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THE STEPHENS FAMILY
A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens
Written by Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, Los Angeles,
California, A. D. 1892
Printed, with a few additions, by Alonzo Smith Bower, Lima,
Ohio, A. D. 1910
JOSHUA STEPHENS, (6), the ancestor of this STEPHENS Family, was born,
according to the family tradition, in what is now the County of Berkes,
in the State of Pennsylvania, of Welsh parents, A. D. 1733. According to
the recollection of C. C. Stephens, (176) his grandfather, E. D.
Stephens, (16), son of this Joshua Stephens, (6), stated to him in an
interview at Hardin, Ohio, about 1860, that Joshua Stephens's father's
name was also Joshua Stephens, (3), which would make him the senior;
that Joshua Stephens, Senior, with two brothers, David, (5), and
Ebenezer, (4), came over from Wales. Of these three last named persons
nothing further is known at the present writing, than the foregoing
statement.
That there was a large Welsh immigration into the present territory of
Berkes County prior to 1733, the birth year of Joshua Stephens, Jr.,
(6), is a fact well corroborated by the (Stot.) history of Pennsylvania.
EXPLANATION
The principal abbreviations used in these pages are:
b. standing for born.
m. standing for married.
d. standing for died.
y. standing for young.
For convenience and distinction, as in all genealogical works, each name
is given a number separately. Without this it would be difficult to tell
which Joshua Stephens is meant, for there are many of that name, as also
others. The numbers are also valuable for tracing out any particular
pedigree; for instance, suppose that William Stephens, of Camp Verde,
should desire to know the full line of his paternal ancestry, he would
find his name on page (41) 56, where his number is given as 275: then
looking up the left-hand column of figures he will find No. 275 on page
(21) 27, where he will find the date of his birth, and that his father
is Samuel Stephens, No. 76; thence, running up the column to No. 76,
which he will find on page (11) 12, he will find that Samuel was the son
of Charles Stephens, No. 19; the latter figure is found on page (8) 8,
where Charles is shown to be the son of David Stephens, No. 10; the last
figure is to be found on page (7) 7, showing that David was the son of
Joshua Stephens, No. 6; he is the son of Joshua Stephens, No. 3. His
pedigree is:
Joshua Stephens, (3), father of
Joshua Stephens, (6), father of
David Stephens, (10), father of
Charles Stephens, (19), father of
Samuel Stephens, (76), father of
Williams Stephens, (275), father of
The name STEPHENS is of Greek derivation, and means a "crown". Just how
it came to be adopted by the ancester of this family is unknown. The
Welsh seldom used surnames at that period, one name usually sufficing;
the son taking his father's name with the Welsh suffix "AP," meaning
"son of"; thus STEPHENS AP EVANS, meaning Stephens the son of Evans,
while the latter would be Evans Ap somebody else. W. H. Stephens, (41),
son of the aforesaid E. D. Stephens, (16), once told the writer that the
old family name was STEPHENSHIP. In a conversation between the writer,
(182), and Rev. M. A. Jordan, a stepson of Col. John Stephens, (15), a
brother of E. D. Stephens, (16), Mr. Jordan said that, according to his
information, the original family name was STEPHENS O'BIVENS. Mr. Gilbert
Cope, an eminent genealogist, living at West Chester, Pennsylvania,
clears these discrepancies by stating that the name was STEPHENS AP
EVANS; that is, Stephens the son of Evans. It is thus easy to see how
easily one confused it into Stephenship, and the other into Stephens
O'Bivens. Accordingly, it must be true that Joshua Stephens, Senior,
(3), and perhaps his brothers, David, (5), and Ebenezer, (4), adopted
the permanent surname of Stephens. In fact, a family tradition is that
the emigrant ancester did adopt this name of Stephens. The father of
Joshua Stephens, Sr., (3), who, it is supposed, remained in Wales, may
have been named Stephens, (2), and his father's name may have been
Evans, (1); indeed, this theory is reasonable both from tradition and
the etymology as given in the foregoing. EVANS is a Welsh form of JOHN,
a Greek word of Hebrew derivation, meaning "the grace of God."
This tradition is further strengthened by another: that the immigrant
ancestors of the family, sometime after their arrival in Pennsylvania,
fell heir to their father's estate in Wales. In court they were required
to give additional evidence as to their identity by reason of their
having changed their names, before their shares of the estate were
distributed to them. Through these official channels should be found the
missing links, which will connect the American Lines with the Welsh, and
extend the genealogical tree across the Atlantic Ocean. By these means
only can the family seat, ancestry, arms and name be discovered, for the
item of the estate witnesses the fact that it was of no "common origin."
The indifference of the Welsh in the use of surnames is well shown by
the transcript of some documents of an estate of an old Stephens in
Pennsylvania, in the possession of the writer, wherein two brothers are
named, one "Evans Stephens" and the other "Stephens Evans."
Searches in the offices of the Register of Wills, and the old Probate
Courts of Pennsylvania, and the Doctors' Commons and the Herold's
College, of London, as well as of the files of old Pennsylvania
newspapers, and the archives of the various historical societies of
Pennsylvania should throw more light on the early history of these
immigrant ancesters, and possibly discover collateral branches which are
now seemingly hopelessly lost. Such searches require the expenditure of
more time and money than the writer now (1892) has, and if never done by
him, it is to be hoped that some family historian will come to the front
with the necessary abilities.
The family history, then, really begins thus:
FIRST GENERATION
1. EVANS AP ----, (1), a member of that ancient race, the Welsh, the
lineal descendants of that most ancient race, the Kelts, who inhabited
western Europe from time immemorial, lived in Wales, the territory
reserved for this branch of the Aryan family. He had a son:
SECOND GENERATION
2. STEPHENS AP EVANS, (2), who lived and died in Wales, and was the
owner of considerable estate. The liberal terms of Penn's grant in
America attracted the attention of his three sons:
THIRD GENERATION
3. JOSHUA AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (3), the immigrant ancestor of this
family.
4. EBENEZER AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (4).
5. DAVID AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (5).
Who left their native home in Wales, and embarking in a sailing vessel,
after a voyage of something like thirty days, landed at Philadelphia;
this sometime prior to the year 1733. The three brothers selected lands
in what is now Berkes County, which was not set off from Philadelphia
County until 1752. There are traces of them in Union Township, where a
David Stephens held land in 1728; he was probably (5), (This from a
letter I have from the secretary of the Pennsylvania Historical
Society). In 1752, a "David Stephens, Jr.," died in Britain Township,
Bucks County, not far from Union, who had a brother Samuel, and a
"Cousin John," (probably 7), which fits our history. (From documents in
my posession from Register of Wills, Philadelphia). His father, David
Stephens, Sr., was probably (5). Nothing would be more natural than that
David Stephens, (5), should have a son named for him, and that that son
should seek lands over in Bucks, and that the family name of John should
descend, as it has through many generations in our own lines, to his.
