Notes for Isaac Hume Tyler Sturgeon

Notes for Isaac Hume Tyler Sturgeon

!US Census 1860 (15 June) Missouri, St. Louis Co., 10th Ward City of St. Louis, Roll M653_654, Sheet 106, Page 434, House No. 817, Lines 32-35: Isaac H. Sturgeon (b. 1821 - 39 - in KY - Occ: US Sub Treasurer - Property Value $60,000 + $2,500) married to Nannie (b. 1839 - 21 - in MO). OTHERS LISTED ARE: Ellen Wilson (b. 1840 - 20 - in Ireland). ALSO LISTED is: Thomas Sturgeon (b. 1829 - 31 - in KY - Occ: Lumberman - Property Value $35,000 + $14,000)

!US Census 1870 (9 July) Missouri, St. Louis Co., Subdivision 14, Roll M593_817, Sheet 254/255, Page 594B/595A, House No. 1386, Lines 38-40/1-11: Isaac Sturgeon (b. 1821 - 49 - in KY - Occ: Retired US Senator - Property Value $35,000 + $30,000) married to Annie (b. 1839 - 31 - in MO). Children listed (born in MO) are: Thos. (son b. 1861 - 9); Beverly (son b. 1863 - 7); Robt. (son b. 1865 - 5); Pope (son b. 1868 - 2); and Penelope (dau b. Dec 1869 - 7/12). ALSO LISTED are: Thos. Sturgeon (brother b. 1824 - 46 - in KY - Occ: Bookkeeper); Ellen Hogan (b. 1842 - 28 - in Ireland - Occ: Domestic); Kate Hogan (b. 1844 - 26 - in Ireland - Occ: Domestic); Bridget Hogan (b. 1848 - 22 - in Ireland - Occ: Domestic); Maggie Robinson (b. 1826 - 44 - in KY - BLACK - Occ: Domestic); Fannie Clark (b. 1848 - 22 - in TN - MULATTO - Occ: Domestic); and Frank Scott (b. 1851 - 19 - in MS - BLACK - Occ: Domestic)

!US Census 1880 (Second Enumeration) Orphan Home, Missouri, St. Louis Co., St. Louis; FHL Film 1254734; National Archives Film T9-0734; Page 424A: I. H. STURGEON (b. 1822 - 58 - in KY - Occ: Int. Rev. Collector - Fa: KY and Mo: KY) married to Nannie STURGEON (b. 1839 - 41 - in MO - Fa: IL and Mo: IL). Children listed (born in MO) are: Beverly A. STURGEON (Son b. 1863 - 17 - Occ: Clerk); Robert T. STURGEON (Son b. 1866 - 14); Allen P. STURGEON (Son b. 1868 - 12); Penelope P. STURGEON (Dau b. 1870 - 10); Isaac T. STURGEON (Son b. 1873 - 7); Clara H. STURGEON (Dau b. 1875 - 5); Lockwood STURGEON (Son b. 1878 - 2); and Lizzie T. STURGEON (Dau b. Jan 1880 - 6/12). ALSO LISTED ARE: Greyson SMITH (b. 1856 - 24 - in MS - Occ: Coachman - BLACK - Fa: VA and Mo: VA); May SENNEWALD (b. 1861 - 19 - in MO - Fa: GERMANY and Mo: GERMANY); Lena MASSMAN (b. 1863 - 17 - in MO - Fa: GERMANY and Mo: GERMANY); and Mary MURPHY (b. 1835 - 45 - in Ireland - Fa: Ireland and Mo: Ireland)

!Webdata: The three children, Edward Tyler, Isaac Hume, and Thomas L. STURGEON were left orphans at an early age. They were reared by Robert & Mary TYLER, their mother's brother & his wife. Isaac and Thomas moved to St. Louis, Illinois or Missouri in 1846.
Isaac was admitted to the Bar in 1844. He was appointed on 13 Mar 1853, by PRESIDENT Franklin PIERCE as Asst. Treasurer of the U.S. at St. Louis and Isaac served until 1861. During his life span, Isaac served under eight PRESIDENTS of the U.S. On 14 Jun 1883, GEN. & Mrs. ULYSSES S. GRANT dined with Isaac STURGEON and his wife in their St. Louis home.

!Isaac H. Sturgeon Papers, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis: Sturgeon, Isaac H. (1821-1908). Papers, 1816-1939. 3 boxes; 4 volumes:
Isaac H. Sturgeon, lawyer and political figure, came to St. Louis in 1846. He was president and general surveyor of the North Missouri Railroad for ten years, and took an active interest in other railroads. Sturgeon was appointed the assistant treasurer of the United States, 1853; he served as the collector of internal revenue for this district, 1875-1885, and was the comptroller for St. Louis in 1893. In 1858, he married Ann Celeste Allen, daughter of Beverly Allen, noted St. Louis lawyer; Judge Nathaniel Pope was the grandfather of Mrs. Sturgeon.
Genealogy material for the Pope family; biographical material for Beverley Allen and Isaac H. Sturgeon; correspondence between Beverly Allen and Penelope Pope, his wife, regarding their marriage, 1834; data pertaining to the Home of the Friendless, 1852; catalogue of Monticello Seminary, and notebook of the Allen girls, 1855-1857; manuscript items regarding the Samuel Kincaid estate, 1859-1860; and manuscript relating some of the incidents in which Isaac Sturgeon played a part during the Civil War, 1861-1865. In addition there are three scrapbooks, two of which relate to Sturgeon, 1896-1899 and 1903-1908, the other of which consists of biographical and genealogical data on the Allen, Pope and allied families, covering the span of Sturgeon's life, circa 1821-1908; and one letterbook of letters received by Sturgeon, many from family, 1869-1880.