hool. where he later taught for
my years. His high school
ilding on Pleasant St. was one
returned to after completing
3 collegiate training at
banon's National Normal
iverslty. The first seven years
his teaching tenure were in
al schools, coming into the
janon system the fall of 1916.
i continuing through the
54-55 school year.
"he writer's initial contact with
. J." was at the Pleasant St.
Iding not too long after he
ne to the system. In those days
18-20) the eighth grade had
) teaches, he and Miss Vella
im. After each subject we
changed rooms, both being on
the upper floor, hers directly over
the principal's office, while Mr.
Steddom was in a room on the
east side of the building. I. like
many others, have a few recollec
tions of our days in his
classroom, some of which made
the writer a mite redfaced at the
time.
Probably the one most embar
rassing was when he made me
stand in a corner because I
answered a question he asked so
meone else, it being a general
question not an academic one. In
all my eight years in the Pleasant
St. school that is the only time I
recall being disciplined in that
manner, and in the eighth grade
at that. On another occasion dur
ing a study portion of a session in
his room 1 put my head down on
the desk and fell asleep.
This was a surprise to even me
who didn't go anywhere at night
so 1have never figured why I did
it. Classes changed a time or two
without me waking up. Other
students told me he threatened to
whip anyone who woke me up.
One thing I recalled most vividly
was that he often found fault with
our textbook authors, either they
left something out he thought
should be in or he didn't quite
agree with what was in on a cer
tain subject. Checking with later
pupils of his they attested he had
not done that when they were in
his classes. He vowed he'd write a
book done right but he never got
,to it.
I. as did many others, sharpen
ed our ability to do mental
arithmetic rapidly. He would
start off at a rapid pace with
something like this. "Take 5,
multiply by 3, add one. divide by
4, multiply by 9. subtract one.
etc." and you had better have the
correct answer (the last figure) if
he called on you. Speed was the
keyword and this mental exercise
was one I enjoyed. In later years.
Mr. Steddom taught in the high
school section, particularly when
it was moved over to where Berry
Middle School is presently
located.
Bv Marioxi SisvilfT
the evening, If I was without
transportation. I would
sometimes ride out with him and
walk across the fields due west to
my homestead.
Although Mr. Steddom came
from a Quaker background. Mrs.
Steddom was a member of the
Main Street Presbyterian Church
and he attended there with his
family until its merger with the
other Presbyterian unit here to
form today's Lebanon
Presbyterian Church. He was ac
tive in it and also held two other
local posts as a community ser
vice. His daughter, early showed
a flair for music, and wound up
becoming a music teacher which
she has been doing some in more
recent years as time will permit.
In addition to her high school
music, she graduated in 1942.
also playing the flute in
Lebanon's Little Symphony Or
chestra. a WW II casualty. After
graduation from college (Miami
University I think), she started at
Monroe High School, later went
north, met and later married
James P. Lee and they became
parents of three children, and
now a number of grandchildren.'
One daughter with a flair for
dramatics, has been doing stage
work in New York City. The Lees
reside in Chagrin Falls, south
of Cleveland.
Harriet Ellen provided the
writer with her father's picture
and her family genealogy. Evan
Steddom's father. William, was
the son of John F. and Mary Ann
Compton Steddom. who were
married way back in 1840.
John's father was Samuel, a son
of Henry, the first of the clan to
come to Warren County.
Evan was appointed to the
Lebanon Library Board in 1957
and two years later accepted a
placeonthe WarrenCountyDraft
Board No. 122. He and Mrs. Sted
dom resided for many years on
the east side of Mound St.. second
house south of Mound Court. Ii
had been, the writer believes
that of Mrs. Steddom's parents
Irvin E. and Ellen Brown Gustir
who resided there when the\
celebrated their Golden Wedding
anniversary, the actual date be
ing Feb. 21. 1932.
Mr. Gustin's genealogy includ
ed the pioneer Hatfield and
Hathaway clans, on his father's
side, the Lytle and Hizar on his
mother's. In conclusion. Evan J.
Steddom was a good teacher and
for many of us it was in
mathematics especially. It ap
pears no one has nominated him
for the school's hall of fame, bui
the writer feels he is entitled to ii
as much as some who have been
elected after only a few years ol
teaching.
Evan J. Steddom
if
MEMOIkS OF WAYNE COUNTY
steîn Green township one year. He then moved to New Ga^l,
towi^p and lived onhis father's farm there about fifteen
the end oKwhich time he purchased a fajni in Webst^r^^-pj.|^-
which he re^d toanother. He later sold this farm and PurchajSii^
the farm whiclH\e had previously occupied in Garden
ship, and after r^ng there about two ^rs sold it and pr^ i
chased another izTm^'Wehster townsh^where he resided
vears He then sold th^lace and pleased the farm of eighiy! "
one acres where he resides/fn^Vebst^township, and this he fariL
in a general way, including >lieâising of stock Mr. Pit^
found arrayed as a loyal suppefTt^ of the principles and poHci
of the Republican party, apiThe anlîis wife are members of tl
Friends' church. Oct^^, 1888, wilr><ver remain a memorab
date in the life historyof Mr. Pitts, since^âs that on which
solemnized his Jriarriage to Miss ^^'llheln^h^Steddom borr
Warren comÔhio, July 7. 1866 a daugh erX^saac P. C.
Lucinda/^ckett) Steddom (see sketch of Isaac PvX. Steddc..
Of thTunion of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts was born a daugh^r. Luci
Irfly 26 1889, who is a teacher of instrumental music, andsê
'^des at the parental home, having been educated in Richmoiid ,
Isaac Pedric Compton Steddom, one of the most highly
spected citizens of Webster township and a former merchant anl'
postmaster at the village of Webster, was born near Lebanon,
Ohio March i, 1841. His father was John F. Steddom, a promi* '
nent'citizen of Warren county, Ohio,- bom in 1819 and died in
1878 His mother was Mary Ann (Compton) Steddom, horn in
Ohio in 1820, and she died in 1852. Isaac P. C. Steddom m
eleven years old when his mother died. He received an excellent;
educational training in the schools of Ohio and subsequently u,
tended Earlham College, to which institution of learning lw w
sent bv his aunt, Maria Compton. as was also his brother iHu
and sister Anna. During his early life he made his home wilh
grandfather, Samuel Steddom, on a farm near Lebanon, Mai
countv, Ohio, and when he reached maturity took charge of tj*,
farm o many acres, partially under cultivation, and continued tf
manage it until Jan. 9. i86y. He then moved to Wayne cuuiity
MiaL where he rented a farm in Webster township seven ye-
He then rented a farm of his father-in-law in the same town
one year, and in 1876 moved to the village of Webster, where
has continuously resided since. For years he gave his attenli
to carpentering and contracting wôrk. and he conducted a grm a\
store in Webster four years, serving as postmaster at the same
and he retired from both duties in 1910. In P"""" ê ' alW.
with the Republican party and has always *
in the welfare of the community, having served as Itst'" "1 V
neace fourteen consecutive years. He is associated ith
Friends' church. On June 24, 1865, Mr. Steddoin was umlrd
marriage to Miss Lucinda Puckett. of Randolph count,. -
daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Knight) "
From North Carolina to Randolph county, where the fath" farm
many years. He later purchased afarm in Wayne county, adj..
_ n/- - ip I. (Vj ...
^ -7^
SS.''
moved to Ke^
e about fifte^
.inWebSr,,^
and pu
GarE
sed the farm
'Ship, and thishH^
'f Stock. Mr
principles and "
"..1": -j"
BIOGRAPHICAL
.cent home of George W- Pitts, and there the mother
, - the P^ ig76 aged sixty-seven years. Mr. Puckett then re-
ied. ^^^tJandolph county and spent the residue of his life at the
'AS son. dying March 28. 1894. at the age ^'/hty-seven
Si ifi and his wife were the parents of nine children, all of
- deceased with the exception of Mrs. Steddom, who was
1841, and was educated in Randolph and Wayne
yjf Nov. Calvin, was a veteran of the Civil war
d as commissioner of Randolph county. Of the union of
^ Steddom were born six children; Wilhelmina, born
,8^'is the wife of George W. Pitts (see sketch); Cora,
jfllf X' p. OA 1867, is the widow of Charles Bartlemay, of Goshen,
W" e'tje has been a teacher in the Goshen schools the past
;ed-vrher ^ Charles; William Orange, born
Iêoty jg ^
carpenter and contractor at Richmond and is
trElnora Tingler; John F., born March 20, 1874, mar-
are Duke and they have four childrenLewis, Lowell, Ken-
ndOracc Calvin and Clarkson are twins, born Jan.
