AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES NEAR ECKLEY
Jesse Stallsworth died at the home of his son Sherman, near Eckley, Saturday, February 10, aged 91 years and 29 days. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church of Yuma at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. W. L Breckenridge officIating, and the interment was at the Yuma cemetery. Members of the American Legion attended the funeral as the deceased was a veteran of the civil war.
Jesse Stallsworth was born in Barren County, Kentucky, Jan 17, 1833. His parents left there when he was 2 yrs. of age and moved to Indiana, and then to Harrison county, Mo. While living at the latter he was married to Mary Jane Crawley in the year 1856. To this union twelve children were born, eight of whom are living--Mrs. Alice Morse of near Norton, Kansas; Mrs. Ida White, Eckley, Co; Boone Stallsworth, Norton, Kansas; A. F. Stallsworth, of MO; and Sherman, Jesse, Dow, and John, who all reside in Colorado. He also leaves sixty-seven grandchildren. He was always cheerful and patient and kind to everyone. Besides his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren he leaves two sisters, one brother and a host of friends to mourn his loss. He became a member of the Christian Church in 1884.
Yuma Pioneer
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Feb 21, 1924
Yuma, Colorado
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Jesse enlisted in Company K, Iowa 11th Infantry Regiment on 25 Sep 1864.Mustered out on 02 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
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AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES NEAR ECKLEY
Jesse Stallsworth died at the home of his son Sherman, near Eckley, Saturday, February 10, aged 91 years and 29 days. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church of Yuma at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. W. L Breckenridge officIating, and the interment was at the Yuma cemetery. Members of the American Legion attended the funeral as the deceased was a veteran of the civil war.
Jesse Stallsworth was born in Barren County, Kentucky, Jan 17, 1833. His parents left there when he was 2 yrs. of age and moved to Indiana, and then to Harrison county, Mo. While living at the latter he was married to Mary Jane Crawley in the year 1856. To this union twelve children were born, eight of whom are living--Mrs. Alice Morse of near Norton, Kansas; Mrs. Ida White, Eckley, Co; Boone Stallsworth, Norton, Kansas; A. F. Stallsworth, of MO; and Sherman, Jesse, Dow, and John, who all reside in Colorado. He also leaves sixty-seven grandchildren. He was always cheerful and patient and kind to everyone. Besides his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren he leaves two sisters, one brother and a host of friends to mourn his loss. He became a member of the Christian Church in 1884.
Yuma Pioneer
Transcribed by Carol Moore
Feb 21, 1924
Yuma, Colorado
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Jesse enlisted in Company K, Iowa 11th Infantry Regiment on 25 Sep 1864.Mustered out on 02 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
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Family Members
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William "Tone" Stallsworth
1858–1890
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John Henry Stallsworth
1861–1924
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Andrew Frank Stallsworth
1864–1945
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Albert Sherman Stallsworth
1865–1954
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Mary Emma Stallsworth Came
1868–1919
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Jackson Boone Stallsworth
1868–1925
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Jesse Stallsworth
1870–1935
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Dow Lorenzo Stallsworth
1871–1963
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Ida Belle Stallsworth White
1878–1951
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Alice Lillie Stallsworth Morse
1883–1977
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