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Ralph Angus Steadman

Ralph Angus Steadman

Male 1894 - 1941  (46 years)

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  • Name Ralph Angus Steadman 
    Born 9 Nov 1894  Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    1910 Census 3 May 1910  Kearney, Buffalo Co., NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ward 3, ED 45, sheet 7B
      ? 26 3rd Ave
      Steadman, Joseph      Head  M  W  47  M1  17          Canada  Canada  Canada  ? ?   Insurance Agent
      ---, Grace                     Wife  F  W  37  M1  17  2  2   IN           IN           IN
      ---, Angus                     Son  M  W  15  S                   IA          Canada  IN                    Student
      ---, Grace                      Dau  F  W  16  S                   IA          Canada   IN                    Student
    1930 Census 1 Apr 1930  Sullivan Twp., Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ED 35, sheet 5B
      Steadman, Ralph A       Head   M  W  35        Md  23     IA          Canada   OH           Farmer
      ---, Margaret D               Wife   F  W   34        Md  22     IA          Canada   IA
      ---, Mary D                      Dau    F  W    6         S             WI         IA            IA
      ---, Dianne E                   Dau    F  W       4/12  S            NY         IA            IA
      ---, Joseph                  Father  M   W  68          Md  30   Canada  Canada  Canada    Laborer - Farm
      ---, Grace E                Mother   F  W   58          Md  20   OH         OH          OH           Teacher - Public School
    1940 Census 2 Apr 1940  Richmond Twp., Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ED 59-32, sheet 1A
      New Town Road
      Steadman, R. Angus     Head  M  W  45  Md   Iowa           1935: Mansfield, Tioga, PA
      ---, Margaret                  Wife   F  W  44  Md   Iowa                   "
      ---, Mary Dick                 Dau    F  W  16  S     Wisconsin           "
      ---, Diane                        Dau    F  W  10  S     New York            "
      ---, William                      Son    M  W    8  S     Wisconsin            "
      ---, John                         Son    M  W    5  S      Penna                 "
      ---, Grace E               Mother    F  W   67  Wd   Ohio                    "
      Wright, Florence   Hired Hand  F  W   26  S      Penna                  "                                      Housekeeper - Private Family
    Died 8 Feb 1941  Mansfield, Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963
      Name: Ralph Angus Steadman
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Age: 46 yrs, 3 months, 29 days
      Married
      Birth Date: 9 Nov 1894
      Birth Place: Villisca Iowa
      Death Date: 8 Feb 1941
      Death Place: Richmond Twp., Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
      Father Name: Joseph Steadman
      Father Birth Place: Moneton, New Brunswick, Canada
      Mother Name: Grace Crocker
      Mother Birth Place: Fort Wayne Indiana
      Spouse Name: Margaret Dick
      Burial : 10 Feb 1941 at Arlington Cemetery
      Informant: Margaret D Steadman, Mansfield, PA.
      Certificate Number: 21218
    Buried 19 Feb 1941  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington City, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Name: Ralph Angus Steadman
      Veteran's Rank: 2ND LT FLD ARTILLERY
      Branch: US Army
      Last known address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22111-0000
      Death Date: 8 Feb 1941
      Interment Date: 19 Feb 1941
      Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
      Buried At: Section Sou Site 4528-A
    Notes 
    • RALPH ANGUS STEADMAN (known as Angus) was born in Velisca, Iowa on November 9, 1894, the son of Joe Steadman and Grace Crocker Steadman. At that time, his father, Joe, was an engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad. When they left Iowa, they moved to Moncton, New Brunswick, then to Kearney, Nebraska, where Joe was an insurance salesman and Grace became Dean of Music at the Kearney Teacher's College.

      While his folks lived in Kearney, Angus worked for the Diamond Match company in California, but with the start of World War I, he returned to the Midwest, and enlisted in the Calvary. He went to OCS and graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant. He taught equitation in the Calvary until transferring to the 10th Field Artillery, 3rd Division, where he was sent to Douglas, Arizona before being sent overseas.

      While in Kearney, he met Margaret Dick, daughter of the 2nd President of Kearney Teacher's College. They were married in Douglas, Arizona just two months before Angus was shipped overseas, to be gone for two years.

      The 10th Field Artillery, 3rd Division, known as the "Rock of the Marne", was in five major engagements in France and Germany. During that time, Angus was awarded the Silver Star for bravery in action. At the end of the hostilities, he was stationed in the Army of Occupation in Germany, before finally being sent home.

      When he finally returned home, he and Margaret homesteaded in Morcroft, Wyoming, and proved up on the homestead. They returned to Madison, Wisconsin, where Margret's parents were living, so that Angus could take a degree in Rural Engineering in the Agricultural School at the University. While there, Margaret taught music in an elementary school. Following his graduation, they moved to Wauwatosa, where Angus taught Agriculture in the high school.

