Joshua Cushon Steelman[1, 2, 3]
1789 - 1858 (69 years)-
Name Joshua Cushon Steelman Birth 1789 , Surry, NC Gender Male Death 21 Jun 1858 Pettis, Missouri, USA Burial Aft 21 Jun 1858 Pettis, Missouri, USA Person ID I55192 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 30 May 2005
Father Steelman Marriage 1782 - 2 _PREF Y
Family ID F19634 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Neely (Polly) Holeman, b. 18 Jan 1794, Rowan, North Carolina, USA d. 20 Mar 1883, Pettis, Missouri, USA (Age 89 years) Marriage 4 Nov 1811 Rowan, North Carolina, USA - 2 _PREF Y
Children 1. Lucy Steelman, b. 1812, , , NC d. , Calhoun, Arkansas 2. Malinda Steelman, b. 1814, , , NC 3. Emily Steelman, b. 4 May 1814, , , NC d. 9 Sep 1894 (Age 80 years) 4. Isaac H Steelman, b. 1816, , , NC d. , Calhoun, Arkansas 5. James Steelman, b. 1818, , , NC 6. William Cook Steelman, b. 25 Apr 1820 d. 5 Aug 1887, , Madison, AL (Age 67 years) 7. Nathan Steelman, b. 30 May 1823, , Lawrence, AL d. 6 Jan 1879, , Dallas, Arkansas (Age 55 years) 8. Harriet Jane Steelman, b. 1825, , Lawrence, AL d. 1867 (Age 42 years) 9. Allison T (Tony Hill) Steelman, b. 1826, , Lawrence, AL 10. Montique Allen Steelman, b. 18 Jan 1829, , Lawrence, AL d. 15 Jul 1890, , Calhoun, Arkansas (Age 61 years) 11. Joshua Cushon Steelman, b. 20 Mar 1831, , Shelby, TN d. 30 Oct 1931 (Age 100 years) 12. Benjamin Franklin Steelman, b. 22 Aug 1833, , Shelby, TN d. 9 Jan 1919, Near Beaman, Pettis, Missouri (Age 85 years) 13. Mary Magdalene Steelman, b. 31 Oct 1834, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Jul 1927, Medford, Grant, OK (Age 92 years) 14. Melinda Steelman, b. 1837, , Shelby, TN 15. Martha Steelman, b. 4 Jan 1838, , Shelby, TN d. 10 May 1888, Pettis, Missouri, USA (Age 50 years) Family ID F19443 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - UPDATE: 1994-01-08 Watie Delfa Wright Ellis book.
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!BIRTH: Jennings Harvel Flathers, "WHITE WILLIAM JENNINGS, HIS ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS", individual publication, copy held by this submitter.
!MARRIAGE: Copy of marriage license.
"MARRIAGES OF ROWAN CO., NC." by Holcomb, p382.
George Steelman was the bondsman and Jn. March Sr., witness.
!DEATH: Letter written by Joshua's son William, to his brother Nathan, on 7 Dec. 1858 in which he states "Montieve (another brother) had wrote a letter to father (Joshua Sr.) the 21 day of June the very day he died.
!CONFLICT: burial (Providence ceme.) "DESCENDANTS OF MATHIAS AND RUTH STEELMAN", by Harold Steelman, p79.
(Beaman ceme., near Sedalia) Roy R. Holman family group sheet.
!CENSUS:
1840 TN, Shelby Co., Western District, p232, line 1.
Joshua Steelman males 5-10=2 10-15=2 15-20=1 20-30=2 40-50=1 females <5=2 10-15=1 40-50=1
Has (2) females 0-5 yrs. Mary Steelman would be 5 until Oct.
10 children total.
!1850 (TN=0)
Occupation: Farmer
BIOGRAPHY:
"Wanda Colvin letter with "Family Tree, Steelman-Holeman" Nov 1990."
Joshua Steelman was employed by James Holeman to oversee his slaves.
Joshua married a daughter against the fathers wishes. Family coldness
caused Joshua to leave there and go to Tennessee where he had a brother, James.
Watie Delfa Wright Ellis
ANCESTRY OF WILLIAM HENRY WRIGHT AND WIFE POLLY ANN ROYAL AND THEIR
DESCENDANTS p280, pub. by Alpine Systems, San Jose, CA, 1991.
Joshua moved to AL in 1821, then to Shelby County, TN and then to
Pettis County, MO.
IGI: 1988 TN. Have copy of sheets.
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- UPDATE: 1994-01-08 Watie Delfa Wright Ellis book.
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