He was born on 8 April 1834, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [sources: date: 23; 18 (April 1840); 6 (27 in 1861), 8 (29 in 1870), 10 (56 in 1890), 11 (40 in 1880), 14 (56 in 1890), 15 (56 in 1890), 17 (16 in 1850), 19 (76 in 1910). place: 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23. parents: 17]
In 1850, he was living in ward 1, Southwark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was living with John and Elisabeth Eastwick (presumably his parents), and with John J, William, James, Ferdinand, and Richard Eastwick (presumably siblings). He was a plasterer. [source: 17]
When he enlisted, he was a plasterer. [source: 23]
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a light complexion, grey eyes, and light hair. [source: 6]
At some enlistment, he was 5 feet 4-1/2 inches tall, and had a light complexion blue eyes, and dark hair. [source: 23]
When he enlisted in the 12th New Jersey, he was 5 feet 5-1/4 inches tall, and had a sandy complexion, blue eyes, and light hair. [source: 23]
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 17 September 1861. He enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was in company H. [sources: 1, 6, 14, 15, 16, 24 (1 sgt)]
He was appointed first sergeant on 25 October 1861, replacing Charles Henry. [source: 5]
He had gun number 38. [source: 5]
He was promoted on 14 or 18 May 1862 from first sergeant to second lieutenant. [sources: 1 (18 May), 2 (14 May), 5 (no date)]
He resigned on 22 May 1862. He had served for eight months. He was second lieutenant of company H. [sources: 1, 2, 5, 6 (dismissed), 10, 14, 15, 16, 24]
He also served in companies A and E of the 12th New Jersey Infantry He enlisted in company A on 30 July 1862. On 4 September 1862, he was transferred to Field and Staff. He served as sergeant major. On 14 February 1863, he was mustered in as second lieutenant, and assigned to company E. He was discharged at Washington, DC, on 24 January 1864 (as a second lieutenant). He served for eighteen months. [sources: 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 23 (dis 24 Jan 65)]
He married Mary Fowler, who died in Eau Claire, [Eau Claire County,] Wisconsin. [source: 23]
In 1865, he apparently moved from Philadelphia to New Orleans. [source: 23]
In 1867, he apparently moved from New Orelans to Cincinnati, Ohio. [source: 23]
On 11 May 1868, Stephen C Eastwick married Elizabeth R Morrow, in Kentucky. They were married by H Winston Abbott, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. They had two known children, one of whom (Mary Elizabeth) was alive in 1898:
[sources: 21, 23]
In 1868, he apparently left Cincinnati, Ohio. [source: 23]
In 1870, he was living in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. He was a plasterer, and owned $2000 in real estate. He was living with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Lillie. [source: 8]
In 1875, he apparently left Atlanta, Georgia, for Palatka, Florida. [source: 23]
In 1878, he apparently left Florida, for Washington, DC. [source: 23]
In 1880, he apparently left Washington, DC for Philadelphia. [source: 23]
In 1880, he was living in Dog Fennel, Fayette County, Kentucky. He was a gardener. He was living with his wife Elizabeth and daugther Mary. [source: 11]
On 5 September 1888, he applied successfully from Washington, DC, for a pension. [sources: 7, 12]
On 4 November 1890, he was admitted to the Southern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was admitted from New Jersey. He was (reportedly) single. He was a plasterer, a protestant, and could read and write. He listed Theodore Eastwick of Camden New Jersey as a relative. He had a gunshot wound to his head. He was receiving a pension of $4 per month. [sources: 10, 14, 15, 16]
He was a member of the Thomas A Sharp, Post #2, of the Grand Army of the Republic, in Millville, New Jersey. [source: 3]
In 1898, he was living at the National Soldiers Home, Southern Branch. [source: 23]
In 1900, his widow Elizabeth was living at 413 Third Street, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She was living with her brother Noah Morrow, and his niece (her daughter?) Mary E Hilton. She had had one child, who was still living. [source: 9]
In 1900, he was living in ward 6, York, York County, Pennsylvania. He was a boarder with William F Jacobs and his family. He was a gentleman (that is, not working). [source: 18]
On 6 July 1903, he was discharged from the Southern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was receiving a pension of $12 per month. [source: 10]
