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We welcome you to further research, and the ammendment of the 2nd Generation for Leonard G. Stilson/Stillson and his wives Sarah "Sally" Surpriae, 2. Elizabeth Roland; James H. Stillson and 1. Catherine 'Cassie'?Horton; 2, Mrs. Abbie Lindsay; Charles Andrew Stilson; Julia Stilson; Ida Stilson; Schyler Stilson; Anna Stilson and John Foster; Olive 'Oliver Jim' or 'Ollie' Stillson and Joseph Allen Roland; There are many childrens names and continued family with these listed. Enjoy your search. Happy Hunting, this page was done by Christie Stilson and brought to you on line by Margaret Lee   ©.


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SECOND GENERATION --STILSON/STILLSON

(Jacob I,. Leonard G. 2)

II. LEONARD G. STILSON/STILLSON, the son of Jacob and Miranda (Taylor) Stilson, was b. July 11, /821 per records of Frances Roland that list place of birth as probably Elk Crk. Twp., Erie Co., PA. (Another record had listed his birth as November 29, 1821). He died November 21,1903. Leonard m. 1) Sarah "Sally" Surprise at Cedar Creek, Lake County, Indiana on June 7, 1842. Sarah's parents were Peter and Rosana Surprise and they lived with their large family in Cedar Creek Twp. Sarah was b. in L 'Arcadia, Quebec, Canada in 1827. For more information on her family see History of Arcadia or the Encyclopedia of New Nova Scotia. She is listed as Sally Surprise on their marriage record. Leonard served in the Mexican War 1847-1848. Sarah died after 1870. Leonard m. 2) Elizabeth Roland on July 10, 1875 and again m. Elizabeth to establish pension record on January 30, 1898. Pension was granted after his death and she received it with son-in-law Henry Stoer, husband of her daughter Sarah Roland. Elizabeth died August 31, 1912.

The 1850 census for Marshall Co. shows a Leonard aged 29 years and included children James H. aged 2 years born in Illinois and another son Charles A. born in Indiana aged 4 months. There is no listing for his wife Sarah in that census .

The following is from the history of the Roland-Stilson Families by Frances Roland, written May 1991: Leonard volunteered on August 5, 1847 at Shawnee, La Salle County, Illinois to serve in the Mexican War. On December 29, 1847 rolls at Shawnee, Illinois show him in the Ist Illinois regiment. On Apri114, 1848 he was mustered in with a detail of recruits at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. In June and August 1848 he was on duty at Las Vegas, New Mexico. In history, there was a three part campaign against Mexico, the 3rd being to hold New Mexico and California as retribution against Mexico for the military advancement against Texas, which had joined the US as a state in 1845. On September 20, 1848, while his company was returning East, and whilefording Big Cow Creek in central Kansas, Leonard's horse fell on his right leg, causing a compound fracture. On October 14, 1848 Leonard was honorably discharged with his company under Col New by at Alton, IL. (Madison County, north of St. Louis) and opposite the mouth of the Arkansas River. Their first son was born in 1848. In late 1848 Leonard's right leg was amputated in the poorhouse at Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, his home country since the 1830's. It had to have been a trip of great suffering for Leonard, probably by wagon, all the way across half of Kansas, all of Missouri (although we can hope some of it may have been by barge down the Arkansas River and across the Mississippi River to Alton). Then he would have had to travel from Alton across Illinois to Crown Point, Indiana. On August 22, 1850 in the census shows the families of Leonard and brothers Charles A. and Calvin Riley all residing in West Creek Twp, Lake County, Indiana. In 1860 Leonard, Sally and four children were living in North Twp., Marshall County, Indiana. His brother Riley was nearby. Sarah's child was five days old and Riley's wife had a two day old child, per the actual census, the abstracts show their age as one month. Apparently neither child lived as none are shown alive later with this year of birth. His occupation was shinglemaker. In April 1861 the Civil War began. The family is not located in the 1870 census. In 1879 Leonard applied for a pension but was rejected until further records were found. When he re-applied for the pension his address was Scammons Ville, Cherokee County , Kansas. Several other members of his family had relocated to Scammon, Kansas in 1880. Documents on his application continued until 1880 and were renewed August of 1898. She was denied because there was no marriage record of his second wife Elizabeth, they reportedly married on July 10, 1875 in Joplin, MO. Elizabeth and Leonard were re-married on January 30, 1898. Leonard's physical description at the time of his induction into the military was height 5 feet 6 1/2 inches, his complexion fair, hair black, eyes blue. The portrait of Leonard shows him as having refined features, steady blue eyes and clean shaven except for a neat small rounded beard on his chin. No sideburns. His hair white. Leonard's second wife Elizabeth Roland Stillson had previously been married to William Roland. They moved to Polk County, MO and William died after 1871/72. About 1880Elizabeth's son Joseph Allen -Roland, married his stepsister, Leonard's daughter, Ollie or Olive Stilson. See photo of Leonard in Photo Album, supplied by Frances Rolland.

1. James H. b. 1848 in Illinois (perhaps mother Sally had traveled from Indiana to Illinois to join her husband, Leonard, or perhaps this was their home before and at the end of the war. In any case, they returned to live in Lake County, Indiana.) He Was two years of age and shown in the 1850 census for Lake Co., Indiana. Jim served in the Civil War in Indiana 1861-1865. In 1868, after his Civil War service he served six months in the Kansas Cavalry


during an Indian disturbance. He lived in Indiana after living in Kansas 1868-1869. He was still living after 1900 in Oklahoma. His spouses are shown in records from Frances Roland as 1) Catherine (Cassie) and they possibly had a daughter Cathy that married -?Horton and he m. 2) Mrs. Abbie Lindsay.

