Oliver P. Stedman b. Cal 1815 Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA d. 25 Jan 1897 Stedman Home - Bradley Street - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA: Stedman Family Genealogies

Cal 1815 - 1897 (~ 82 years)

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Name	Oliver P. Stedman [1]
Born	Cal 1815	Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA [1]
Gender	Male
Name	Oliver Hazard Perry "Commy" Stedman
1840 Census	1840
	Washington, Berkshire Co., MA
1850 Census	19 Aug 1850
	Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 51, as Oliver P. Stedman, age 36, b. MA
Occupation	Jun 1860
	Sawyer
1860 Census	13 Jul 1860
	Lee PO - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 650, as Oliver P. Stedman, age 45, b. MA
Occupation	Jun 1870
	Farm Laborer
1870 Census	6 Jun 1870
	Lee PO - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 370a, as Oliver P. Stedman, age 55, b. MA
1880 Census	9 Jun 1880
	Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, ED 50, p. 15
Died	25 Jan 1897	Stedman Home - Bradley Street - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA
Buried	27 Jan 1897	Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA
Death Registration	20 Feb 1897	Lee, Berkshire Co., MA
	Vol. ?, p. 63, #5
	Oliver P. Steadman, married, age 82 years, died Jan. 25 1897 at Lee of Paralyzed. He was a laborer, buried in Lenox. He was born in Lenox to Oliver Steadman, born Kingston, R.I. and unknown mother, also born in Kingston, R. I.
Notes	Oliver Hazard Perry Stedman resided near Lee, Massachusetts where "Stedman Brook" is named after him. From a note by J. J. DeMott: "Byron Stedman recalled, in 1921, that he called upon this Uncle Oliver -- "Commy" -- and saw both him and his wife. "The fact that this Oliver Hazard Perry Stedman was so named gives color to the persistent tradition that the Commodore was a "cousin" of some of the Stedmans of this line. Color is given to this story by marriages between the Perry famile of Rhode island and early Stedmans there; also by possible connections between the Stedmans of Rhode Island and the Hazard family. But, as of 1951, the cousin relationship has not been verified." "Oliver P. Stedman and Ward Lewis were lumber dealers. They operated a portable steam saw-mill. Oliver also was a carriage painter and owned a house and lot. He also sold furnaces which he built. " (Child's Berkshire County Gazetteer, in section on Lee and Lenox) Oliver apparently went to California in the Gold Rush, perhaps at the same time as his brother Robert. In the book "Argonauts of California" by Haskins, p. 421, lists O(liver) H(azard) Steadman, sailed from New York Harbor on ship Samoset and arrived in San Francisco on March 21, 1849. Both Robert and Oliver are listed in Lenox in the 1850 Census. In Lenoxdale, Massachetts, the Hotel Eldorado was built in the early 1850s by Oliver and Robert Stedman on their return from the Gold Rush of 1849 in California. Bertha Stedman Rothwell visited the Eldorado Hotel in 1947. This is a from a letter to J. J. DeMott: "After getting the outside pictures that I am enclosing, I told Lily that I was going to see the inside. Charles went in with me but Lily is so lame she did not try the four steps to enter. The owner was not in but when I explained to his wife what I wished to see, she said, "It does seem as though you have been sent here to answer what we wanted to know." She said that less than two weeks before a man from a newspaper came and wanted to write it up for a story. She took me all through it and showed us where there had been any improvements put in. It is mostly in the original state. They had taken the partition out between the original dining room and the hotel parlor. They have laid a nice dance floor over the original floor as they cater to parties and banquets. The kitchen is a big one, about 20 by 14 foot and had the original sink. An old iron one with large and long drain boards on each side. Two large ranges for cooking. The she took us through a small parlor that I imagine was the family private parlor. It had a large fire place with an immense stone hearth. The woodwork on the mantle was all hand carved and the picture molding about the room was all hand carved. It had wide oak floors throughout the building. The front doorway you can see was a work of superior workmanship. She said her husband, a Mr. O'Brien, said that the place was built very substantially. They seem to be trying to keep it in its original condition. The doorway to the left of the picture opens into the bar. The original bar fully 30 foot long is still in use as a cocktail bar. Across the street was an old delapidated blacksmith shop. I got a picture of it too as I have heard my father tell so often of his hitching four bobsleds together and he steered some twenty children down the hill and when he saw it was either an old large tree or the blacksmith shop he choose the later and went in the open door and straight through the opposite wall into a snow bank. None of them were hurt." ___________________________________________________ from the Narragansett Times Index.... Record#:5615 Abstract: Oliver P. Stedman of Mass., grandson of William Stedman, one of three brothers who settled in South Kingstown, and a captain in the Revolutionary War is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. George H. Gates. Location: South Kingstown Subject: Visitors Date: 11/30/1894 Page/Col: p1 c2 Type: news UNIVERSITY OF RI HAS THE OLD COPIES ON FILE..... _________________________________________________ Pittsfield Sun: "Oliver Steadman, 82, of Bradley St [Lee] died at this home Monday evening after an illness of several weeks. He is survived by a widow, whom he has lived with for 61 years, and one daughter who resides in Pittsfield. The funeral was attended Wednesday and the burial was in Lenox." _________________________________ 1880 Census Place: Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts National Archives Film T9-0521 Page 183C Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Oliver P STEDMAN Self M M W 65 MA Occ: Laborer Fa: RI Mo: RI Elizabeth STEDMAN Wife F M W 61 MA Occ: Keeping House Fa: NY Mo: NY Willie F CUTTING GSon M S W 15 MA Occ: Laborer Fa: MA Mo: MA
Person ID	I7896	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
Last Modified	26 Nov 2014