David's brother Joshua had a son John, (7). It was while the three
brothers, Joshua, Ebenezer and David, were living under the jurisdiction
of Philadelphia County, that they received their shares of the Welsh
estate. Hence, searches for this should be confined to records prior to
1752, the time Berkes was set off from Philadelphia.
FOURTH GENERATION
JOSHUA STEPHENS, Sr., (3), the name now being changed, lived in what is
now Berkes County, and probably in Union Township, near the David
Stephens above mentioned. His children were:
6. JOSHUA, born in 1733, the immediate ancester of the family, and
with whom the certain history of the family begins.
7. JOHN }
}
8. STEPHENS } Of these two brothers nothing is further known than
that from a family tradition they "went South", whatever that
means: "South" being an indefinite term from a standpoint in
Berkes County. John was a tory during the Revolution. The
existence of Stephens depends upon the testimony of Joshua
Bowen Stephens of Hardin, Ohio, in a conversation with me there
in 1886. To these three brothers Dr. John Wesley Stephens of
State Line, Indiana, added a sister, in a letter to me, (182):
9. HETTY "who married a rich man named Humphrey, had liveried
servants," etc. If so, they probably lived in Philadelphia.
JOSHUA STEPHENS, Jr., (6), was the founder of that particular line of
the family of which we have any definite knowledge. His father was
Joshua Stephens, (3), the immigrant ancestor, who settled in what is now
Berkes County, Pennsylvania.
Berkes was then a "howling wilderness" full of Indians and wild beasts.
It was here in 1733, that Joshua Stephens, Jr., was born. Neighbors were
like Angel's visits, "few and far between". In Amity Township on the
east lived Mordecai Lincoln, in A. D. 1725, the ancestor of the
illustrious President. In Exeter Township to the north-east lived George
Boone, in A. D. 1717, the ancestor of Daniel Boone, the celebrated
pioneer of Kentucky. Our family tradition is that the Stephens and the
Boones were intermarried, and it is known that the Boones and Lincolns
formed such alliances. (See Century Magazine for November, 1886). Joshua
became an expert in the use of the rifle. His early life was spent on
his father's farm and in hunting, in which he became very proficient and
for which he acquired considerable notoriety. Schools were scarce in
those days and his literary education was probably poor. No writings of
his are known to be in existence to-day. To his out-door life must be
attributed the cause of his longevity, extending to a period of ninety
years. He did not marry until he was 38 years of age. In 1771 he married
Priscilla Humphreys. The fact that she was a member of the Seventh-day
Baptist Church, who were then quite numerous in Chester County to the
South of Berkes, and that his son E. D. Stephens was born in Chester,
suggests that at an early date in his life Joshua left Berkes and
settled in Chester, which he did at any rate, and lived not far from
Valley Forge. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he identified
himself with the patriot cause, and, according to the statement of his
son, E. D. Stephens, was commissioned Captain of a Company of
sharpshooters. During the famine of the American army in the winter of
1777-8 at Valley Forge, he hauled corn to relieve their distress. On one
occasion he obtained a furlough to return home during harvest. With a
Quaker and his brother John he was in the orchard gathering apples. The
Quaker was up in the apple tree, picking fruit, and improved the
opportunity to expostulate with Joshua over the wickedness of war, and
arguing that Joshua should stay at home like his brother John, the tory.
In the midst of his argument the Quaker fell out of the tree, and
striking the ground violently, broke his neck, and was picked up dead.
This was regarded as an act of Divine Judgment in favor of the war, and
probably went far toward encouraging the despairing hearts of the
patriots about them.
A few years after the war he moved with his family to a place "near the
Warm Springs, Virginia," said E. D. Stephens. Whether this was the Warm
Springs in Bath County, is hard to determine. "And then in a few years"
said the same person, "to near LEXINGTON, (Carlisle) Kentucky." These
residences are indefinitely located. "The Warm Springs" may have been in
what is now KENAWHA County, West Virginia for there are such there, and
according to Mr. Jordan, above quoted, they lived "near a river, in the
vicinity of the residence of Daniel Boone," who lived in KENAWHA. (See
Hale's "Trans-Allegheny Pioneers"). It was while here, said Jordan, that
Boone was a frequent visitor to the place of Joshua, whom he invariably
greeted as "Cousin." Just what the relationship was is unknown, but it
undoubtedly existed. One evening Boone came to the Stephens' place,
weary, and said "Twenty-one less." They understood from this laconic
remark, that he referred to the number of Indians he had killed that
day.
Joshua was accompanied or followed to "near Lexington" by two of his
brothers-in-law, Joshua and Jonathan Humphreys. Here two of his sons
left to find homes for themselves--David Humphreys, (10), who settled in
Evansville, Indiana, and Silas, (14), who settled in Nashville, Tenn.
Katie, (12), a daughter died in Kentucky at a tender age.
It was while in Kentucky that he knocked a Dutchman down for insulting
his daughter Hannah, and dislocated his (Stephen's) thumb.
It must have been about 1798 when he decided to remove to near
Chillicothe, Ohio, for that year his son, E. D. Stephens was fourteen
years old, and was apprenticed to a tanner, which naturally was on his
mother's death. This occured while they were on the Pickaway Plains, in
Ohio. As they were travelling, the women of the party took off their
shoes to walk on the cool grass on account of the heat. His wife was
bitten by a copper-head snake, and shortly died, her body turning to the
color of the snake.
JOSHUA STEPHENS, (6), was over six feet high, kept his face shaven
smoothly, had blue eyes and dark hair, and was powerful physically, and
kept a straight figure of his body until his death.--Statement of Joshua
Stephens, (32).
JOSHUA STEPHENS, (6), a Revolutionary soldier and ancestor of the
Stephens family, was born in Union Township, Berkes County, Penn., in
1733. John Stephens, (15), his son, father of Nancy Stephens Mitchell,
was born in Chester County, Penn., Dec. 23, 1781. Union Township is
separated from Amity and from Exeter Township by the Schuylkill River.
