No, there is no typo in the title of this post. Henry Thomas and his family actually adopted the spelling of STUFFLEBAM! I originally believed this to be a mistake by a census taker, but the family appears in multiple records this way and Henry’s son, a medical doctor, also used this spelling. So, for whatever reason, Henry decided to slightly change the family name. Why? the reason will probably never be known, but it’s not like the name was Smith and there were too many of them in the neighborhood!

Henry Thomas Stufflebeam was born c1845 in Warren County, Indiana, the fourth child and second son born to John S. and Jane (Stufflebeam) Stufflebeam. Census records later on add about ten years to his age, which doesn’t fit with his childhood appearances in the census records.

Henry Thomas Stufflebeam married Isabella Jane Lamar on 26 December 1867, Crawford County, Kansas, but moved to Missouri soon after.

Children: (Stufflebeam/Stufflebam)

1. Phebe Jane, born 2 May 1868, Missouri; died 18 March 1895, Hickory County, Missouri; married Joseph H. Elliott, 18 February 1889, Polk County, Missouri. They were the parents of two sons.
2. Andrew Jackson, born 16 December 1872, Missouri or Arkansas; died 26 October 1947, Polk County, Missouri; married Laura May Montgomery, 14 July 1902, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana. They were the parents of one son.
3. Francis Leroy, born 4 November 1874, Barry County, Missouri; died 7 April 1951, Springfield, Greene, Missouri; married Cora Bell Askey, 12 March 1899, Polk county, Missouri. They were the parents of one son.
4. Eva Viola, born 14 November 1876, St. Clair County, Missouri; died 26 March 1964, San Jon, Quay, New Mexico; married Fred Wilfred Starkey, 16 October 1895, Hickory County, Missouri. They were the parents of two children.
5. Edith Mae, born 1 December 1878, Polk County, Missouri; died 12 September 1962, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon; married Edward Ulysses Ireland, 7 November 1895, Polk County, Missouri. They were the parents of two children.
6. Lucile (Lula) M., born about 27 October 1881, St. Clair County, Missouri; died 24 December 1977, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri; married Charles Cates Kirkpatrick, between 1920-1930. They had no children.
7. Harry William, born 27 March 1883, Butler County, Kansas; died 16 December 1948, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; married (1) Susan A. Wilkerson, 2 October 1904, Polk County, Missouri (2) Augusta Hermina Neuer, 25 September 1915, Independence, Jackson, Missouri. Harry was the father of three children with Susan and one with Augusta.
8. Annie L., born 19 July 1889, Hickory County, Missouri; died 5 November 1980, Missouri; unmarried. No descendants.
9. Pearl William, born 12 May 1891, Polk County, Missouri; died 8 September 1911, Polk County, Missouri; unmarried. No descendants.

Henry died on 27 April 1914, Polk County, Missouri. Isabella predeceased him on 24 October 1911, also in Polk County.

As noted in other family sketches, this line also has many descendants today.