:th. ana/-; * . ,
Marrh ft Tooo. and the former is married to
latter died March6, 1900. and the former is married to,
*fl n Catanaugh and they have two daughtersMargaret and
jlCtt-M -
^"SriiUam Moore, a popular citizen of Webster township, is one
, 4i.Âiccessful farmers of the younger generation inîs native
fv Sid is known as an able and discriminating agriculturist
on?Vho enjoys in marked degree the esteen/of his fellow
* He wakborn in Wayne township, this coun^ Aug. 4. 1870,
of Ben&in and Sarah (McWhinney) ^re, the former
fJS in this couX Jan. i, 1837. and the latt^t West Florence
fS) March 30, i8Xso that in the paternallihe th? subject of this
is a represwitative of the thirêneration in Wayne
!if.ntv and a represent^ve of a pione^family of this section of
S; State Benjamin MoW was aWys a farmer by occupation
i^Valso operated a saw ihHl and^hreshing machinery to some
icnt In the fall of 1873 heN^ted on the farm now owned by
iu son William, and he also ot<med a farm in Preble county, Ohio,
Allhoueh he lived there onh/a fewNnonths. He died Dec. 2. ipS.
bii wife having passed/Iây, March 29. 1891. Of their two
children, William is th^ldest, and'H^y, born July 6. 1874, died
Dec 2 i8og. Williant Moore was rearedsto maturity in Webster
township and there/duly availed himself oKthe advantages of the
feublic schools, an/when twelve years old beg^n working for others
u afarm hand,>lso working with threshing ma^chines. He worked
fer others unt/married and then rented his father'^ farm until 1906.
On May I4^f that year, he purchased the old homestead, consist
ing of ninrty acres of land, and this he operated in a-^general way.
In poHtiifs Mr Moore is a staunch advocate of the priii<;iples of the
Republican partv and is the incumbent of the office of^supervlSO^
of District No i He is affiliated with the Masonic order. Lodge
Ko. 667. and also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Lodge
No. 371, being a Past Grand in the local organization of the last
named fraternity. On June 25, 1891, Mr. Moore was united in
..O: > :7;.
^^v?c
A;'A^6ng- recent--gifts-jeceiv-
ed'- by the .. Warren/: ..CounVv
[tHistdrlcal /Society... was, ./Abe/
VQuhkeb^bbhnet./^shown above,
cbcing- worn by;Esther^ .:
^ son'Steddom. grandmother-ot
/Arthur; -R. / Steddom,: .from
ir;wbom the gift, was received...,
This.'t. Quaker, ^plbneer-vwq-,;
/man: wavthe^.^:^bther >qfHhe
fe-date" j.J.6;/.St6ddo
fc-work âs - ^photographer.)
Vrtm. ito 'lie-: found -in ,/hianYi;
is Waiteh ^ county-.homqs? ;"b.>e
SVas-v^larniUarly/^w^^^
of peocfle in'this area. ; '. j
' Vxhe early Ste'ddoms. migrab.;
ed; from, the east ;coast -tq the
^Dregohia -region and belonged.
to.the/pld -Turtle Creek- bieet-
'-.ing houfee.
Evan'fiteddom,, retired'.-
anort -schdol : priticipal is a
r;decendent"pf: anqther -branch
/6r :the: Stedd6m;faniUy-/Mos
vof. thw ,ha:rdy::êace;. loving
/Quakers.,, came/
/Sou^-CarpUna';^
':-iiayefy';5pSe:'^S^
/ hundi:e4
Esther . Pearson .. Steddom.
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