In Exeter Township lived George Boone, A. D. 1717, ancestor of Daniel
Boone, who intermarried with the Stephens. And in Amity Township lived
Mordecai Lincoln, A. D. 1725, and probably also the Stephens. At an
early date in his life, Joshua Stephens left Berkes County and settled
in Chester County, not far from Valley Forge. His early life was spent
on his father's farm in hunting. He was an expert rifleman, and his
proficiency acquired for him considerable notoriety. In 1771, when he
was thirty-eight years of age, he married Priscilla Humphreys, who was a
Seventh-day Baptist. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War Joshua
Stephens, (6), identified himself with the patriot cause, and was
commissioned by General Washington as Captain of a Company of
Sharpshooters. During the famine of the American Army in the winter of
1777-8 at Valley Forge, he hauled corn from his farm to relieve their
distress. On one occasion he was granted a furlough to return home
during harvest.
A few years after the war he moved with his family to a place near Warm
Springs, Virginia. After another few years to Lexington, Kentucky. While
there, Daniel Boone was a frequent visitor and greeted him as "Cousin".
About 1798, he decided to remove to near Chillicothe, Ohio, lived in
either Ross County or Franklin County until about 1816, when he followed
his two sons, John, (15), and E. D., (16), to Shelby County, where he
lived with them on their farm near Hardin. His grand-children remember
his old Revolutionary Army great coat and his stories of Revolutionary
times. His love for the chase never forsook him. He attributes his
longevity to his outdoor life. He was over six feet in height, kept his
face smoothly shaved, had blue eyes and dark hair; was powerful
physically and kept an erect figure till his death. He lived to be
ninety years of age. He died in March, in 1823, on the farm of his son
John, (15), near Hardin and was buried in the old Hardin graveyard.
JOSHUA STEPHENS, (6), lived in either Ross County or Franklin County
until 1816, when he followed his two sons, John, (15), and E. D., (16),
to Shelby County, where he lived with them on their farms near Hardin.
His grand-children remember how the old gentlemen used to sit around the
fire-place while they teased him by slyly pouring corn into the huge
pockets of his old Revolutionary Army coat. Although over eighty years
of age, the love of the chase never died, and he often took his old
rifle and spectacles and sat by the old salt lick and waited for the
deer which never came. (So said Richard Cannon, of Hardin, to me in
1886, who knew him well, and also spoke of his Revolutionary services).
He died in March, 1823, on the farm of his son John, (15), near Hardin,
and was buried in the old Hardin graveyard. The grave was identified to
me in 1886, and marked by me then with a wooden head board. His children
were:
FIFTH GENERATION
10. DAVID HUMPHREYS, born in Penn., m. Eliza Wing, A. D. 1843.
11. SARAH, m. Chas. Vandever, d. 1846.
12. CATHERINE, died young in Kentucky.
13. HANNAH, b. May 2. 1776; m. Thomas McClish: d. Mar. 13, 1840.
14. SILAS
15. JOHN, b. Dec. 23, 1781; m. 2ts; d. Sept. 12, 1873.
16. EBENEZER DAVID, b. May 7, 1784; m. S. Groom; d. Sept. 20, 1868.
17. PRISCILLA, b. Nov. 30, 1786; m. 2ts; d. April 24, 1849.
DAVID HUMPHREYS STEPHENS, (10), a son of Joshua Stephens, (6), was born
in Pennsylvania; accompanied his parents to Lexington, Kentucky; settled
in Evansville, Indiana, of which city he was a pioneer; married Eliza
Wing, a native of North Carolina, by whom he had five children; she
dying, he married a second time (name of his wife not given); he had no
children by her; he was born about 1772, and died about 1843. Search
into early history of Evansville should throw considerable light on his
history, as he must have been quite a prominent citizen, one of his
sons, (20), marrying the only daughter of General Evans, the founder of
the city. He lived with Charles, (19), till his death. Was a Justice of
the Peace. His children were:
SIXTH GENERATION.
18. JOSHUA, m. Nancy Gibson.
19. CHARLES, m. Malinda Carr, of Kentucky.
20. SILAS, b. Feb. 24, 1801; m. Julienne Evans; d. Mar. 28, 1876.
21. ELIZA, m. ---- Vance; d. April 11, 1876 sine prole.
22. THOMAS DAVID, d. unm.; was in U. S. Army.
SARAH STEPHENS, (11), daughter of Joshua Stephens, (6), married Charles
Vandever, of the Vandever family of New Jersey, then living (about
1802), in Chillicothe, Ohio. They moved with the others of the Stephens
family to Shelby County about 1816, where she died about 1846, and was
buried in the old Hardin graveyard. Subject of a poem by B. A. C.
Stephens (182); she had four children:
23. MARY, m. John Wilson.
24. CATHERINE, b. Mar. 21, 1804; m. Josiah Gaskill; d. Nov. 3,
1845.
25. RACHEL, b. May 9, 1809; m. John Garnahan; d. Dec. 3, 1850.
26. JOSHUA, b. Sept. 9, 1812; m. Susanna Burton; d. ----.
HANNAH STEPHENS, (13), daughter of Joshua Stephens, (6), is described as
having been a very "beautiful woman" and was widely courted on that
account, her father having been compelled to chastise a Dutchman, who
became too familiar. She was born in Penn., May 2, 1776; accompanied her
parents to Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. She married Thomas McClish in
Ross County about 1803. About 1816, or perhaps a little earlier, they
moved to Shelby County, where he founded the town of Hardin, Oct. 5,
1816, naming it for the famous Kentucky general, (General Hardin was
killed near there) which was the first County Seat. He dedicated a
square to the county on the condition that it should be used solely for
the Court House, which it never was, and is still unused. At an early
date they moved over in Putnam County, then a dence wilderness, and
lived with no neighbors nearer than 40 miles amid Indians and wild
beasts. She died March 13, 1840. Her husband was born July 1, 1776, and
died of a nasal hemmorrage Dec. 26, 1826. They were buried near Dupont,
where their graves are yet to be seen. (I have a page of their family
record taken from their old family Bible). Their children were:
27. SILAS, b. Oct. 15, 1804; m. Nancy Mellinger; d. June 16, 1860.
28. ELIZA, b. Dec. 26, 1806; m. John Bush; d. Nov. 24, 1827.
29. JOHN JACKSON, b. March 5, 1808; d. unm., Oct. 25, 1841.
30. THOMAS, b. March 3, 1816; d. unm., April 3, 1846.
SILAS STEPHENS, (14), son of Joshua Stephens, (6), left his father's
home, "near Lexington, Kentucky," and settled near Nashville, Tenn.,
where he married and acquired considerable property in land and slaves;
these latter he freed just before the war (about 1859), and one of them
came to Shelby County, Ohio, which is the only information ever had from
Silas. He died sine prolos about 1865.
