Zilpah Steward (1793 - 1878)

Born 21 Sep 1793 in Bloomfield, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Died 21 Mar 1878 at age 84 in Skowhegan, Somerset, Maine, United States

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Biography

Zilpah was born in 1793. She was the daughter of Solomon Steward and Betsey Bigelow.

(Bloomfield is an extinct town, now part of Skowhegan in Somerset County, Maine. Bloomfield was organized from a portion of Canaan in 1814. Bloomfield annexed land from Fairfield in 1858. Bloomfield was annexed to Skowhegan in 1861).

During the Civil War she exchanged letters with her nephew, Lieutenant Henry K. Steward, which is mentioned in the diary he kept during the war. ^[1]

She passed away in 1878. Burial: Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Library, Civil War Diary of Lieutenant Henry K. Steward. letters from Aunt Zilpah
2. ↑ Find A Grave. Zilpah Steward

• Stewart Clan Magazine, Volumes 1-8, George Thomas Edson, 1922. Solomon Steward pg 97

• Find A Grave. Zilpah Steward

• Watertown Library, Civil War Diary of Lieutenant Henry K. Steward. letters from Aunt Zilpah

• The Bigelow Society Betsey Bigelow Steward