Stephen Reddick, Company K

Two men with the same name served in this regiment — one served in Company G; the other in Company K. Both settled in Portsmouth when their service ended. The “Company K” soldier was born in Nansemond County, Virginia. He married Mary Frances Perry about 1864 in Newport News; he married Emma Jane Foreman in 1912 in Berkley.

 

Invalid — 654,491 / 1,064,491
Widow — 151,860 / —— , Emma J. Reddick
C — 2,530,723

 

General Affidavit, Stephen Reddick, 7 August 1890
55 years old; post-office address, Berkley, Va … “I am afflicted in the eyes & pain the back by being thrown from a horse on drill at Fortress Monroe, Va. in year 1864 March 1st”

 

Continuance Affidavit, Nelson Tynes, 13 November 1890
51 years old; post-office address, Berkley, Va. … “has been well and personally acquainted [with the claimant] since 1866 until the present, during which time affiant has lived within one mile of claimant and seen and conversed with him as often as 3 times per week … has observed that the claimant has been suffering from misery in the back & eyes and has frequently noticed the following symptoms of the same. That the pains of the back are so severe at times as to prevent him from all kinds of work and that he complains of great weakness of the eyes … these disabilities have disqualified the claimant for manual labor to the extent of one half”

 

Medical Affidavit, W.W. Coggin, M.D., 11 April 1893
has been practicing medicine for 32 years; post-office address, Norfolk, Va.
“I certify that I have treated Stephen Reddick for ten years … he is not able to perform manual labor more than one-fourth of his time.”

 

Claimant’s Affidavit, Stephen Reddick, 9 December 1899
“The reason I cannot furnish the evidence of the Surgeons of my residence and who treated me in service. I do not know their post-office address, or whether they were living or dead; their names were Drs. Manning & Gray.”

 

Questionnaire (Form 3-374), Stephen Reddick, 29 June 1903
[birthplace] Nansemond Co., Va.
[enlisted at] Norfolk, Va.
[residence before enlistment] Suffolk & Portsmouth, Va.
[occupation] laborer
[enslaved, former owners] Yes, Burr Reddick & Willis S. Reddick
[discharged] City Point, Va.
[residences after discharge] Portsmouth, Va. 1866; South Mills, 1867-1870; Berkley, 1870-1900.
[occupation] laborer
[present residence] 100 First St., Berkley, Va.

 

Questionnaire, Stephen Reddick, 29 June 1903
[married] wife dead, Mary Frances Reddick nee Perry 
[when, where, by whom] about 1864 at Newport News, Va., no license, no ceremony
[record] no
[previous marriage] no
[living children] no

 

Declaration for Pension, Stephen Reddick, 18 May 1912
73 years old; residence, Norfolk Co., Va. …. born 1828 at Nansemond County, Virginia

 

Marriage License, Stephen Reddick & Emma Jane Foreman, 15 October 1912
License issued in Norfolk County, Va. Marriage took place 17 October 1912. Husband was 65 years old; wife was 52 years old. Both were widowed. Husband was born in Nansemond Co., Va.; wife was born in Norfolk Co., Va. Both resided in Norfolk Co., Va. Husband’s parents were Stephen Miltier and Sophia Jones. Wife’s parents were March & Eliza Etheredge. Husband’s occupation was laborer. Officiated by Jesse Jones in Berkley.

 

Marriage Certificate, Stephen Reddick & Emma Foreman, 17 October 1912
“This certifies that Stephen Reddick and Emma Foreman were united by me in the Holy Bond of Matrimony at my home in Berkley Ward, Norfolk, Va. on the 17 day of October in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and 12, Conformably with the Ordinance of God and the Laws of the State, In the presence of Mrs. Ophelia Jones, Witness [Mrs. Ophelia Jones], Rev. Jesse T. Jones, Pastor

 

Deposition, Stephen Reddick, 10 April 1913
84 years old; occupation, light work; residence, Campostella, near Berkley; post-office address, Berkley Station, Norfolk, Va.
“I don’t know where my discharge certificate is. I used to sign my vouchers in the office of Hubbard & Hubbard. I got my last two checks without signing my vouchers and had them cashed in Mr. Martin’s bank in Berkley. I signed them by “X” mark and the bank man witnessed it, don’t know their names.”

 

Questionnaire (3-380), Stephen Reddick, 15 September 1915
[birthdate/birthplace] Nancymon [sic] County, Va., date not known
[organization] Co. K, 1st USCC, J.L. Whiteman, Captain
[post-office at enlistement] Portsmouth, Va.
[wife’s name] Emma Jane Reddick; maiden name
[when, where, by whom] Oct 17, 1912 in Berkley by Rev. Jessie Jones
[official record] no, was married at the home of Rev. Jessie Jones
[previously married] Mary Francies Perry was the maiden name of my first wife. Was married in 1862, exact date is lost. She died in Berkley in 1895, day not known. No other marriage.
[present wife’s previous marriage] Alexander Foreman in the month of September 1885, exact day not known. He died Nov 29th 1907. He served in First US Colored Cavalry, Company E under Captain Emerson. First marriage to Solomon Brock in month of March 1877, day not known.
[living with wife] Yes, I am now living with my wife, no separation.
[names, dates of birth, all children, living or dead] William Bell Reddick, born 1877 in the month of March, exact date not known. He was my only child and he is dead.
My colonel was Jef Gorodd”

 

Sworn Statement, Nettie Norfleet & Rebekah Mitchell, 15 May 1920
[Norfleet] 55 years old; residence, 44 St. James St., Norfolk, Va.
[Mitchell] about 56 years old; residence, 123 Henry St., South Norfolk, Va.
“That they knew Stephen Reddick 30 years and about the same she knew herself, respectively, as Stephen was married to her sister from her early recollection; that Mary Frances Reddick, the first wife died Octr 31st — 27 years ago last October, that she Nettie Norfleet was standing by her when Mary Frances Reddick died and that she Rebekah Mitchell saw her shortly after her sister Mary Frances Reddick died that Stephen Reddick never married again until he married Emma Foreman about and that Emma Reddick has not married since the death of Stephen Reddick.”

 

General Affidavit, Irene Reed & Sam Clanton, 17 August 1920
[Reed] 36 years old; residence, Campostella, Norfolk Co., Va.
[Clanton] 45 years old; residence, 713 Cray St., Norfolk, Va.
“That they are well and personally acquainted with the claimant, Emma Jane Reddick, they also knew the soldier, Stephen Reddick, they know that they were married in 1912, and from seeing them frequently after their marriage they know that they lived together as husband and wife without separation or divorce from the date of their marriage and as long as they lived in Berkeley, Virginia. They moved from Berkeley, Virginia to Saint Brides, Virginia in the year (September) 1918.”

 

General Affidavit, A.M. Burfoot, 19 August 1920
35 years old; residence, Fentress, Norfolk Co., Va. … “He is the physician who attended the soldier, Stephen Reddick, in his last illness and known that he died on the 12. day of January 1920 as shown by his records.”

 

General Affidavit, J. Polk Randolph & Grant Brown, 21 August 1920
[Randolph] 63 years old; residence, Saint Brides Parish, Norfolk Co., Va.
[Brown] 44 years old; residence, Saint Brides Parish, Norfolk Co., Va.
“That they are all well and personally acquainted with the claimant, Emma J. Reddick, they also knew the soldier, Stephen Reddick; they saw them frequently after they came to St. Brides, Va. about the year 1918 and know that they live together as husband and wife, without separation or divorce from the mentioned date and until the soldier died in the year 1920.”