Muhlenberg County Kentucky

Old Muhlenberg Map

Family Group Records

Josiah Stirsman & Elizabeth Hunt

Josiah Stirsman.
Alternate name: Joseph.
Alternate surname spellings: Stear(s)man, Steer(s)man, Stir(s)man, Stur(s)man.
Born: 18 Oct 1826, Todd Co., Kentucky.
Married: 1) Elizabeth Hunt, 28 Dec 1848, Muhlenberg County.
Married: 2) Mary Ann McElvain, 20 Dec 1857, Muhlenberg County.
Died: 8 Dec 1870, Muhlenberg County.
Parents: Possibly the son of William Riley Stearsman & Hixey Ann Edwards.

Marriage 1: Elizabeth Hunt.
Born: 1826, Illinois.
Married: Josiah Stirsman, 28 Dec 1848, Muhlenberg County.
Died: About 1857, likely in Muhlenberg County.

Marriage 2: Family Group Record of Josiah Stirsman & Mary Ann McElvain.

Children of Josiah Stirsman & Elizabeth Hunt:

  1. Leander Jackson Stirsman, born October 27, 1849; died January 6, 1931; married 1) Amanda Kittinger; married 2) Ellen Davenport March 5, 1908 in Muhlenberg.
  2. Louisa J. Stirsman, born about 1850
  3. John W. Stirsman, born January 2, 1852; died July 14, 1889; married Margaret Sue Shaver November 1879 in Muhlenberg.
  4. Mary Cordelia Stirsman, born March 24, 1854 in Muhlenberg; died January 17, 1926 in Owensboro, Daviess Co., Kentucky; married William Jackson “Pete” Wells September 19, 1870 in Muhlenberg.
  5. Joseph Warren Stirsman, born about 1856; died 1933; married Deborah Devine September 17, 1879 in Muhlenberg.

Contributed by J.P. Johnson. Additional information on Mary Cordelia Stirsman Wells contributed by Helen B. Rutledge.

Updated August 9, 2017