Soldier Information
Name: Henry A. Stith
Alias: Henry Stewart
Place of Birth: Hardin KY Year of Birth: 1842
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5
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Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: July 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4
Company: A, Unassigned Regiment(s): 108th USCI, 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: March 21, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
The soldier was on a hospital muster roll in May and June 1865 at Barracks U.S.A Hospital in Rock Island, IL. It is noted that he was sick.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: September 16, 1922
Cause of Death: Unable to find
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: July 11, 1889
Application No.: 717579 Certificate No.: 999036
Alternate First Name: Henry A. Alternate Last Name: Stewart
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
Pensioners:
Pensioner County: Pensioner State: KY
Number of Pages:
Pension Notes:
The surname, Stewart, was noted as an alias for Henry Stith on his pension index card. His pension was approved.
A Veterans Administration Pension Payment card was retrieved for Henry Stith aka Stewart, posted at Fold3.com. This reflected his periodic monthly pension rates through the years, and a death date of 17 September 1922 was also noted. The same VA pension payment card may be retrieved at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-8DSK-WF?i=81&cc=1832324&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQJD3-54WB
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
Siblings:
Wife #1 First Name: Laura Maiden Name: Berry
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Susan Stewart 1870
Henry Stewart Jr. 1872
Family Notes:
The Ohio Death Index record noted Henry’s death date as 16 September 1922. The Veterans Administration Payment card retrieved for Henry Stith aka Stewart noted the 17th of September as his death date. This may reflect the date communicated to the Veterans Administration.
Henry A. Stewart and Laura Frances Berry Stewart had two children:
Susan/Susie Anna (1869/70-1955) and
Henry Stewart Jr (1872- ?) *note: earlier records show his name as James Henry Stewart though by 1900 and forward he went by Henry Stewart Jr.
Their daughter Susan married Colonel Morton (1874-1938) in 1892 (Colonel being his first name, not a rank or title).
Their son, James H. Stewart married Maude Stewart in 1899. Based on the 1900 census, they had a daughter named Margaret born in 1897.
Susan and Colonel had two children: Chester Gilbert Morton (1893-1985) and Lena Beatrice Morton (1897 – 1981).
It appears from the available records that Chester Gilbert Morton married Loretta (Slee), marriage date unknown. They had two kids:
David Morton – living
Luther J. Morton: 1950 – 2016
There is quite a lot of information on Lena Beatrice Morton as she was an accomplished educator and writer in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, who also wrote an autobiography of which a portion is used in her mother, Laura’s ‘Find a Grave’ memorial write-up. I am unsure if Lena ever married or had children though as of now it appears that she did not marry or have children.
Family Tree:
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1870 Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Minister
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1880 Census Notes:
The soldier’s surname was listed as Stewart, rather than Stith.
Henry A. Stewart
Age 37
Black
Birth date: Abt 1843
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Hickman, Fulton, KY
Street: Moulton Street
Dwelling number: 88
Race: Black
Married to Laura Stewart, age: 35, Black, housekeeper
Both parents born in KY
Occupation: Minister
Children: Susan, daughter 10 yo; James H., son 8 yo
Boarder: Lewis, Aggie – 65 yo, Black, female.
1890 Census
1890 Vet/Widow Census: View
1890 Census Notes:
Henry A. Stewart
Rank: Private
Role: Veteran
Residence date: June 1890
Residence place: Winchester, Clark KY
Enumeration district: 57
Enlistment date: 21 Mar 1866*
Discharge date: Mar (nothing else listed)
Regiment: 108 USA Inf
Company: A
*this date is listed as the soldier’s muster out date in his CMSR
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Farmer
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: Farm
1900 Census Notes:
Henry A. Stewart
Age 57
Birth date: April 1843
Birth place: Kentucky, USA
Home in 1900: Magisterial District 3, Clark, KY
Sheet: 5
Dwelling: 94
Family #: 95
Black
Married to Laura Stewart
Marriage year 1867
Years married: 33
Parents born: KY
Occupation: farmer
Read: Y
Write: Y
English: Y
Rent
Farm
Others (aside from wife, Laura) in household: Henry Jr. son, 28 yo; Maude Stewart, daughter-in-law 22 yo; Margaret Stewart, grand daughter (likely daughter of Henry Jr. and Maude) 3 yo, birth month: June, birth year: 1887
Note: The 1900 census has Henry Stewart’s occupation as farmer; in the 1880 census his occupation is listed as minister.
1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: Preacher
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: Farm
1910 Census Notes:
Henry A. Stewart Sr.
Age in 1910: 67
Birth date: 1843
Birth place: KY
Home in 1910: Winchester Ward 4, Clark, KY
Sheet: 10a
Street: Third St
House #: 4
Black
Married to Francis L Stewart
Parents born: KY
Native tongue: English
Occupation: Preacher
Industry: Pastor in charge
Wage earner
Own home
Home Free or mort: free
Farm/House: Farm
Can read and write
Enumeration district: 0031
Years married: 45
Out of work: N
# of weeks out of work: 0
Enumerated year: 1910
Other household members: Aside from Henry Sr. and wife Laura, just Henry Jr (son, age 39). Census indicates that he is now a widow (married 6 years).
Note: Here (1910 census) Henry Stewart’s wife is named Francis L Stewart — records in Ancestry show that Laura’s middle name was Frances (with an ‘e’) and that her mother’s maiden name was Laura Francis (with an ‘i’) Berry.
The 1910 census indicates Laura (wife) had 4 children (the handwriting is transcribed as 8 children but it clearly looks like 4) with two still living.
1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Minister
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
“Henry Stewart
Age: 74
Birth year: abt 1846
Birthplace: KY
Home in 1920: Winchester Ward 4, Clark, KY
Street: 3rd Street
House #: 4
Residence date: 1920
Black
Married to Laura Stewart
Parents born in KY
Able to speak English (y)
Occupation: minister
Industry: Church
Home: own
Home: Free
Can read/write
Only other household member is wife Laura.
Enslaver Information
Name: Richard Stith Location: District 2, Hardin County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
1850 enslaver notes: While there are two records for a Richard Stith in Meade County, KY, in 1850 he is 15 yo in one (parents: John and Mahala Stith), and three yo in the other (parents: Edmond and Mary Stith).
The 1850 record for Richard W. Stith is a closer match as he is 37 yo (born 1813), and lived in Hardin County in 1850, bordering Meade county where the soldier was born. Also Elizabethtown, in Hardin County, is where the soldier was enlisted.
1850 enslaver census notes: Similar to the notes above, Richard W. Stith in KY, enslaver, was in Hardin County, KY in 1850 — and while there not enough additional info to determine if this is the correct enslaver, with Meade and Hardin counties bordering each other, and with Elizabethtown being in Hardin County where the soldier was enlisted, there is a possibility that this Richard Stith could be the enslaver.
1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 8
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 8000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 6800
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 13
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: 5600 1870 Personal Estate Value: 4000
1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Application not found