The database of U.S. Civil War Soldier Records lists Stephen Stamper, enlisted as a private on 2 Dec 1862 at Irvine, Kentucky, in Company L, Kentucky 14th Calvary Regiment. Mustered in on 13 Feb 1863. Mustered out on 24 Mar 1864 at Camp Nelson, Ky.

The 1890 census of U.S. Union Civil War Veterans for Carter Co., Kentucky, page 2, top line, lists Elizabeth widow of Stephen M. Stamper, private in Co. L, 14 Kentucky Calvary. The enlistment and discharge date columns are blank.

On 24 July 1891, Elizabeth Stamper filed for a widow’s pension based on the service of Stephen M. Stamper as a private in Company L of the 14th Kentucky Calvary, giving his date of death as 5 April 1882.

Her death certificate records Elizabeth Stamper, age 68 years 6 months 5 days, born 27 Nov 1846 in Boonville, Ky, died 14 May 1915 in Court House precinct, Carter Co., Kentucky, widowed, father H. Murrell, mother’s maiden name do not know, both born in North Carolina, cause of death double lobar pneumonia, informant S. B. Stamper, Fontana, burial in Everman graveyard.

Her gravestone gives her birth date as 26 Nov 1847.

1870 census of Letcher Co., Ky, precinct 3, Whitesburg P.O., enumerated 19 July, lists on p. 6 as family #39:
Stamper, Stephen, 25, farmer; Elizabeth, 22; Mary, 5; Martha, 3; Benton, 2/12, born May. All born in Kentucky.

1880 census of Morgan Co., Ky, Blairs Mill precinct, enumerated in June, lists on p. 18 as family #153:
Stamper, Stephen, 36, farmer, b. Ky NC Ky; Eliza, 33, wife, b. Ky Tenn Tenn; Mary, 14, dau; Martha, 12, dau; S. B., 10, son; Minnie, 8, dau; Isaac, 5, son; Rosa, 3, dau; Stephen Jr., 2/12, b. Mar, son. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1910 census of Carter Co., Ky, Grayson precinct, enumerated 4 May, lists on p. 2A as family #23/24:
Stamper, Elizabeth, 62, widowed, own income. Greer, Charles, grandson, 24, single, farmer; Lucile, granddau, 18; Nora, granddau, 13. McDowell, Herbert, grandson, 7. All born Ky Ky Ky.