On 20 February 1907, he again applied for a pension. [sources: 12, 23]
On 21 October 1908, he was readmitted to the Southern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. [source: 16]
On 9 April 1909, he again applied for a pension, under the Act of 6 February 1907. He was living in the National Soldier's Home, Elizabeth City County, Virginia. [source: 23]
In 1909, he was present at the Southern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He was then receiving a pension of $15 per month. [source: 14]
In 1910, he was living in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was a plasterer. [source: 19]
He died on 18 November 1914, at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 23 November 1914, he was buried in the Soldiers Circle, in Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was living on West 8th Street. He died of "engina pictorisis" (sic; presumably angina pectoris?). [sources; 3, 12, 13, 15 (Southern Branch DVS?), 16, 20, 22, 23]
He was last pensioned, under the Act of 11 May 1912, at $30 per month. [source: 23]
On 18 June [?] 1914 [??], his widow, Elizabeth R Eastwick, applied unsuccessfully from Tennessee for a pension. [source: 7]
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster)
3 membership list, Thomas A Sharp, Post #2, GAR, Millville, New Jersey
4 company H, list of commissioned officers (Stephen Eastwick)
5 company H, list of non-commissioned officers (Stephen Eastwick)
6 company H, descriptive roll, #8 (Stephen Eastwick)
7 pension index, by name (Stephen G Eastwick)
8 1870 US census, Kentucky, Fayette County, Lexington 3rd ward, microfilm series M593, film 460, pages 283A-B = 65-66 handwritten (Stephen Eastwick)
9 1900 US census, Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 53, microfilm series T623, film 1574, page 287 = 10A handwritten (Elizabeth Eastwick)
10 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. Serial Set volume 4835. Session volume 56, 58th Congress, 3rd Session. House Document 71. Pages 413 and 362. (S G Eastwick)
11 1880 US census, Kentucky, Fayette County, Dog Fennel, supervisor's district 4, enumeration district 60 [?], microfilm series T9, film 412, page 168 = 50 B handwritten (Stephen Eastwick)
12 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company H (Stephen G Eastwick)
13 Find-a-grave memorial 19351607, created by Russ Dodge, added 12 May 2007, accessed 11 January 2011 (Stephen G Eastwick)
14 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909. Letter from the President of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, transmitting the report of the Board for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909. Serial Set volume 5817, Session volume 114, 61st Congress, 2nd Session, House Document 262. Page 349. (S G Eastwick)
15 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915. Serial Set volume 7080, Session Volume 126, 64th Congress, 1st Session, House Document 361. Page 307 (Stephen G Eastwick)
16 Historical registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Hampton, Virginia, Register No. 07890-10393 (Stephen G Eastwick)
17 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Southwark, ward 1, microfilm series M432, film 821, page 9 verso = 18 handwritten (Stephn Eastwick)
18 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, York County, York, ward 6, supervisor's district 8, enumeration district 192, microfilm series T623, film 1503, page 50 = 4 B handwritten (Steaven [sic] Eastwick)
19 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Chester, ward 7, supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 112, microfilm series T624, film 1339, page 88 = 21 B handwritten (Stephen Eastwick)
20 Applications for headstones for US military veterans, 1925-1941, National Archives and Records Administration, microfilm series M1915, film 33 (Stephen Eastwick)
21 Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 page 168 (Stephen C Eastwick)
22 Chester Rural Cemetery Association records, available on Ancestry.com, in Pennsylvania Church and Town Records 1708-1985 (accessed 15 June 2012) (Stephen Eastwick)
23 abstract of pension documents, from pension certificate file (11 pages), invalid certificate 455,192 (Stephen G Eastwick)
24 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Stephen Eastwick)
Two issues trouble me about my identifications, and make me worry that I am conflating two different Stephen Eastwick's.
