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Was visiting her daughter and son in law during 1891 census

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Was listed as Emma Bumstead on the 1871 census, could have been a second name or Emma Louise

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James gives his age in the census records of 1850 as 72 & 1860 as 83 which would make his birth date 1778 or 1777. It is a possibility that whoever gave his age at the time of his death in 1863 as 82y 9d didn't really know how old he was. Since he was living with his youngest child Francis Marion Sturdevant at the time of his death we might assume that he is the one who gave the information. The years of 1777, 1778 or 1781 all work, James is the last child born to John and Mary and his mother would have been almost 47 if the birth date of 1781 is correct. The birth previous to James was brother Samuel in 1775.

"The old Charlestown and Salem Road ran through the Sturdevant land. Although the road ran through a heavily wooded wilderness, it was lined with travelers in covered wagons and horse back riders. On this road, on the farm later occupied by Daniel Elrod, James Sturdevant built a log house which was used as a tavern by those early travelers."
Source: Sandra Goodwin, tavern story from James Sturdevant son of James Sturdevant the pioneer.

Note: Daniel Webster Elrod m. Emily Rosalie Sturdevant, g-d/o James & Sarah & d/o Francis Marion & Samantha (Wyatt) Sturdevant.

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Obituary from St. Louis Today:

Belosi, Michael 'Mike' J. fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Monday, April 16, 2007. Beloved husband of the late Edwina L. Belosi (nee Sturdevant); dear father of Lois 'Mickey' (Jim Brady) Belosi, Helen (Roy) Owens, Joseph Belosi and Janet Snyder; dear brother of Josephine Belosi and the late Mary, Antionette, Louis and William; dear grandfather of Dennis and Mike McKay, Mike, Jason and Dominic Belosi, Paul Brady, Joshua and Eric Snyder; dear great-grandfather, brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, cousin and friend. Mike will be remembered for his quick wit, memories of him will be in our hearts forever. His love and compassion will never be forgotten. Making expressions of sympathy may be given to Mid Missouri Alzheimer's, www.mid mo alz.org.Services: Funeral from FEY Funeral Home, 4100 Lemay Ferry Rd., south of Lindbergh, Friday, April 20, 9 a.m. then to St. John Nepomuk Church for Mass at 9:30 a.m. Interment National Cemetery. IN PARLORS 4 P.M. TO 8 P.M. ON THURSDAY

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surname is Loughenour in marriage record

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In email from Gary Sturdevant to Sturdevant@yhahoogroups.com 4 April 2002, birth date is 12 August 1810

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name is Francis M. in James N. Sturdevant household 1850 U. S. Census, Franklin Township, Washington County, IN, Page 372A, dwelling 348, family 360; National Archives Microfilm M432, Roll 179

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Troy Graduated from Rideau District High School Elgin Ont. He was a Drummer in a local Band in Westport Called Party Zone. The band had a song called " If only I had taken the time" it was hit number one on the most requested songs in Feb 1986 on C K L C Radio Station in Kingston Ont. The Band was also on television in Ottawa - Source 'Bun' Cousens - 2004

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Notes for Elizabeth Florance Ruth Cousins - Source - 'Bun' Cousens - 2004

Mary was added to her names when she was Baptized in the Catholic Faith

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Iroquois Co. Times, Dec. 14, 1878.

A COLD BATH.
An insane man's Freaks.-Reason overthrown and a life lost.--Not a suicide as rumored.

