FIRST WIFE: Stephen William McLeod was born 6 January 1836 in the Powellton area of Richmond County, NC. Stephen was married three time. His first marriage was to Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Dickerson (b.1843) in about 1863 in Powellton, Richmond County, NC. Their son, Stephen Dickerson McLeod, was born in November 1863. Some time before the end of 1863...a few weeks after her baby was born, Mattie caught on fire and died while singeing a chicken in a large pot over a fire/ She was 22 years old. He was married two more times after Mattie died. He moved to Ashley County Arkansas and when he died was buried in 1916 at Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas in Mt Zion Cemetary
Residences
1850 - Richmond County, Richmond, North Carolina
1900 - Egypt & Extra Townships, Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Sources
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM1Y-J3G : 22 December 2016), Stephen W Mcleod and Dora A M Norrell, 1866.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4BJ-9K2 : 9 November 2014), Stephen Mcleod in household of Ann Mcleod, Richmond county, Richmond, North Carolina, United States; citing family 914, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3XF-JRV : accessed 17 March 2017), Stephen W Mc Leod, Egypt & Extra Townships, Ashley, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 5B, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,049.
"Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q2ST-R4SP : 28 April 2016), S W Mcleod, 07 Aug 1911; citing Ashley, Arkansas, United States, State Auditor's Office, Little Rock; FHL microfilm 2,209,370.
Stephen William McLeod's first wife, Martha Elizabeth (Mattie) Dickerson was 22 years old (1843-1865) when she caught fire and died while cooking over an outside open fire. He remarried and his second wife was Dora A. M. Norell.
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