Friday, June 13, 2025

52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandUncle Stephen Hazard Oatley (1822-1863) of New England

 Stephen Hazard Oatley was born on 21 May 1822 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, the 6th child (of 14) and 4th son of Jonathan Oatley and Amy Champlin.[1-2]

Stephen Hazard Oatley and Susan Maria Wood were married about 1843 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut.[1] Susan Maria Wood was born in February 1824 in Connecticut.  

 Stephen Hazard Oatley and Susan Maria Wood had the following children:

  • Angeline M. Oatley, born 24 October 1843, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut; married Dexter R. Billington, 26 August 1865, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut; died 9 February 1906, Danielson, Windham, Connecticut.
  • Prescott W. Oatley was born about 1844 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. He died in August 1846 at the age of 2 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
  • Ann Elizabeth Oatley was born in 1847 in Massachusetts.
  • Nason E. "Doc" Oatley was born on 4 November 1851 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He died on 11 February 1929 at the age of 77 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. He was buried after 11 February 1929 at Westfield Cemetery in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut.
  • Stephen H. Oatley, born July 1855, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut; married Emily M. Adams, 4 May 1879, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island; died 24 December 1920, Putnam, Windham, Connecticut.
  • William Henry Oatley, born 3 June 1857, Killingly, Windham, Connecticut; married Martha Briton, 8 July 1877, Foster, Providence, Rhode Island; died 6 December 1926, Rhode Island.

In the 1850 United States census, the Stephen H. Oatley family resided in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.[3]  The household included:

  • Stephen H. Oatley - age 29, male, white, factory laborer, born R.I.
  • Susan Oatley - age 27, female, born R.I.
  • Angeline M.  Oatley - age 6, female, born Conn.
  • Elizabeth Oatley - age 3, female, born Conn.

In the 1860 United States census, the Stephen H. Oatley family resided in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut.[4]  The household included:

  • Stephen H. Oatley - age 38, male, white, Carding, $500 in personal property, born R.I. 
  • Susan M. Oatley - age 37, female, born R.I.
  • Angeline Oatley - age 16, female, born R.I., attended school
  • Ann E. Oatley - age 13, female, born Conn., attended school
  • Nason E. Oatley - age 7, male, born Conn., attended school
  • Stephen H. Oatley - age 5, male, born Conn., attended school
  • Wm H. Oatley - age 3, male, born Conn.

Stephen H. Oatley of Killingly enlisted in Company G., 18th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteers on 9 August 1862, and mutered in on 21 August 1862.  He was killed in Winchester, Virginia on 15 June 1863.  His record of service is in the book Connecticut men in the army and navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion.[6] 

Stephen H. Oatley died on 15 June 1863 in Winchester, Virginia during the Civil War.[2,7]  He is buried in Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut.[2]

Susan Maria (Wood) Oatley died on 2 November 1890 at the age of 66 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut.[8-9] She was buried after 2 November 1890 at Westfield Cemetery in Danielson, Windham, Connecticut.[9]

SOURCES:

1. Harry J. Oatley, The Oatley Family in America and Their Descendants (Providence, R.I. : The Oatley Family Association, 1970), page 40, Jonathan Oatley family sketch.

3. Find A Grave, imaged,  (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37404364/stephen-hazard-oatley : accessed 12 June 2025), Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Conn., Stephen H. Oatley (1822-1863) memorial #37404364.

4. 1850 United States Federal Census, New London County, Connecticut, population schedule, Norwich, page 194/387 (stamped/penned), dwelling #2646, family #3288,Stephen H. Oatley household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8054/records/18297278 : accessed 5 June 2025); citing Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

5. 1860 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, population schedule, Killingly, page 68 (penned), dwelling #539, family #557, Stephen H. Oatley household; imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/records/17601200 : accessed 5 June 2025); citing  1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.

 6.  "Connecticut men in the army and navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion," imaged, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/27180/images/dvm_LocHist011493-00351-0 : accessed 12 June 2025), "History of the Eighteenth Regiment C.V. Infantry," page 682 (image 695 of 1087), Stephen H. Oatley entry.

7. "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1650-1934," indexed, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), Killingly, Conn., Stephen H. Oatley death entry, 14 June 1863.

8. "Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials, 1650-1934" , Susan M. Wood Oatley entry.

9. Find A Grave, Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Conn., Susan M. Wood Oatley (1824-1890) memorial # 74567724.

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Stephen Hazard Oatley (1822-1863) is my 2nd great-granduncle and brother of my 2nd great-grandmother, Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864).  

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-.grandparents and a number of close relatives.  Information about her father, Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872) in 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 39: #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872).

The "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  

I add links to the 52 Ancestors and 52 Relatives sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies page, in my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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