STODDARD, E. D.

STODDARD, STURDIVANT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/17/2019 at 13:48:40

WEST POINT TOWNSHIP.

STODDARD. E. D., Postmaster and dealer in groceries, corner Monroe and Jefferson sts. ; residence the same ; born in West Point April 14, 1842 ; educated in the schools of West Point, and three terms at Denmark Academy. In 1861, he enlisted; his health not permitting him to remain with the army, was discharged. Then went to Beardstown, Ill., where he engaged in the nursery business, and was made Deputy P ovost Marshal for the Ninth District and remained there two years. Married Miss Annie C. Sturdivant, daughter of C. C. Sturdivant, of Beardstown, Ill. ; she was born at La Grange, Ill., July 10, 1843; they came immediately to Lee Co., where he engaged in farming until Jan. 1, 1878, when he received the appointment of Postmaster, and took the position ; bought a stock of groceries, and has since been engaged in his present business ; they have one child—lost two ; Harry D., born June 9, 1866; Edgar W., born Aug. 19, 1868, and died Aug. 7, 1871 ; Julian S., born April 25, 1871, and died June 26, 1873. Members of the Baptist Church ; Clerk of same and Super intendent of Sabbath school.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879