'This house, constructed in 1786 by Nicholas Carpenter, was located on West Milford Road where Madison Mines Greenhouse was and the present Solo Gas Station is, in Stealey Heights. The marker with date is on chimney. After Carpenter's death at the hands of Indians near Salem in 1792, successive owners were Nicholas Carpenter, Jr., Adam Hickman, Benjamin Wilson, Jr., Henry Flesher, Jacob Stealey, and the latter's son, Edmund Kerns Stealey. Edmund K., with his wife, Mary Steel, lived here 1841-43. John E. was one son of Edmund K. The house was demolished in 1896. Pictured: Pointing at marker on chimney, McCulloch Temple (brother of Mary Temple Stealey, native of Danville, Kentucky and wife of John E.); Joseph T. Hall, (cousin of Mary T.S.); Lyda Stealey (brother of John E.); Helen Hall (wife of Joseph Hall) (foregoing in two upper story windows from left to right); Lum and Ellen Brown (Granny), former Stealey slaves; Ellen, granddaughter of 'Granny'; Ethel, daughter of John E.; Pearl, daughter of Lydia; Pearl's mother, Emma Baltzley Stealey who is holding her son, Harry Edmund Stealey; Leila; in front of her, Elizabeth, Joseph Edmund, Ray (children of John E. and Mary T.); Mary Temple Stealey, holding daughter, Eunice; Aleck Rebrucks; John Edmund Stealey (holding hat); Joseph Thompson (holding cow); Bob, brother of Ellen, on horse called Ben Butler; Charles Stealey, son of John E. and Mary T. (holding horse); and sitting on ground are Stell and Julie, Ellen's sister. Date of Photograph: ca. 1885. This year is an estimate, based on the years of birth of Mary T. and John E. Stealey's 13 children and their appearance in the photograph and their construction of a new house two blocks up Milford Road in the late 1880's. John Edmund Stealey, III May 1984.'