JOHN STEPHENS, (15), son of Joshua Stephens, (6), was born Dec. 23,
1781, in Penn., accompanied his parents to Ross County, Ohio; voted for
the adoption of the first constitution of that state November 29, 1802,
being just about of age; enlisted in the U. S. Army for the war of 1812;
was present at the surrender of General Hull, Sunday, August 16, 1812;
and witnessed the victory of Commodore Perry, September 10, 1813, from
the shores of Lake Erie. Rev. M. A. Jordon, his step-son said that John
entered the Army as an ensign, and rose to the rank of Colonel, and
after the war was high sheriff of Western Ohio. He was commissioned
Captain of the State Militia in 1822. (I have the original commission
issued by Governor E. A. Brown). About 1816, he moved to near St. Paris,
Champaign County, where he died on his farm September 12, 1873. He had
been a lay preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church. He was twice
married, first to Nancy Brown, (about 1810), by whom he had nine
children; he married secondly Mrs. ---- Jordan, by whom he had no
children. Nancy Brown Stephens was born Feb. 4, 1787. His children were:
31. ELIZABETH, d. unm., aged 18 years.
32. JOSHUA, b. Jan. 4, 1812; m. Nancy Creegan; d. Feb. 1, 1891.
33. DAVID HUMPHREYS, b. Nov. 8, 1813; d. Aug. 23, 1846; m. S. A.
Burton.
34. MARIA, d. 1848; m. John Blake.
35. RACHEL, d. young.
36. OLIVER PERRY, b. June 20, 1820; d. Nov. 6, 1873; m. 2 times.
37. SARAH, b. Aug. 4, 1822; m. Smith Wallace; d. June 3, 1868.
38. CATHERINE, b. Nov. 13, 1824; m. Robert Bower, died Dec. 6,
1905.
39. NANCY, b. March 22, 1827; m. T. T. Mitchell, died Jan. 8, 1909.
EBENEZER DAVID STEPHENS, (16), son of Joshua Stephens, (6), was born in
Chester County, Penn., May 7, 1784; accompanied his parents to Kentucky,
where, in 1798, (probably on the death of his mother), he was
apprenticed to a tanner at "Yellow Springs, Kentucky," but disliking his
master, ran away, and followed his father to Ross County, Ohio. He is
said to have burned the brick for the first house of that kind in
Chillicothe, and refused to take a piece of land in the proposed city of
Columbus, in payment for a kiln of brick; he served six weeks in the war
of 1812; in 1816, he settled on the S. E. 1/4 of section 18 Turtle Creek
Township, Shelby County, where he farmed till his death, on September
20, 1868. He married Jan. 11, 1811, Sarah Groome, daughter of Ezekiel
Groome and Rhoda (Brittain) Groome, formerly of Trenton, N. J.; she was
born May 23, 1792, and died Jan. 13, 1871; their children were:
40. HETTY, b. Oct. 28, 1811; m. John Lennox; d. May 30, 1860.
41. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, b. Feb. 25, 1813; m. 3ts.; d. Dec. 13, 1879.
42. JOSHUA M., b. Dec. 12, 1814; m. Minerva Metcalf; d. July 5,
1844.
43. EZEKIEL GROOME, b. Nov. 25, 1816; d. Aug. 20, 1820.
44. RHODA, b. Feb. 22, 1819; m. Wm. Hawkey; d. Nov. 13, 1852.
45. JOHN WESLEY, b. Feb. 22, 1819; m. Sarah Graham; d. May 18,
1881.
46. ELIZA, b. March 14, 1821; m. Wm. Hawkey; d. Sept. 29, 1887.
47. DAVID NELSON, b. Feb. 23, 1823; m. Elyda Stone.
48. BENJAMIN LAKIN, b. Oct. 17, 1824; d. July 16, 1828.
49. SARAH ANN, b. Feb. 11, 1827; m. W. B. Cannon; d. Dec. 22, 1855.
50. ALLEN EBENEZER, b. Dec. 30, 1829; d. unm., Nov. 5, 1888.
PRISCILLA STEPHENS, (17), daughter of Joshua Stephens, (6), was born in
Penn., November 30, 1786, and accompanied her parents to Ross County,
Ohio, where she married first Robert Donahue, by whom she had one child,
a boy, who died young; becoming a widow, she married secondly James
Moore (from Virginia), of Franklin County, Ohio, by whom she had
thirteen children. He was born August 7, 1787, and died April 11, 1847.
About 1831, they moved to near Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, and about
1841, they moved to Pulaski County, Indiana. She married James Moore
Nov. 10, 1810. She died April 24, 1849. Her children were:
51. ---- Donahue, died young.
By Moore.
52. LUCINDA, b. October 25, 1812; m. Jacob Marshall.
53. MINERVA, b. Dec. 8, 1813; m. Richard Francis.
54. HUGH SCOTT, b. March 17, 1815; m. 2 times.
55. DOUGLAS LEE, b. March 19, 1816; m. 3ts; d. April --, 1853.
56. HANNAH, b. July 6, 1817; m. Jacob Baker.
57. JAMES WELLS, b. Oct. 23, 1818; d. unm.
58. THOMAS McCLISH, b. June 25, 1820; m. Mary A. Mowdy; d. Dec. 4.
1862.
59. JEMIMA CARTER, b. Sept. 1, 1821; m. John B. Rockwell.
60. ANN URITTA, b. Nov. 3, 1822, m. T. S. Long; d. June 17, 1864.
61. EPHRAIM RILEY, b. Jan. 8, 1824; m. 2ts; d. July 8, 1864.
62. ALICE JANE, b. April 13, 1825; d. unm.
63. ELIZABETH MARGARET, b. Sept. 7, 1826; m. J. W. Williams; d. May
25, 1856.
64. ELLEN MARY, b. April 17, 1828; m. R. Richardson; d. 1853.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
JOSHUA WING STEPHENS, (18), son of David H. Stephens, (10), was a tanner
at Evansville, Indiana; married Nancy Gibson; lived in Evansville,
Indiana. He died in California, Oct. 9, 1849. He had seven children:
65. SILAS, m. Emma Walker.
66. MALINDA, m. Thomas Bethel; sine prole; residence Newburgh, Ind.
67. ANN ELIZA, b. Dec. 29, 1824; m. 2ts.
68. SARAH, m. Dr. W. Norton.
69. THOMAS, d. unm.
70. FRANCES, m. first George Jacquese; m. second ----.
71. JULIENNE, d. unm.
CHARLES A. STEPHENS, (19), son of David H. Stephens, (10), lived at
Evansville, Indiana; married in 1819, Malinda Carr, daughter of Samual
Carr, of Kentucky, and Mary Delaney, of Va., (one account says that
Malinda was born in North Carorlina, probably an error); their children
were:
72. JOHN, b. July 19, 1823; he went to California, fate unknown.
73. NANCY MARIA, b. Jan. 25, 1825; m. William Parvin.
74. SUSAN, b. Nov. 19, 1826; m. 2ts.
75. ELIZA, b. March 1, 1828; m. William Miller.
76. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 8, 1831; m. Jeanette Ray.