Father	Oliver Stedman, b. 20 Mar 1780, South Kingstown, Washington Co., RI , d. 1852, Unionville - Farmington, Hartford Co., CT (Age 71 years)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betsey" [--?--], b. Abt 1779, ____, ____, RI , d. Aft 9 Jul 1860 (Age ~ 81 years)
Married	Bef 1800
Family ID	F2222	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth "Betsey" Shaver, b. Cal 30 Nov 1819, Mt. Washington, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 6 Nov 1907, South Lee, Berkshire Co., MA (Age ~ 87 years)

Marriage intent 2 Jun 1836 Lee, Berkshire Co., MA [2, 3]

Married Aft 2 Jun 1836

Children

	1. Richard W. Stedman, b. Abt 29 Apr 1837, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 24 May 1876, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA (Age ~ 39 years)
	2. Josiah Stedman, b. Abt 1840, Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 31 Mar 1847, Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA (Age ~ 7 years)
	3. Harriet A. Stedman, b. Abt 1842, Washington, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Bef 1897 (Age ~ 54 years)
	4. Oliver P. Stedman, Jr., b. 16 Nov 1843, Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Bef 1897, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA (Age 53 years)
	5. Mary G. Stedman, b. 30 Aug 1846, Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Bef 1870 (Age 23 years)
	6. Julia Ann Stedman, b. 11 Oct 1848, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 29 May 1850, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA (Age 1 years)
	7. Juliaette Stedman, b. 11 Oct 1848, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Unknown
	8. Alfiretta Stedman, b. 8 Oct 1851, Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Between 1870 and 1897 (Age 18 years)
	9. Nelson P. Stedman, b. Abt 1 May 1854, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA , d. 13 Mar 1875, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA (Age ~ 20 years)

Last Modified 7 Jan 2006

Family ID F3451 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Born - Cal 1815 - Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA
	Marriage intent - 2 Jun 1836 - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA
	Buried - 27 Jan 1897 - Lenox, Berkshire Co., MA
	Death Registration - Vol. ?, p. 63, #5 - 20 Feb 1897 - Lee, Berkshire Co., MA

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Sources

[S147] U. S. Federal Census Records, 1850, Lee, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 51, 19 Aug 1850 (Reliability: 3).
[S56] Massachusetts Marriage Index, Broderbund Family Archive #231.
[S57] Massachusetts Vital Records, Lee, p. 163 (Reliability: 3).