Pleasant Meade Sturdivant (1822 - 1882)

Born 14 Jun 1822 in Nelson, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1882 at age 59 in Snowville, Pulaski, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Pleasant Mead Sturdivant was born June 14, 1822, in Nelson county, Virginia, son of Reverend Matthew Parham Sturdivant and Agnes (Kent) Sturdivant. On Christmas Day 1845, in Virginia, Pleasant married Nancy Smith Dudley. They became the parents of eleven children: Mary, Bianca, Emma, Isabel, William, Dudley, Martha, Ellen, George, Lillian and Elizabeth. ^[1]

On the United States Census of 1860, Pleasant and Nancy were living in Pulaski county, Virginia, with five children. ^[2]

On the United States Census of 1870, Pleasant and Nancy have eight living children. Their eldest, Bianco, who was transcribed as "not named" in 1860, is 21 years of age and still living at home. Their second, Emma, is 19 and the transcriber has typed her (poorly?) written name as Ener. Martha is not listed, but according to her Find A Grave memorial, she lived to adulthood, married and had children. There are three additional children born in the past ten years. ^[3]

1860 Census Records

Name: Pleasant M Sturdivant Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Date: 1860 Event Place: Western District, Pulaski, Virginia, United States Gender: Male Age: 38 Race: White Race (Original): [Blank] Occupation: Birth Year (Estimated): 1822 Birthplace: Virginia Page: 32 Household ID: 208 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M653 Affiliate Film Number: 1373 GS Film Number: 805373 Digital Folder Number: 005171742 Image Number: 00318

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Pleasant M Sturdivant M 38 Virginia

Nancy Sturdivant F 35 Virginia

Not Named Sturdivant F 12 Virginia

Emma Sturdivant F 10 Virginia

Isabella Sturdivant F 7 Virginia

Dudley Sturdivant M 4 Virginia

Martha Sturdivant F 1 Virginia

1870 Census Records

Name: Pleasant W Sturdevent Event Type: Census Event Year: 1870 Event Place: Virginia, United States Gender: Male Age: 48 Race: White Race (Original): W Birth Year (Estimated): 1821-1822 Birthplace: Virginia Page Number: 8 Household ID: 62 Line Number: 1 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M593 GS Film number: 000553173 Digital Folder Number: 004268763 Image Number: 00012

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Pleasant W Sturdevent M 48 Virginia

Nancy Sturdevent F 45 Virginia

Bianco Sturdevent F 21 Virginia

Ener Sturdevent F 19 Virginia

Isabella Sturdevent F 17 Virginia:

Dudley Sturdevent M 14 Virginia

Sallie Sturdevent F 11 Virginia

George Sturdevent M 5 Virginia

Lilian Sturdevent F 3 Virginia

Elizabeth Sturdevent F 0 Virginia

Researcher's Notes

Pleasant's Find A Grave memorial gives the county of his birth as Pulaski, however Pulaski County was formed on March 30, 1839 from parts of Montgomery and Wythe counties, and so did not yet exist at the time of his birth. His parents were living in Nelson county, Virginia when he was born. In addition, the bio states that he was the sixth child of nine, when his parents are known to have at least eleven children.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Sturdivant&GSfn=pleasant&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=84891993&df=all&
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41Y-HZD : 30 December 2015), Pleasant M Sturdivant, 1860
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFG7-VKM : 17 October 2014), Pleasant W Sturdevent, Virginia, United States; citing p. 8, family 62, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,173