Person:Isaac Stem (4)

Texas State Historical Marker

(1819-1893) Tennessee native Isaac Phillip Stem enlisted in the Western Frontier Service in that state in 1836. In October 1836 he moved to Texas and joined the Republic of Texas army at Houston. Continuing to serve in the military, Stem was a participant in the Battle of Plum Creek on August 1, 1840, in present Caldwell County. The battle was fought between Texas soldiers and Comanche Indians, who had raided the coastal towns of Linnville and Victoria. Stem served in the Somervell Campaign of 1841 and was a member of a company of mounted volunteers during the Mexican War. After his discharge from the Texas troops in 1846, Stem joined the United States Infantry at Corpus Christi and continued in the war with Mexico. Discharged at Monterrey due to illness, he later returned to Tennessee and joined the Tennessee Volunteers at Memphis. He later transferred into the U. S. Infantry once again. Isaac P. Stem and his wife, Lucy Ann Weaks, were the parents of eight children. The family moved to Robertson County in 1869 and Stem became a farmer and rancher. He died in 1893 and was buried here beside his wife. Marker # 10949

News clipping, a copy of which was sent to me by Joyce Maniord. No date or heading.

Mr. Stem, who was omitted from our published list of members last week reported at the LEADED office on Saturday. He came to town on the evening of the 20th and called at the Globe Hotel, paid his dues and got a badge. He was in the battle of Plumb Creek and the Wall campaign, in Captain Ward's company, served in Captain John Harry's company of 1st regimant of permanent volunteers that occupied Texas as a Republic until the annexation of Texas to the United States in 1845. He acted as a guide in Captain JT Price's company and served at the battle of Palo Alto under General Z. Taylor 8 months, served 12 months under Winfield Scott, and was at the capture of the City of Mexico.