Living with widowed mother and working as a machinist in 1880.[1]Notice of death published 10 Nov and 17 Nov 1889 in Louisiana newspapers (Daily Picayune), with death date 9 Nov 1889.[2]Memorial headstone transcription errantly states death year as 1891.[3]
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87X-SQW : 12 April 2016), Stephen Heap in household of Joseph R Heap, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 75, family 743, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,024.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDXH-6G9 : 15 August 2017), Steven A Heap in household of Margaret Heap, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 89, sheet 401B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0464; FHL microfilm 1,254,464.
Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index http://nopl.minisisinc.com/nopl/scripts/mwimain.dll/246/1/14/246959?RECORD&DATABASE=OBIT_VERIFY
FindaGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89820355
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