77. JULIA, b. Nov. 1, 1835; m. William Underwood.
78. JAMES EMORY, b. Nov. 28, 1837; m. Margaret Todd.
One account says that Charles Stephens was born in North Carolina, lived
from about 1823 to 1831, at Morganville, Ky.; then from about 1835 to
1837 at Belleville, Ky.; died near Evansville, Ind.
SILAS STEPHENS, (20), son of David H. Stephens, (10), lived in
Evansville, Ind.; born in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 24, 1801; married
Julienna Evans, the only daughter of General Evans, the founder of
Evansville (she was born April 14, 1811, and died March 15, 1845); they
had six children. (He died Feb. 26, 1876).
79. JANE EVANS, b. April 30, 1830; m. James Scantlin.
80. MARTHA STOCKWELL, b. Oct. 26, 1832; d. Sept. 29, 1833.
81. Infant son, b. and d. Dec. 6, 1833.
82. ROBERT MORGAN EVANS, b. Oct. 15, 1834; m. Mary Tribble.
83. JOSHUA WING, b. Oct. 29, ----, d. unm., Feb. 20, 1843.
84. HENRY CLAY, b. Sept. 21, 1842; m. Caroline Renschler; d. Feb.
5, 1884.
MARY VANDEVER, (23), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was
born about 1802, in Ross County, Ohio; married John Wilson, of Virginia,
about 1824; moved to Jefferson, Mo., about 1833; since which nothing
definite has been heard from them. It is known that she had five
children:
85. MATILDA.
86. HASSA HOPA.
87. ISAIAH.
88. JOSHUA.
89. ----.
CATHERINE VANDEVER, (24), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11),
was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 4, 1804; married Josiah Gaskill;
they ultimately settled in Putnam County, Ohio; he was born Jan. 27,
1802, and died May 29, 1870; she died Nov. 3, 1845, and was buried at
Bluffton, Ohio. She had six children:
90. SARAH, b. Sept. 7, 1829: d. Jan. 23, 1845, unm.
91. CALEB, b. Nov. 7, 1832; m. Julia Nelson.
92. JESSE T----, b. April 21, 1834; m. Isabella Nelson.
93. MINERVA, b. Feb. 19, 1837; d. unm. June 9, 1851.
94. JOSEPH C----, b. Oct. 16, 1839; m. Mary E. Hurley.
95. PHOEBE, b. Nov. 22, 1842; m. Wm. C. Cramer.
RACHEL VANDEVER, (25), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was
born in Ross County, Ohio, May 9, 1809; married John Carnahan at
Chillicothe, Jan. 4, 1830; died near Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1850;
John Carnahan was born Feb. 26, 1807; d. ----. She had seven
children:
96. ELIZABETH C., b. Dec. 5, 1830; d. Aug. 30, 1831.
97. MARY WILSON, b. July 11. 1832; m. Oscar Mott.
98. JOSHUA VANDEVER, b. Oct. 30, 1834; m. Sarah Ward Dec. 24,
1856; d. in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1857,
sine prole.
99. JENNIE, b. Dec. 4, 1836; m. E. M. Deuchar.
100. JOHN JACKSON, b. April 28, 1840; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1862.
101. WILL ALLEN, b. Aug. 29, 1842; was living at Eagle Pass, Texas.
102. CATHERINE STEPHENS, b. Mar. 28, 1846; d. July 21, 1865, unm.
JOSHUA VANDEVER, (26), son of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born
on Walnut Creek in Ross County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1812; married Susanna
Burton May 31, 1837; she died Dec. 10, 1856; he died at Gettysburg,
Darke County Ohio. ----; his eight children were:
103. ISAIAH WHITE, b. May 8, 1838; m. Lydia A. Martin.
104. SARAH ELLEN, b. Jan. 28, 1840; m. James B. Bell.
105. MARY CATHERINE, b. Jan. 18, 1842; m. J. O. Fuller.
106. MALISSA ALRIRLY, b. Oct. 16, 1844; d. 1847.
107. NANCY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 29, 1846; lives unm. in Elkhart, Ind.
108. BASIL BURTON, b. May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea (?).
109. SHADRACH BURTON, b. July 4, 1853; m. Lucy B. Collins.
110. REBECCA ANN, b. March 25, 1855; d. Oct. 16, 1856.
SILAS McCLISH, (27), son of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born in
Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1804; accompanied his parents to Putnam
County, of which he was the first judge, which position he held for over
twenty years, and "was quite wealthy"; was married by James Lenox, Esq.,
Jan. 2, 1823, to Nancy Mellinger, daughter of David Mellinger, of Shelby
County, Ohio; there were seven children:
111. LYDIA, b. Jan. 24, 1824; m. Daniel Ridenour.
112. THOMAS, b. Dec. 11, 1825; m. Susanna Curtis.
113. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1829; m. 3ts.; d. ----.
114. WILLIAM, b. April 24, 1823; m. Mary E. Wagoner.
115. HANNAH ELIZA, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Samuel Holt.
116. SARAH, b. Feb. 8, 1838; m. John Wilser.
117. DAVID, b. Aug. 29, 1841; d. Jan. 5. 1861, unm. falling off a
gunboat into the Missippi River.
SILAS McCLISH, married secondly Mrs. Sallie (Carter) Hopkins about 1854,
by whom he had no children. He died June 16, 1860.
ELIZA McCLISH, (28), daughter of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was
born Dec. 25, 1806; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio;
married John Bush in 1822; died Nov. 24, 1827; had two children:
118. ---- died young.
119. ---- died young.
JOSHUA BOWSEN STEPHENS, (32), son of John Stephens, (15), was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1812; accompanied his parents to Shelby
County, Ohio; taught school; settled on Section 21, Turtle Creek
Township, where he farmed till his death, Feb. 1 1891; married Nancy
Creegan, (she was born Dec. 20, 1820) daughter of James and Eleanor
Creegan, Feb. 16, 1843. (From him I obtained much valuable information
about family history.) Their children were:
120. SARAH CLEMENTINE, b. Feb. 21, 1844; d. Dec. 21, 1847.
121. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 5, 1845; is a gunsmith; lives in Sidney,
Ohio.