First, he is listed as widowed in the 1900 and 1910 census entries below, but his widow applied for a pension, and if I have identified her correctly was still alive in 1900 (though listed as widowed herself). (However, she did not actually receive a pension, according to the index cards.)
Second, the records most clearly linked to service in the 91st have him born in 1833/34. (That includes the descriptive roll (entry 6), and the National Home records (entries 14, 15, 16). The 1850 and 1910 census entries (entries 17, 19) agree. But the 1900 census lists his birthdate as April 1840, and the 1870 and 1880 census ages are consistent with that (8, 11, 18). (I have not been able to find him living in the National Soldiers Home in 1900, although the register (16) suggests he should be.)
| line | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Dwellings visited | 74 | |||||||
| Families visited | 157 | |||||||
| Name | John Eastwick | Elisabeth " | John J " | William " | James " | Stephen " | Ferdinan " | Richard " |
| Age | 45 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M | M | M | M | M |
| Color | ||||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Plasterer | Plasterer | " | " | " | |||
| Real estate owned | 2,200 | |||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Pennsylvania] | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | ||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | ||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 40 | 1 | 2 |
| Dwelling-house number | 388 | ||
| Family number | 454 | ||
| Name | Eastwick Stephen | Eastwick Elizabeth | - Lillie |
| Age | 29 | 26 | 6/12 |
| Sex | M | F | F |
| Color | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Plasterer | Keeping house | |
| Real estate value | 2000 | ||
| Personal estate value | |||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | Kentucky | Do |
| Father foreign born | |||
| Mother foreign born | |||
| Birth month if born within year | Nov | ||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||
| Attended school past year | |||
| Can't read | |||
| Can't write | |||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| street name | |||
| house number | |||
| dwelling visit # | 21 | ||
| family visit # | 23 | ||
| name | Eastwick, Stephen | " Elizabeth | " Mary E |
| color | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F |
| age | 40 | 35 | 8 |
| ['35' seems to be written over '33' (or perhaps the opposite)] | |||
| month born if born in year | |||
| relationship | Wife | Daught | |
| single | |||
| married | 1 | 1 | |
| widowed/divorced | |||
| married during year | |||
| occupation | Gardener | ||
| months unemployed | |||
| currently ill? | |||
| blind | |||
| deaf/dumb | |||
| idiotic | |||
| insane | |||
| disabled | |||
| school this year | |||
| can't read | |||
| can't write | |||
| birthplace | Pennsyl | Ky | " |
| father's birthplace | Penn | Ky | |
| mother's birthplace | Penn | Ky | |
| line | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 |
| street | Third St | ||||
| house number | 413 | ||||
| dwelling number | 165 | ||||
| family number | 193 | ||||
| name | Morrow, Noah | - Robbie | - Ruth E | Eastwick Elizabeth | Hilton Mary E |
| relationship | Head | Daughter | Daughter | Sister | Niece |
| color | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | F |
| birth date | July 1853 | June 1886 | Nov 1888 | Sept 1845 | Aug 1872 |
| age | 46 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 27 |
| married? | Wd | S | S | Wd | Wd |
| # years married | |||||
| mother of how many children? | 1 | 0 | |||
| # of children living | 1 | 0 | |||
| birthplace | Kentucky | Tennessee | Tennessee | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| father's birthplace | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Kentucky | Tennessee | Tennessee | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| immigration year | |||||