Early last Tuesday morning the report reached us that Mr. Abel Sturdevant, a citizen of Iroquois Township, and living about five miles from town, had committed suicide by plunging into the Iroquois River, which runs within a few hundred feet of his house. This rumor was rife among everybody, and the act was attributed to temporary insanity. Our reporter in the afternoon procured means of travel, proceeded to the scene, collected all the particulars possible, which are recorded below. Primarily, Mrs. Abel Sturdevant has been insane for about two weeks, the first symptoms being noticed two weeks ago, yesterday. When out in the woods in company with a child, looking for herbs, she lost her way, and could not recognize familar objects and had to be led home. The cause of Mrs. S's insanity, which by the way, appears to be temporary, is known to our reporter, but it is not necessary that it should be parraded before the eyes of the public.
Hardly a household there is in our midst but has it's "skeleton in the closet," and the one in this case need not be seen but by only those who will lend their influence to conceal it. Mr. Sturdevant had been assisting his wife and keeping a strict surveillance over her since the symptoms of insanity have been visible, and his severe attention to her, and thinking of her condition. James Parker affirmed in his testimony at the inquest that on last Monday morning, Abel Sturdevan twas as rational as any man appeared to be; that in the evening Abel retired about seven o'clock to the second story of the house; that after sleeping, or being in bed about two hours, he came downstairs shouting, preaching, praying, ( his theme being religion and one with which he had never before had anything to do); that he spoke to and shook hands with in the room, there being several neighbors in, and exhorted them to seek religion; that during this time, about one hour, he was in an entirely different state of mind than at the time of retiring, and that he clapped his hands, gesticulated wildly, and was extremely excited. He was quited by James Parker and was induced to go to bed in a room down stairs.
After being in bed about fifteen minutes he asked that the door be unlocked and saying that he wanted to go out of the house, supposed for natural purposes. Mr. Parker went out with him keeping a firm hold on him all the time. Abel commenced shouting and clapping his hands and got away from Parker, but was caught after running a few steps. Parker was taking him back to the house, and when near the door he broke away again and ran backwards a distance of seventy-five or a hundred feet, then climbed over a fence and ran north across some open fields, about three quarters of a mile, and attempted to cross the river, about two miles directly two miles north-east of his house. He was pursued by Parker, but could not be caught, as he ran very swiftly and in a very direct course north. When Abel left the house he had on a vest, shirt and pants, with light underclothing, and a pair of socks. The pursuers obtained horses and searched the woods or brush, near where he had entered, and the track had been lost, but could not find him, though they could here him shouting at some distance from them. They struck his trail again near the river and tracked him to the stream, and found out that he had evidently endeavored to cross without any attention of suiciding. He leaped on a log from the bank out on to the ice, a distance of about eight feet, breaking the ice with one foot, but going on, breaking through again, climbing out and breaking through a third time, and after struggling hard to get out, went down to the bottom, and was found Tuesday noon, just four feet dow from where he sunk. The water is between 12 and 14 feet deep where he went in, and there is no current of consequence. He ran through a thicket where the brush had been cut down, leaving sharp rooty stubbles which one would think would have cut his feet. But there was not a scratch on his feet, they being as smooth and uninjured as any other portion of his body. The remains were taken home by friends and Coroner Critzer held an inquest, being that Abel Sturdevant came to his death by "accidental drowning while laboring under a fit of insanity." The funeral was held last Wednesday, and the remains buried in Pierce graveyard. To destory the rumor that the act was suicide, let it be said that Abel need not have travelled so far, for he could have gone to the river near the house and committed the act. Nobody saw or heard him in the river, or on the ice, and it must have been at least one half hour before any one discovered the drowning.
Mr. Sturdevant was, at the time of his death, about forty-two years old and has lived in this county and Iroquois township about thirty years. His birth place was Clinton county Indiana. He left three children aged respectfully seven years, four years, and ten months.
As a man he was quiet unobtrusive, industrious and hardworking. In his life he had accumulated about $8,000 worth of property and had a splendid homestead. He has always had good health and did not owe anything of consequence. He had $1,500 deposited in the bank in this city, and loaned $900 of it to his brother a few days ago. In the worst fits of insanity both Abel and his wife's mind were upon the subject of religion, going to the very extreme of discussing it. In their lives before, they have not been religious and did not make any pretenses towards it, though they were not extremely irreligious. The circumstances in this case are some what strange and as generally rumored, are incorrect. There was no worry about finances, or about the hard times, but it was all (as we learn) in regard to some family troubles which need not be ventilated.
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Of Abe's wife, Eliza (Jones) Sturdevant "the said widow has been adjudged insane and is not capable of administering on said estate".
(from Able's estate docs). Abel's brother James was named administrator on Jan 9, 1879.