Individual Details

From FindAGrave: "Erasmus Stirman was born when his parents were moving from Palmyra, MO to Fayetteville, AR. It was the day they crossed the Arkansas line that he was born in camp that night."

1850 Census, Marion Co MO, Liberty Twp, p.580
Rebecca Fry, age 56, b. KY [born 1794] Kellar age 27, b. KY [1823]
Erasmus J. Stirman age 11, b. AR Wm. F. Stirman age 8 and Sarah R. Stirman age 7, b. MO
Leander Privit age 14, b. MO

1860 Census. Fayetteville, Washington, AR, Hh 35, boarding with the family of William Francis, Merchant: Erasmus Stiman, 21, Clerk, b. AR

From the Stirman family history: "he was a Colonel in the Civil War and a lawyer after the war. He sent school ...Kentucky University and graduated from the law college in 1869. He moved to Colorado around 1879 due to his health and practiced law. His grandfather, William Sturman, was a gospel preacher. He married Marium Gist at New Castle, KY"

1880 Census. Denver, Arapahoe Co, CO, Hh 6
E. I. Stirman, 40, Lawyer, b. AR
M. G., 31, wife, b. KY
Mary P., 9, dau, has Diptheria, b. AR as were all the children
Gertrude, 7, dau, has Diptheria
Nellie R., 5, dau, has Mumps
Wm J. G., 3, son, has Mumps

1900 Census. Denver, Arapahoe Co, CO, Hh 163
1826 Lincoln Ave
Erasmus I Stirman, b. Apr 1839, 61, married at age 29, b. AR, Lawyer
Marium G., wife, b. Jun 1848, age 61 (she was younger!), 10 children - 5 are living, b. KY
(apparently listed married children....)
Mary P., dau, b. Apr 1862 (sic - 1872), 28, b. AR
Will G., son, b. Jan 1877, 23, b. AR, Shipping Clerk
Marium G., dau, b. Sep (1880), 19, b. CO
Helen D., dau, b. Jun 1884, 15, b. CO, at school

1910 Census. Denver Ward 9, Denver, CO, Hh 289
Erasmus Sturman, 70, married once for 40 years, b. Kansas, Lawyer
Marian G., wife, 61, 10 children - 5 are living, b. KY
Mary Metcalf, Lodger, 39, married 7 years, 2 children, b. AR
Gertrude Osborn, Lodger, 37, married 10 years, 1 child, b. AR
W. G. Sturman, son, 33, married 3 years, b. AR, Bookkepper
Marian F Sturman, dau, 28, b. CO

Married Marium Gist (1848-1926)

Buried Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.

Birth	11 Apr 1839	Benton County, Arkansas
Death	4 Jan 1914	Denver, Denver County, Colorado

Father	Alfred Addison Stirman (1816 - 1844)
Mother	Pauline Fry (1818 - 1846)
Sibling	William Fry Stirman (1841 - 1924)
Sibling	Sarah Rebecca Stirman (1843 - 1912)