Joseph and Martha Stewart Letters
This collection contains two letters written on one sheet of paper. The first, from Martha Stewart to her husband Joseph (dated November 30, 1864) details the daily happenings in Franklin Square, Ohio. The second, from hospitalized Joseph in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to his wife and children (dated December 24-25, 1864) discusses the Battle of Nashville.
Dates
- 1864 November 30-December 25
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains two letters written on one sheet of paper. The first, from Martha Stewart to her husband Joseph (dated November 30, 1864) details the daily happenings in Franklin Square, Ohio. The second, from hospitalized Joseph in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to his wife and children (dated December 24-25, 1864) discusses the Battle of Nashville.
Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph Stewart was born on April 24, 1827 in Salem Township, Ohio. He married Martha Emily Culver (1831-1871) of New York on October 1, 1849 and the couple had eight children: Catherine Elizabeth (born 1850), Ella Louisa (Stewart) Shelton (1852-1929), Emma Susan (Stewart) Cope (born 1854), Franklin Amos (1857-1927), Enos Watson (1859-1936), Dayton Ellsworth (1862-1928), Harvey Newton (born 1867), and Martha Lorena (born 1870). Since the family lived in both Indiana and Ohio during the Civil War, Stewart may have served with either an Indiana or an Ohio regiment. After the war, he returned home to his family, by then living in Columbiana County, Ohio. Joseph Stewart died on August 21, 1911.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Special Collections purchased these letters in October of 2006.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository