Stees, Henry
Born: 1807-XX-XX Pennsylvania
Died: 1868-07-18 Wabash County, Illinois
Flourished: Mount Carmel, Illinois
Henry Stees was a postmaster and public official. Little is known about his early life and education. He moved to Wabash County, Illinois, sometime before 1840. Stees was twice postmaster of Mount Carmel, from April 1849 to December 1853, and from June 1862 to February 1865. In 1860, he owned real property valued at $3,000 and had a personal estate of $1,000.
U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Wabash County, IL, 150; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL, 385; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls, Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28, 1845-1855, 18:192; 1855-1865, 20A:140, National Archives Building, Washington, DC; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1849 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1849), *482; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1851 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1851), 541*; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1853 (Washington, DC: Robert Armstrong, 1853), *511; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1855 (Washington, DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855), *339; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1863 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1864), 345; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1865 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1866), *67; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1867 (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1868), 378; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Mount Carmel, Wabash County, IL, 66; Gravestone, Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Carmel, IL.