Thomas W. Stith (abt. 1837 - bef. 1863)

Born about 1837 in Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Y. (Stith) Mitcham — married 29 Dec 1858 in Meade County, Kentucky

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Biography

Thomas W. Stith was an editor and publisher born in Missouri to Benjamin W. Stith and Mary "Polly" D. Woolfolk. He married to Louisa Y. Stith, daughter of Thomas Hawfield Stith and Lucy Jones. He was the father of Lucy E. Stith born in Breckenridge County, Kentucky in 1860, the same year he acquired the Cloverport Journal.

Thomas enlisted in the Confederate Army and was in the Battle at Shiloh. He was listed as wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His death is recorded on muster roles as occurring before the end of 1863.

Sources

• Residence of Benjamin Stith - Lewis County, Missouri
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-9K97?cc=1786457&wc=31SV-V82%3A1588666415%2C1588666468%2C1588665902 : 24 August 2015), Missouri > Lewis > Not Stated > image 19 of 64; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Residence of Charles H. Bland
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QSQ-DD6?cc=1401638&wc=95R7-TQM%3A1031312801%2C1031376101%2C1031376102 : 9 April 2016), Missouri > Lewis > Lewis county > image 81 of 133; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• [1]T. W. Stith purchases Cloverport Journal from S. C. Collins. The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Kentucky) 21 Mar 1860, Wed. Page 1. Newspapers.com

• Residence of Thomas W. Stith
• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9B9J-9JT?cc=1473181&wc=7QXT-G28%3A1589426984%2C1589427055%2C1589428195 : 24 March 2017), Kentucky > Breckenridge > Cloverport > image 10 of 20; 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.).

Research Notes

Charles H. Bland above is married to sister, Elizabeth B. Stith b. 1826

• "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V282-K9P : 11 February 2018), Charles H. Bland and Elizabeth Stith, 25 Nov 1846; citing Lewis,Missouri; FHL microfilm 1,015,324.