SOURCE: Joseph E. Steadman Sr.; Martha Earle; Edward Steadham's [309] will dated Sept. 11, 1869; Henry H. McCawley Jr., Mobile, Al.

SOURCE: Mrs. Alvin Henry (Doris Gilman) Enfinger of Jay, Florida, manuscript entitled "Steadham - Stedham - Stidham," 1964.

OCCUPATION: farmer and sheep rancher; operated a sawmill, cotton gin and turpentine still on his property.

MILITARY: CSA; he joined the 15th Cavalary on Oct 26, 1862 at Camp Power, under Capt. T.C. Barlow's Company (Baldwin Rangers); private (1862-1863), Alabama Mounted Patrol - SOURCE: Company Muster Roll, from GSA, National Archives and Records Service.

John Victor met and married a Creek American. His father disapproved of this relationship, and practically disowned John Victor. John Victor managed to collect many of his father's livestock in Escambia County away from his parents, and settled there to raise his family.

He married his Creek wife, Mary McGhee, by Native American ceremony, and fathered 6 children. He later married her in a civil ceremony to qualify for entrance into the Masons.

John Victor was a helpful and generous settler and parent. He gave each of his children several hundred acres and livestock. He also helped many settlers get a start in the wilderness of southern Alabama. He donated 4 acres of land for a cemetery at McCullough. John Victor and many of his descendants are burried there. On May 4, 1975 the Steadham Memorial Chapel was dedicated at this cemetery in John Victor's memory. Twice each year, the Steadhams have a reunion at the chapel.

On October 2, 1988 Jack and David Stidham were guests of Temus Steadham at the Steadham Reunion, at which time they visited the cemetery and John Victor's home and homesite where he raised his 15 children, and provided meals to travelers on the nearby stagecoach road.

John Victor owned a store, sawmill and turpentine still. He also owned the first cotton gin in the area.

SOURCE: For the above - Temus Steadham

Received USA patent for 40 acres in Escambia Co., Alabama--8/8/1895 (#169) - SOURCE: Kenneth Hawkins, "Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office," 1997; and the website of the Bureau of Land Management at jttp://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ researched by Richard L. Steadham of Woolbridge, Virginia, 1998.

SOURCE: Henry H. McCawley Jr., Mobile, Al., pedigree chart for Henry Hubert MacCawley,

SOURCE: 1870 Escambia Co., Alabama census (Canoe)

SOURCE: 1880 Jack Spring, Escambia Co., Alabama census.

PHOTOGRAPH of Mary McGhee and John Victor [515] Steadham.

PHOTOGRAPH of John Victor [515] Steadham's homeplace near McCullough, Escambia Co., Alabama. (Taken by Jack Stidham in October 1988)

CIVIL WAR VETERAN TOMBSTONE, acquired by John Victor [515] Steadhams's great-grandson, Gordon Phillips, and dedicated 6 May 2007. (Sent by Gordon Phillips, March, 2007)

• Married: 6 Feb 1868 in Pensacola,Escambia County,Florida

1. Reuben Samuel "Rube" [1174] STEADHAM b: 11 Jan 1857 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
2. John Milton "Bud" [1175] STEADHAM b: 22 Jan 1858 in ,Baldwin County,Alabama
3. William [1176] STEADHAM b: 8 Mar 1862 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
4. Mary Virginia "Jennie" [1177] STEADHAM b: 3 May 1863 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
5. Emma Mae [1178] STEADHAM b: 18 Apr 1865 in Jack Springs,Escambia Co,Ala
6. Robert M. [1179] STEDHAM b: 18 Apr 1867 in ,,Florida
7. Edward "Ned" [1180] STEADHAM b: 22 Feb 1870 in McCullough,Escambia Co.,Alabama
8. Leonard "Linn" [1181] STEADHAM b: 22 Feb 1870 in McCullough,Escambia Co.,Alabama
9. Benjamin Jerry "Bully" [1182] STEADHAM b: 8 May 1872 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
10. Mattie [1183] STEADHAM b: 22 Sep 1874 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
11. James Tilden [1184] STEADHAM b: 12 Sep 1876 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
12. Ausphry Bryant [1185] STEADHAM b: 25 Apr 1879 in ,Escambia County,Alabama
13. George Clinton [1186] STEADHAM b: 12 May 1882 in ,Escambia Co.,Alabama
14. Clara Octavia [1187] STEADHAM b: 12 May 1882 in Jack Springs,Escambia County,Alabama
15. Franklin [1188] STEADHAM b: ABT 1884 in ,Escambia County,Alabama