Oliver Perry Stufflebeam was the first child born to John E. Stufflebeam and his second wife, Harriet Ostrander. Eleanor roland, John’s first wife, died on 23 October 1836 in Warren County, Indiana.

With six young children at home, John quickly married (2) Harriet Ostrander on 24 February 1837, also in Warren County, Indiana. They went on to have found children of their own.

Oliver Perry Stufflebeam was born on 18 February 1838 and lived his whole life in Warren County, where he was born.

Oliver, or O.P. or Perry, as he also appears in records, married Anna Johnson on 6 March 1862, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Although Oliver and Anna were the parents of nine children, one died in childhood and three adult children had no children of their own.

Oliver Perry Stufflebeam died on 13 April 1914 and wife Anna Johnson died thirteen months later on 22 May 1915, both in Vermilion County, Illinois.

Children: (Stufflebeam)

1. Harriet Hannah, born December 1862, Illinois; died 2 January 1937, Rossville, Vermilion, Illinois; married Jacob Daniel Brown, 6 March 1883, Vermilion County, Illinois. They were the parents of two children.
2. Caroline Frances, born October 1864, Illinois; died 17 May 1924, Vermilion County, Illinois; married Peter Hardy Youngblood, 10 June 1895, Vermilion County, Illinois. They were the parents of two children.
3. Ida, later known as Katherine Estella, born August 1866, Illinois; died 28 May 1951, Miami, Dade, Florida; married George Evens Gernand, 9 May 1893, Vermilion County, Illinois. They were the parents of three children, two of whom lived to adulthood and had families.
4. Charles, born November 1868, Illinois; died 29 November 1936, Illinois; married Nannie Claire Murchison, 24 September 1898, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. They were the parents of one son.
5. Child, born c1870; died before 1880. No descendants.
6. Anna Pearl, born December 1872, Illinois; died 1950, Illinois; married John Walter McKown, 19 January 1909, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. They had no children.
7. Abner Johnson, born 3 September 1874, Vermilion County, Illinois; died 4 January 1937, Vermilion County, Illinois; married Julia Coon, 16 July 1913, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. They had no children.
8. Marcia, born 4 November 1877, Illinois; died 18 January 1962, Miami, Dade, Florida; married Harvey Lewis Brackin, before 1910. They had no children.
9. Miriam, born 19 March 1879, Illinois; died 1 October 1962, Illinois; married Walter Frank Fox, 10 January 1900. Vermilion County, Illinois. They were the parents of two children.

Families were beginning to get smaller by the turn of the 20th century, but there are quite a few descendants of the nine children born to these families.

The second child of John E. Stufflebeam and Harriet Ostrander was Morgan Stufflebeam, the same man (and half brother) who handled the estate in trust of Michael Stufflebeam (1827-1907).

Morgan Stufflebeam married Sarah Catherine Van Reed on 25 September 1873. However, they had only two sons, one of whom died soon after birth and the other who married, but had no children. Therefore, Morgan Stufflebeam has no descendants living today.

Next up is the family sketch of the third of John and Harriet’s children, Miller Ostrander Stufflebeam.