2. Charles Andrew b. April 12, 1850 in Indiana. In 1850 census he resided at West Creek Twp., Lake Co., Indiana. He d. July 1, 1863, possibly in the Battle of Gettysburg, PA.

3. Julia b. 1852, possibly Lake Co., IN. Information from Frances Roland, no further information.

4. Ida b. 1852, probably Lake Co., IN. Information per Frances Roland.

5. Schyler b. about 1858, Indiana and is shown as 22 years of age in the 1880 census in Joplin, Jasper, MO.

6. Son b. 1860

7. Anna, b. May 1861. In the 1880 census she is 18 years old and living in Joplin, Missouri. She married a John Foster and they resided at Parson, Kansas.

8. Olive "Oliver Jim" or "Ollie" Stilson was b. February 22, 1864/5 at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Named after Sarah 's brother Oliver Surprise and her own brother James Stilson who were both away at war at the time of her birth. Fearing one might be killed, Sarah planned to name "the new son " for both of them. However, the son arrived and proved to be a daughter, hence the name Olive. Ollie claimed into old age that she bore a boy's name, Oliver Jim. Ollie married at age 16 in Cherokee Co., Kansas on June 28, 1879 to A. S. Couch, whose signature is shown on an affidavit in Leonard 's pension file. Soon after she married her stepbrother Joseph Allen Roland and had nine children.

Sarah "Sadie"Rolandb. December 8, 1883, probably Kansas. M. _Babbitt. Shed. December 8,1941 in Denver, CO.

Mary Etta b. unknown, d. May 13, 1970 in Denver, CO. She m. Allie Raze.

Annabelle Cleo b. December 1887, probably in Cherokee, KS. She d. in Stockton, CA about 1957. She m. H.L. Hatch.

Leonard William b. November 3, 1889 in Kansas and d. May 1, 1975 in Wichita, KS. He m. Mary Elizabeth Summers on December 16, 1921.

Alonzo Franklin b. October 18, 1894 in Bear Creek, MO. He d. March 22, 1976 in Stockton, CA. He m. Nora Ella Clark on April 15, 1916 in Miami, OK.

Marvin Allen Roland b. February 6, 1919, d. March 8, 1990 in Stockton. He m. Frances Ruth Reames on October 26, 1939. Frances was b. August 1, 1918 in Los Flores, CA. Her parents were George Brownlow Reames and Mida Beryl Tanner Reames. Marvin was a machinist journeyman byoccupation who served in World War II and the occupation of Korea. Frances majored in Elementary Education and minored in art and Spanish. She taught school at Colegio Americano in Torreon, Old Mexico. Since January 1977 she has researched all over the US and Canada on family history and genealogy.

Marvin and Frances have children: Marvin Hersell Roland b. December 22, 1940 in Stockton, CA who m. Earlene Carol Ford on March 9, 1959. They have children Marlene Carol Roland and Mark Raymond Roland. Viola Ruth Roland b. February 20, 1942 and who m. David Ray Turnbeaugh on September 10, 1960 and they have four children. David Williams Roland b. January 19, 1943, d. September 18, 1976 who m. Lucille Marie Caruso on February 13, 1965. Ronald Ray Roland b. February 4, 1945 who m. Gwendolyn Sue Spooner, and had son Ronald Ray Roland, Jr. b. December 22, 1974. They divorced. Sharon Rose Roland b. December 26,


1946 and who m. James Carroll Pay to on August 3, 1963.
Hersell Franklin b. February 8, 1921, d. June 8, 1992. He m. Alice Wilson, they divorced

Arnold Lee b. 1923/1924 d. 1923/1924

Josie b. December 1891, d. about 1931. She m. Earl Kendricks

Charles Amos Roland b. January 22, 1898, d. March 30, 1982 at Joplin, MO. Charlie married Mary Catherine "Katie " Reed. The 1900 census for Lyon Twp. Cherokee County, Kansas shows Leonard and Elizabeth Stilson living with Charlotte (Roland) and husband David Fouts and Joseph Allen and Ollie Stilson Roland. Katie lived for a time after her marriage in 1920 with her uncle Willie and aunt Lillie Stilson.

Irena b. about 1901, d. about 1907.

Family recollections as recorded by Frances Roland, "Family believes that Ollie was the youngest child. All knew her father had married a widow Roland, but none recalled her first name, but they did recall that Joseph Roland and Ollie had been step-brother and sister when married. Ollie did not recall the first name of her real mother. Answers to these mysteries were found by Frances when a cousin in Missouri shared the obituary of Charlotte Roland Fouts that gave her birth date in Morgan Co. , Indiana and the family was found in the 1860 census. in Morgan Co. , Indiana. A Morgan Co. marriage record gives William's marriage to Elizabeth Easter on February 26, 1843. The 1860 census also shows he supported parents Peter and Margaret. William Roland's parents are not known. There were two couples of the age to be appropriate, a John and Sarah in Ray Twp. and a John and Catherine in Morgan Co., Indiana.

William Grant "Willie" "Bill", b. 1870 (Shown as 10 years ofage in the 1880 census in Joplin), d. December 20, 1945. Married Mary Elizabeth "Lillie " Wallace who was a Quaker school teacher. Another record of Frances Rolland notes her name as Sarah E. Wallace b. 1876


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