Joseph Marion Stedman Sr. (1863 - 1929)

Born 21 Feb 1863 in Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Josephine (Singleton) Stedman — married 27 Jul 1919 in Wake, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1929 at age 65 in Spencer, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1863 in Cary, North Carolina. He was the son of Joseph Stedman and Mary Alford.

He was a lifelong railroad engineer. He began his career with the R & D Railroad, that later became the Southern Railway. He was promoted to engineer in 1885 and moved to Spencer with the railroad when the town was first established around 1897. He was a trusted employee and always drove the President's train when it was used. He lived the remainder of his life in Spencer.

He married twice. He married his first wife, Lula Mae McCullers in 1888. They had one son together. After she passed away, he married his second wife, Mary Josephine Singleton in 1919 in Wake County, North Carolina. They had five children, three sons, and two daughters.

He passed away in 1929 in Spencer, North Carolina, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Cary.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD7-MTG : Thu Oct 05 03:34:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph B Steadman and Mary D Steadman, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXB-NQB : Fri Oct 06 09:23:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Stedman and Mary Stedman, 1880.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1M-R8M : Fri Oct 06 22:47:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph R Steadman and Edward Steadman, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSS-YWC : Thu Oct 05 16:31:51 UTC 2023), Entry for Joe M Steadman and Lula Steadman, 1910.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMS-41DH : 21 July 2021), Joseph M Stedman and Josephine Singleton, 27 Jul 1919; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F382-RSC : 20 February 2021), John M. Steadman, 07 Feb 1929; citing Spencer, Rowan, N.C., reference rd80-2577 cn433, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,466.
• Joseph H. Stedman Is Claimed By Death, News and Record (Greensboro, North Carolina), Fri, Feb 8, 1929, Page 18, https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record/133135145/
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT7W-VF9 : 29 October 2018), J.M. STEDMAN, died 7 Feb 1929; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Hill Crest Cemetery, Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32827920/joseph-marion-stedman: accessed 08 October 2023), memorial page for Joseph Marion Stedman (21 Feb 1863–7 Feb 1929), Find A Grave: Memorial #32827920, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by imatarheel (contributor 47120798).