122. DAVID HUMPHREYS, b. Sept. 5, 1847, d. unm. Aug. 6, 1878.
123. MARY LOUISA, b. Oct. 22, 1849; m. Thomas Evans Oct. 10, 1876;
lives at Atlantic City, Iowa.
124. NANCY ELLEN, b. May 19, 1852.
125. CATHERINE THERESA, b. July 15, 1854.
126. OLIVER PERRY, b. Sept. 5, 1856; a school teacher.
127. MARIA ANTOINETTE, b. July 28, 1858; a school teacher.
128. FLORENCE JANE, b. April 20, 1865.
The children from 124 to 128, inclusive, live on the farm near
Sidney, Ohio.
DAVID HUMPHREY STEPHENS, (33), son of John Stephens, (15), was born Nov.
8, 1813, in Pickaway County, Ohio; was a preacher of the Methodist
Protestant Church, and President of the Indiana Conference at the time
of his death; he married Sytha Annesley Burton April 13, 1838: (she was
born Sept. 29, 1817, near Flemingsburg, Ky.); lives at St. Joseph, Mo.
He died August 23, 1846; their children were:
129. EMMA CLARISSA, b. June 23, 1842; m. A. D. Jewell.
130. JOHN OLIVER, b. Nov. 20, 1844; m. Sarah J. Dinkle.
131. MARTHA M----, b. May 13, 1847; m. Gad W. McCoy.
MARIA STEPHENS, (34), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born about
1815, in Ross County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Shelby County,
where she married John Blake in 1846; had only one child, a daughter,
who lived only a few months; both mother and child are buried in the
Presbyterian graveyard at Sidney, Ohio. Her child was:
132. ----.
OLIVER PERRY STEPHENS, (36), son of John Stephens, (15), was born June
20, 1820, near Sidney, Ohio, where he was raised on his father's farm;
became a preacher in the Methodist Protestant Church; married first June
11, 1846, Mary Ann Biddle, a daughter of William H. Biddle, of New
Jersey, a direct descendant of William Penn. She was a women of marked
literary ability, the author of several fine poems; was born Sept. 19,
1821, and died April 15, 1869; she bore him five children. He married
secondly Mary Catherine Hartsook, Nov. 2, 1871; she was the daughter of
Elijah Barnett Hartsook, and was born Dec. 3, 1836. She bore him one
child. He died at Sabina, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1873, and was buried by the
Masonic Lodge of that place. His widow, Mrs. Mary C. (Hartsook)
Stephens, lives eight miles southeast of Xenia, Ohio, her post-office
address. (His remains now repose in the Cemetery at Xenia, Ohio, where
also lives his widow, 1906.) His children are:
By Mary Ann Biddle:
133. DAVID STUBERT, b. May 12, 1847; m. Marietta L. Gibson.
134. EMMA CATHERINE, b. Dec. 6, 1848; m. Ira Underwood.
135. LOUISA FRANCES, b. May 16, 1851; m. J. A. Van Auken.
136. WILLIAM CHALMERS, b. May 29, 1857; m. Mary Anetta Underwood.
137. HERBERT TAYLOR, b. Sept. 10, 1864; m. Emma West Johnston.
By Mary C. Hartsook.:
138. ELIZABETH HARTSOOK, b. May 7, 1873; m. Charles Doods.
SARAH STEPHENS, (37), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in
Shelby County, Ohio, August 4, 1822; married Smith Wallace May 11, 1843;
they moved to Clark County, same state, where Wallace farmed; she died
June 3, 1868. Her children were:
139. ELLEN, b. April 9, 1844; m. J. T. Miller.
140. MELISSA, b. Feb. 2, 1846; d. unm., Jan. 20, 1861.
141. JOHN H----, b. Mar. 15, 1849; d. Sept. 4, 1861.
142. JENNIE, b. May 25, 1851; m. J. R. Thompson.
143. HUGH, b. Aug. 17, 1853; unm.
144. EMMA O----, b. Nov. 15. 1855; m. J. E. Lowry.
145. WILLIAM SMITH, b. Jan. 12, 1858; m. Mary E. Trumbo.
146. CHARLES BUCKINGHAM, b. April 26, 1860.
147. ELMER KENT, b. Nov. 28, 1862.
148. Infant died young.
CATHERINE STEPHENS, (38), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in
Shelby County, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1824; d. Jan. 29, 1905; married Robert
Bower of Lima, Ohio; died Dec. 6, 1905. Her children were:
149. COLUMBUS TAYLOR, b. Sept. 14, 1848; m. Lucy Swab.
150. JOHN STEPHENS, b. July 28, 1849; m. Mary Boysell.
151. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Aug. 25, 1852; d. Aug. 26, 1908.
152. ALANZO SMITH, b. Oct. 9, 1855; m. Clara Boyer.
153. ALVERO LINCOLN, b. Aug. 30, 1858.
154. ADOLPHUS LEE, b. July 25, 1861; m. Margaret McKenna.
155. FLORA MAY, b. May 17, 1864.
156. ZORA CATHERINE, b. Nov. 25, 1866.
NANCY STEPHENS, (39), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in
Shelby County, Ohio, March 22, 1827; died Jan. 8, 1909; married January
29, 1850, Thornton Talyor Mitchell; he was born Aug. 27, 1827; died Nov.
24, 1907; they lived in Lima, Ohio. Their children were:
157. FRANCES ROWENA, b. July 26, 1851; m. A. C. Baxter.
157-1/2 JOHN PORTER, b. Aug. 25, 1853; d. Dec. 17, 1853.
158. ELMER BOND, b. Oct. 25, 1854; m. Claude Ralston; she d. Dec.
14, 1905.
159. EMMA HERRIET, b. June 25, 1857; m. A. E. Dicker.
160. DORA FLORENCE, b. Oct. 25, 1860; m. S. K. Blair.
161. ERNEST TAYLOR, b. May 3, 1863; m. Belle Thatcher.
162. MARY ELOISE, b. Dec. 9, 1867; m. John A. Hesse; he d. Jan. 29,
1903.
