When Houston Jones Steelman was born on 9 June 1854, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Bennett Steelman, was 38 and his mother, Julia Emily B. Todd, was 37. He married Nancy Elizabeth Pardue on 17 August 1882, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Moravian Falls Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years and Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 7 years. He died on 23 February 1941, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Moravian Falls, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.
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On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Swedish Ståhlman (see Stahlman ) and possibly also of its German cognate Stahlmann.
History: The first bearer of this surname was Hans Ståhlman Mansson, a soldier from Sweden, who settled in New Sweden in the middle of the 17th century.
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