      Following Angus' Father's stroke, Grace Steadman was asked to move from Kearney, NE to Mansfield PA to be Dean of the Music Department at the Teacher's College. When Angus and Margaret moved to Pennsylvania to be with his folks, they bought a farm (known as the Sanitarium Farm, 10 miles from Mansfield) where Joe raised chickens and Angus farmed.

      With the depression, Angus returned to teaching and taught in the high school in Hershey, Pennsylvania for two years, then moved back to Madison, Wisconsin for refresher courses, before moving back to Mansfield to return to the farm.

      While back at the farm, Angus took an associate degree in Civil Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. This led to his being hired by the REA to design and build the electric lines thru the counties in Pennsylvania. He hired two graduating engineers from Cornell University –  Don Chaffee and Don Gordon, to work on the project with him. At that time, the "headquarters" were in a small wooden building on Main Street where the present REA building now stands.

      When the project was completed in Pennsylvania in 1939, he went to New York to interview for two different jobs, and after being told to "name his own salary", accepted one which would take him to North Carolina to install REA lines there. Just before he was to leave for North Carolina, he had a major heart attack, but insisted on going anyway. He was there for 6 months, and with the help of Don Gordon, was able to finish the project from his bed.

      When he returned home, he realized he could not continue to work, and spent the remainder of his time tied to his bed. He passed away in February 1941 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.

      -- Mary Dick (Steadman) Rothrock, 2010
    Person ID I56535  Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2014 

    Father Joseph "Joe" Steadman,   b. 28 Jul 1862, Moncton, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1939, Mansfield, Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Grace Eva Crocker,   b. 10 Jun 1872, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1940, Blossburg, Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Alt. Marriage 1881  Clarinda, Page Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Jun 1892  Clarinda, Page Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F20870  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Lillian Dick,   b. 9 Aug 1895, Charles City, Floyd Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1999, Madison, Dane Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 104 years) 
    Married 25 Jan 1918  Douglas, Cochise Co., AZ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Arizona, Select Marriages, 1888-1908
      Name: Ralph Angus Steadman
      Gender: Male
      Age: 24
      Birth Date: 1894
      Marriage Date: 25 Jan 1918
      Marriage Place: Cochise, Arizona
      Spouse: Margaret Lillian Dick
      FHL Film Number: 2069889
      Reference ID: 356
    Ralph Angus Steadman family
    Ralph Angus Steadman family
    Back row: Danni Steadman, Margaret Dick Steadman, Florence Wright, Mary Dick Steadman
    Front row: John Stuart Steadman, William Angus Steadman

    According to Bill Steadman (Nov 2012): Florence Wright was a student of Grace E. Steadman at Mansfield State Teachers College, (now U of PA at Mansfield, PA).  When Dad (Ralph Angus) died, she came to live with us on the farm to help out, and so Mother could go back to work. Florence lived with us for many years, then went back to school, got a nursing degree and went to India as a nurse/missionary. Not related to the family, but a major part of it for awhile.
    Children 
     1. Mary Dick Steadman,   b. 26 Dec 1923, Madison, Dane Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 2012, Kenosha, Kenosha Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     2. Diane Emalon "Danni" Steadman,   b. 2 Jan 1930, Elmira, Chemung Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1995, Madison, Dane Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     3. William Angus Steadman,   b. 29 Oct 1931, Madison, Dane Co., WI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 2015, Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. John Stuart "Jack" Steadman,   b. 30 May 1934, Blossburg, Tioga Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 2010, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Co., NM Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F20874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Nov 1894 - Villisca, Montgomery Co., IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1910 Census - 3 May 1910 - Kearney, Buffalo Co., NE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Jan 1918 - Douglas, Cochise Co., AZ Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1930 Census - 1 Apr 1930 - Sullivan Twp., Tioga Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1940 Census - 2 Apr 1940 - Richmond Twp., Tioga Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Feb 1941 - Mansfield, Tioga Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 19 Feb 1941 - Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington City, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Ralph Angus Steadman (1894-1941)
    Ralph Angus Steadman (1894-1941)

    Documents
    3 Letters from Joseph and Grace Steadman
    3 Letters from Joseph and Grace Steadman
    2 Letters to Angus from his father and one from his mother written about time of their marriage and going to France for World War I.
    And So We Are Getting 'Electric'
    And So We Are Getting "Electric"
    Article written by Ralph Angus Steadman and transcribed by Mary Dick (Steadman) Rothrock.
    Biography of Ralph Angus Steadman
    Biography of Ralph Angus Steadman
    Biography of Ralph Angus Steadman by his daughter Mary Dick (Steadman) Rothrock.