163. THORNTON WILBERT, b. April 4, 1874.
HETTY STEPHENS, (40), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born in
Franklin County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1811; accompanied her parents to Shelby
County; married John Lenox, son of Richard Lenox, (he was born Oct. 8,
1809, and died Feb. 14, 1891); they lived on their farm just South of
Wapakoneta, Ohio, all their lives; she was the mother of ten children;
she died May 30, 1860; their children were:
164. ELIZABETH FLORENDA, b. Jan. 8, 1832; m. John Downey.
165. EBENEZER ALLEN, b. Nov. 21, 1883; d. unm. Jan. 4, 1863.
166. RICHARD HAMILTON, b. Jan. 30, 1836; m. 4 times.
167. HENRY CLAY, b. March 11, 1838; d. unm. May 20, 1863.
168. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 8, 1841; d. Jan. 3, 1847.
169. AMANDA MALVINA, b. Nov. 2, 1843.
170. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. May 10, 1846; m. Mrs. Rosella Howe.
171. JOHN MARION, b. May 25, 1850; m. Catherine Regan.
172. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. May 25, 1850; d. Aug. 6, 1850.
173. HETTY MALISSA, b. July 9, 1853; m. H. B. Bilter.
WILLIAM HUMPHREYS STEPHENS, (41), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born
Feb. 25, 1813, on Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio; was raised on his
father's farm near Hardin; learned the shoemakers trade in that place;
was there in partnership in that business with Calvin Lenox, and married
Sept. 13, 1835, his sister, Julian Crisup Lenox, daughter of Richard
Lenox, (she was born Oct. 10, 1812, and died Feb. 28, 1839); she bore
him two children; he married secondly, Jan. 13, 1840, Eleanor Cecil,
daughter of Jude William Wirt Cecil, of the Cecil family of Virginia;
(she was born Aug. 5, 1820, near Lockington, Shelby County, Ohio; died
June 12, 1866, at Portland, Oregon); he moved to Sidney, Ohio, and
engaged in the transportation business on the Miami Canal; moved to
Lockington, same County, and built a saw mill there in 1853; was a Whig
in politics and a Methodist in religion; in August, 1855, moved to
Grundy County, Missouri, and purchased a farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of
Trenton; in April, 1857, started overland for California with ox-teams;
was harrassed by Indians and Mormans on the way; arrived in California
in Oct.; first settled in Ione Valley; then moved to Suisun, Solano
County; in 1859, returned to Ione, but lost his farm there by reason of
a Pico grant, as he had by the Waterman grant in Solano County; in 1861,
moved to Santa Clara, California, where he followed the transportation
business till his death; married thirdly, Nov. 30, 1870, Harriet Judidah
Lusk, a native of Freehold County, N. Y., by whom he had no children;
was town trustee of Santa Clara, and a stockholder in the local bank and
street railroad; died Dec. 13, 1879, and was buried by the Odd Fellows,
of which organization he had been a member since 1840; he wrote a
history of the family, but the manuscript was lost. Children:
By Julian C. Lenox:
174. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 13, 1837; m. O. S. Frambes.
175. WILLIAM HAMILTON, b. Feb. 20, 1839; m. Georgia A. Harlow.
By Eleanor Cecil:
176. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, b. Dec. 29, 1840; m. 2ts; d. Sept. 7,
1894.
177. Infant died young.
178. ROSETTA, b. April 9, 1843; d. May 30, 1843.
179. Infant died young.
180. VIRGINIA PAULINE, b. April 28, 1845; m. D. H. Zumwalt.
181. BEVERLY WAUGH, b. Nov. 14, 1849; d. April 30, 1853.
182. BASCOM ASBURY, b. Mar. 5, 1855; m. M. M. Overshiner.
JOSHUA M. STEPHENS, (42), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born in
Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1814; was raised on his father's farm at
Hardin; is said to have assumed the "M" in his name for distinction;
settled on a Government claim near Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois,
where he died July 5, 1844, of a sore throat; he married Minerva
Metcalf, she was born October 25, 1815; died Dec. 25, 1876; Children:
183. SIDNEY, b. Nov. 8, 1842; m. Emma Lombard.
184. ELLEN MINERVA, b. Sept. 16, 1841, m. J. H. Baker.
RHODA STEPHENS, (44), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at
Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1819; twin with her brother, John
Wesley; married William Hawkey, July 30, 1846. He was born June 12,
1813, in Maryland and died Dec. 20, 1886, in Sidney, Ohio; she died Nov.
13, 1852. Children: 185. STANTON WESLEY, b. Oct. 3, 1848; m. Clara E.
Lenox. 186. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 9, 1850; m. J. D. Price.
JOHN WESLEY STEPHENS, (45), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), twin brother of
Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, (44), was born Feb. 22, 1819; at Hardin, Ohio;
was raised on his father's farm; became a portrait painter and a
physician; was surgeon of the 99th Ohio V. I. and 50th O. V. I., Third
Division, Army of the Cumberland, serving through the Rebellion; settled
at State Line City, Ind., where he died May 18, 1881; he married Feb.
17, 1842, Sarah Graham; she was born May 18, 1817, and yet lives at
Sidney, Ohio. She furnishes me with much valuable family history.
Children:
187. JAMES EBENEZER, born Nov. 26, 1842; m. Annia I. Lister.
188. SARAH ADELIA, b. July 30, 1844; d. unm. Aug. 27, 1869.
189. ELIZA JANE, b. Aug. 31, 1846; m. David Hoover.
190. ROBERT GRAHAM, b. Dec. 12, 1848; d. Mar. 28, 1853.
191. CAROLINE MARY, b. Oct. 12, 1850; m. E. E. Inlow.
ELIZA STEPHENS, (46), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Mar.
14, 1821, at Hardin, Ohio; married William Hawkey, the former husband of
her sister, Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, on Sept. 14, 1853, and died Sept. 29,
1887, at Sidney, Ohio. She had one child:
192. WINONA MAY, b. Aug. 7, 1862; resides in Flagstaff, Arizona,
married E. S. Gosney, a banker of that place; has -- children:
DAVID NELSON STEPHENS, (47), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at
Hardin, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm; has lived at Hardin,
Shelby County, Ohio, all his life, with the exception of a short time
spent in his early life in Illinois as a farmer; was born Feb. 23, 1823;
married Dec. 25, 1853, Elydia Stone; she was born May 28, 1837, and is
living at Hardin, Ohio. D. N. Stephens died ----. Children:
193. ALLANSON FOSTER, b. Nov. 23, 1854; m. Mrs. N. A. Princehouse.
194. SHAFFER FREMONT, b. June 14, 1857; m. Rhoda Stilos.
195. WILLIAM JOSHUA, b. Oct. 25, 1858; lives unm. at Flagstaff,
Arizona.