| # years in USA | |||||
| naturalized citizen? | |||||
| occupation | Plasterer | At school | At school | ||
| # months not employed | 1 | ||||
| # months in school | 9 | 9 | |||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | R | ||||
| free or mortgaged | |||||
| farm/house | H | ||||
| # of farm schedule | |||||
| line | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| street | Edgar | |||
| house number | 4 | |||
| dwelling number | 82 | |||
| family number | 82 | |||
| name | Jacobs William F | Maggie R | Emma Q [?] | Eastwick Steaven [sic] |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Daughter | Boarder |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | FM | FM | M |
| birth date | Feb 1877 | Jan 1880 | Sep 1897 | April 1840 |
| age | 23 | 20 | 2 | 60 |
| married? | M | M | S | Wd |
| # years married | 3 | 3 | ||
| mother of how many children? | 3 | |||
| # of children living | 2 | |||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | ||||
| # years in USA | ||||
| naturalized citizen? | ||||
| occupation | Rail Road | Gentleman | ||
| # months not employed | ||||
| # months in school | ||||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| speaks English | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| owned/rented | R | |||
| free or mortgaged | ||||
| farm/house | H | |||
| # of farm schedule | ||||
| line | 60 |
| street | Rear Carher [?? perhaps Caster?] Street |
| house nr | 727 [?] |
| dwelling nr | 375 |
| family nr | 410 |
| name | Eastwick Stephen |
| relationship | Head |
| sex | M |
| color | W |
| age | 76 |
| marital status | Wd |
| #years present marriage | |
| mother of # children | |
| mother of # living children | |
| birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | |
| naturalized/alien | |
| speaks English | English |
| occupation | Plasterer |
| nature of industry etc. | Working Out |
| employer etc. | W |
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No |
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 21 [?] |
| can read | yes |
| can write | yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | |
| owned/rented | R |
| owned free or mortagaged | |
| farm/house | H |
| nr on farm schedule | |
| civil war vet | |
| blind | |
| deaf & dumb |
| No. | 8205 pen [crossed out:] $4 #455192 [crossed out:] 12 [crossed out:] 20 30 |
| NAME. | Stephen G Eastwick Plasterer Protestant |
| Name and Address of Relatives or Friends. | Theo Eastwick 228 Mt Vernon st Camden N.J. |
| Where Born. | Phila Pa |
| Company and Regiment. | private Co H 91 Penn Vols Sergt Major (Co E) 12" NJ Vols |
| Date of Enlistment. | Sep 17. 1861 July 30. 1862 |
| Date of Discharge. | May 22. 62 1" Lieut Jany 24. 1864 2" Lieut |
| DISABILITY. | G.S.W. Head |
| Date of Admission. | Nov 4. 1890 |
| By order of Manager. | General [?] W. I. Jewell |
| Age. | 56 |
| Married or Single. | Single [sic] |
| REMARKS. | D First Admission R + W yes Dischgd O.R. 6-7-03 Readmitted Oct 21. 1908 unconditional Died Nov. 18 - 1914 at Chester Pa. |
This application is for the UNMARKED grave of a veteran. It is understood the stone will be furnished and delivered at the railroad station or steamboat landing above indicated, at Government expense, freight prepaid.
I hereby agree to promptly accept the headstone at destination [illegible] and properly place same at decedent's grave at my expense [?].
W. F. Delehanty, Mgr.
Delaware County C of C.
Chester, Pennsylvania
Address Chester Club Date 8/18/33
NO FEE SHOULD BE PAID IN CONNECTION WITH THIS APPLICATION
attn T. Delehanty
DO NOT WRITE HERE
To A.G.O. AUG 1 1933
ORDERED [blank]
From TATE, GEORGIA OCT 11 1933
B/L 679239
Sh 11/10/33
| No. | 13504 |
| Name. | Stephen Eastwick |
| Age. | not given |
| Date of Death. 1914 | Nov. 18 |
| Date of Interment. 1914 | Nov. 23 |
| Married or Single. | |
| Late Residence. | West 8th St. |
| Disease. | Engina Pictorisis [sic] |
| Section. | Soldiers Circle #106 |
| No. | |
| Remarks. |