Cemeteries: Steward Cemetery Coos County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Steward ********************************************************************************* Transcribed by Sue Steward - Aug 2005 Submitted by Sue Steward for use in The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project. Steward Cemetery Established 1880 Region: Coos County, OR Address: North Bank Road (across the Coquille River from Lampa Creek) Coquille, OR This was a family cemetery on the property homesteaded by Stephen Elbridge Steward. (The property is now owned by the Cochran family.) The homestead was located in Sections 19 & 30, Township 38 South, Range 13 West, Willamette Meridian. There is only one headstone with the names of those buried there. Stephen E. Steward Born Sept 15, 1835 Died Jan 16, 1887 Stephen Steward was a native of Maine and came to Oregon about 1860, settling near Lampa Creek. Nellie May Steward Died June 9, 1881 Aged 2 Yrs 7 Mos 13 Days (birthdate 27 October 1877) Chas Winfield Steward Died June 9, 1881 Aged 7 Yrs & 4 Mos (birthdate 9 Feb 9, 1874) Robert Scott Steward Died July 5, 1881 Aged 4 Yrs 11 Months (birthdate 21 July 1875) Frank Elbridge Steward Died July 16, 1881 Aged 12 Yrs 6 Months 18 Days (birthdate 28 Dec 1867) These children were victims of diptheria. There was another child who was probably buried here but his name is not on the stone. Walter Steward Born May 5, 1884 Died May 5, 1884 On the back side of the stone: Freeman Horace Paden Born about 1832 in West Virginia Died November 2, 1887 After the death of her husband, Mary Fidelia (Hamlin) Steward married Freeman Paden Sue Steward (I am married to the great grandson of Stephen Elbridge Steward), Medford, Oregon