Madison County Military

Veteran's Name: Stinson, John		Father: John Stinson
Residence:		Father's nativity:
Occupation:		Mother: Margaret Smith, married 03 May 1845
Date of birth: 15 Sep 1845		Mother's nativity:
Place of birth: Burlington, Iowa		Wife: Never married
Date of death: 05 Jan 1929		2nd wife:
Place of death: Winterset, Madison, Iowa		3rd wife:
Place of burial: Primitive Baptist Cemetery
Cause of death:		Children

War record
Rank: Captain	Company: F		Regiment: 7th
State: Iowa		Organization: Cavalry
Enlistment date: 20 Jul 1863
Enlistment age: 18		Residence: Muscatine
Mustered out:
Discharged:
Transfers: to Company F, 7th Cavalry Reorganized
GAR membership
Post name: Pitzer		Date joined: 1st term 1909
Post No.: 55 (S)		Age at joining:
Place: Winterset		Transfers:

Sources: Roster Iowa Soldiers: Stephenson; Post 55 Desc Book #266; Winterset News 10 Jan 1929

Notes: 1. By mistake Mr. Stinson's name was entered on the War records as John Stephenson and he was officially known by that name. After his discharge he went to the Black hills and acted as a cowboy and range rider. Later he again became a soldier and served under Bill Cody in the West and Southwest through several Indian uprisings. 2. Was born in Indiana (not Iowa) 3. Margaret Smith, his mother, was daughter of Aquilla Smith 4. Mrs. Debutts offers information of veteran's father's marriage which she secured from marriage records compiled by a D.A.R. Chapter in Jackson County, Indiana. John Stinson Stephenson and Margaret Smith were married 03 May 1845 in Jackson County, Indiana. Her sister, Amanda Smith married Joseph K. Evans, 1st Treasurer of Jackson County, Indiana on 22 Feb 1844, both of these buried at Audubon, Iowa. 5. Transcriber's notes - Although this record lists him as a Captain, he appears in official records as a 6th Corporal. The family used the surname "Stephenson" at least through 1895 and became "Stinson" around the turn of the century.