Stephen Hathaway (1836 - 1889)

Born 20 Sep 1836 in Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary E. (Fair) Hathaway — married 22 Jan 1865 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States

Died 31 Jul 1889 at age 52 in Allen, Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana, United States

Biography

Stephen Hathaway was born September 20, 1836 in Michigan. He died on July 31, 1889 in Allen, Indiana at age 52. Stephen is buried at the Eel River Cemetery in Dunn Mill, Allen, Indiana.

Son of John Hathaway (1811-1886) and Hannah Chase (1809-1849).

Stephen’s mother, Hannah Chase, died in 1849. His father married Sarah Ann (Gump) Long c. 1850. "Stephen was raised on his parent's Eel River homestead and he received a good common school education and attended 6 months at Perry Center seminary." Jack LaCroix Throp, 1986.

1850 United States Census, Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana: John Hathaway is head of household, a farmer age 40, with wife, Sarah Ann Hathaway age 34, and children Stephen Hathaway age 14, Philip Hathaway age 12, Lucinda (Long) age 11, Elizabeth Hathaway age 9, Henry (Long) age 9, John Hathaway age 6, and George (Long) age 5. (Note: This is a blended family with children from both John and Sarah's previous marriages. Lucinda, Henry and George are not John's children. The census taker erroneously gave all the children the name "Hathaway." Names are more clear in the 1860 census.)

1860 United States Census, Eel River Township. Allen, Indiana: John Hathaway is head of household, a farmer age 49, with wife Sarah A. Hathaway age 44, and children Stephen Hathaway, a farmer age 24, Philip Hathaway, a laborer age 22, John Hathaway age 17, Betsey Hathaway age 19, and Sarah Hathaway age 2. Also in the home are Lucinda J. Long age 21, Henry F. Long, a laborer age 19, and George N. Long age 14.

Stephen Hathaway married Mary E. Fair on January 22, 1865 in Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana.

Children:

1. Orphelia Hathaway b. c. 1866 in Indiana.
2. James Sydney Hathaway b. September 1869 in Indiana.
3. Emma Hathaway b. in October 1871 in Indiana.

1870 United States Census, Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana: Stephen Hathaway is head of household, a farmer age 33, with wife Mary Hathaway age 28, and children Ophelia age 4, and Sydney age 9 months.

"Stephen was elected Justice of the Peace in 1882 on the Democrat ticket and was again elected in 1886. His beautiful 200 acre farm in Eel River Township was under good of cultivation and with substantial buildings. He was a member of the Masonic Order," Jack LaCroix Throp, 1986.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GWQW-C7P
• Research notes of Jack LaCroix Throp (Throp-37).
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVF-D44 : 20 December 2020), John Hathaway in household of John Hathaway, Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBY-S8T?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-T98%3A1589426070%2C1589426069%2C1589423585 : 24 March 2017), Indiana > Allen > Eel River Township > image 3 of 26; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XC9Q-294?cc=1410397&wc=Q83F-CBB%3A962975701%2C1067890603 : 21 January 2016), Allen > 1865-1869 > image 35 of 662; Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXZ-MZ4 : 28 May 2021), Stephen Hathaway, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMC-D62 : 29 December 2021), Stepen Hathaway, Eel River Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKK-LYG7 : 30 May 2020), Stephen Hathaway, 1889; Burial; citing record ID 45797051 , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.