196. TAMSON PARMELIA, b. Oct. 8, 1860; m. M. E. Shaw.
197. MARGARET ELLEN, b. June 2, 1863; m. Lewis White.
198. NANCY ALICE, b. Dec. 17, 1866; m. J. W. Turnis.
199. WINNIE JENNIFRED, b. Dec. 2, 1872.
SARAH ANN STEPHENS, (49), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born
Feb. 11, 1827, near Hardin, Ohio; married William Broderick Cannon, son
of Richard Cannon (See page 10) (9) July 10, 1846. She died Dec. 22,
1855. He was born April 11, 1826, and lives at Allerton, Wayne County,
Iowa. She had four children:
200. MARY ELVIRY, b. Aug. 20, 1847; m. Nathan Swan.
201. RICHARD EBENEZER, b. March 21, 1849; m. Olive Dill.
202. SARAH TAMSON, b. Oct. 7, 1850; d. March 4, 1853.
203. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 26, 1853; d. Feb. 19, 1862.
LUCINDA MOORE, (52), daughter of Priscilla, (Stephens) Moore, (17), was
born Oct. 25, 1812; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married
Jacob Marshall, of Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Jealousy on the part of her
husband led to their separation; in 1836 she disappeared, saying that
she was going to live with the Quakers at Dayton, Ohio, since which time
she has never been heard from; she had one child:
204. ----, born and died the same day in 1833.
MINERVA MOORE, (53), daughter of P. S. Moore, (17), was born in Franklin
County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1813; accompanied her parents to Shelby County,
Ohio; married Richard Francis; had one child which died:
205. ANN, b. ----
HUGH SCOTT MOORE, (54), son of Priscilla Moore, (17), was born in
Franklin County, Ohio, Mar. 17, 1815; accompanied his parents to Shelby
County, Ohio; was a farmer; lived near Sidney, Ohio, until his death
March 22, 1872; married March 25, 1843, Anna Bryan (she was born May 25,
1819); by whom he had four children; she died ----; he married
secondly Eveline ----, who survived him. Mrs. Evaline Moore lives in
Piqua, Ohio. The four children by Ann Bryan were:
206. JAMES, b. March 27, 1844; d. July 22, 1864, unm.
207. MINERVA, b. Sept. 13, 1845; m. William Clawson.
208. SARAH, b. Oct. 1, 1847; m. C. P. Croy.
209. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. Jan, 27, 1847; m. Florence Mous.
DOUGLAS LEE MOORE, (55), son of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was
born in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio
and Indiana; was born March 9, 1816; with his two brothers Thomas
McClish and Ephrain Riley founded the town of Mooresburg in Pulaski
County, Indiana, in 1851, and built a flour mill which was burned in the
summer of 1853. He married first Nov. 16, 1840, Nancy Rockwell, sister
of John Baker Rockwell, by whom he had four children. His wife dying, he
married secondly, Jane Todd of Pleasant Grove, Fulton County, Indiana,
by whom he had no children. His second wife dying he married thirdly,
Martha Jane Borders, by whom he had one child. He died April --, 1853.
By Nancy Rockwell:
210. LORETTA R----, b. Jan. 12, 1843; married J. G. Martin.
211. Infant died young.
212. HANNAH, d. 2 years old.
213. RICHARD EPHRAIM, b. ----, 1844; d. Dec. --, 1854.
By Martha Jane Borders:
214. FRANCES JEMIMA, b. Oct. --, 1852; d. Sept. 1, 1854.
HANNAH MOORE, (56), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17) was
born July 16, 1817, in Franklin County, Ohio.; married about 1835, Jacob
Baker, of Port Jefferson, Shelby County, Ohio, to whom she bore six
daughters; she died Oct. 25, 1852. Jacob Baker was born in Sidney, Ohio,
March 1, 1813 and is living at Nebo, Cass County, Indiana. Children:
215. MARIA JANE, b. Aug. 26, 1837; d. ----, 1841.
216. Infant died young.
217. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 30, 1842; m. 2ts.
218. Infant died young.
219. PRISCILLA MARGARET, b. Aug. 6, 1847; m. Jacob Miller.
220. LAURA ANN, b. Oct. 4, 1652; m. John Clark.
THOMAS McCLISH MOORE, (58), son of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was
born June 25, 1820, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to
Western Ohio and Indiana; with his two brothers E. R. and D. L. founded
the town of Mooresburg, in Pulaski County, Ind. He married Oct. 16,
1845, Mary A. Mowdy, at Logansport, Indiana, by whom he had seven
children. She was born June 25, 1856, and died Dec. 10, 1885. He died
Dec. 4, 1862. Children:
221. CLARA ANN, b. Oct. 19, 1846; m. A. C. Ward.
222. JAMES IRA, b. Dec. 8, 1848; lives unmarried at Mooreburg.
223. EMMA IRENE, b. Sept. 21, 1850; m. P. P. Dukes.
224. THOMAS DUDLEY, b. Jan. 19, 1852; m. Ellen McCoy.
225. ELIZABETH ALICE, b. Feb. 8, 1856.; d. Dec. 21, 1856.
226. CHARLES EPHRIAM, b. Jan. 7, 1858; m. Ida M. Loy.
227. HARRIET ELSIE, b. Nov. 18, 1861; m. John Cokain.
JEMIMA CARTER MOORE, (59), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17),
was born Sept. 21, 1821, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied her
parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married Nov. 16, 1840, John Baker
Rockwell, brother of Nancy Rockwell, (wife of D. L. Moore, (55)); he was
born May 25, 1821; served in the U. S. Army in the War of the Rebellion;
was killed by a stroke of lightning Sept. 18, 1884; she still lives in
Homer, Dakota County, Nebraska. Children:
228. ANNA, b. June 15, 1843; d. June 25, 1843.
229. MARY JANE, b. May 16, 1845; m. J. D. Walker.
230. HANNAH, b. Feb. 8, 1848; d. unm., June 13, 1864.
231. RICHARD DOUGLAS, b. Jan. 21, 1850; m. Susannah Myres.
232. STEPHEN MILLS, b. Jan. 7, 1853; m. Sylvia E. Snyder.
233. MARTHA, b. Oct. 6, 1855; d. Jan. 9, 1863.
234. JEFFERSON, b. May 7, 1858; m. Nancy A. Biggs
235. ROSA ANN, b. Dec. 27, 1860; m. Albert Peterson.
236. MARGARET ALICE, b. Dec. 6, 1863; m. William J. Walter.
ANN URITTA MOORE, (60), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17),
was born Nov. 3, 1822, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied her parents
to Western Ohio and Indiana; married June 16, 1844, Thomas Shepherd
Long. He was born Sept. 17, 1819, and died Sept. 23, 1872; she died June
17, 1864. Children:
237. WILLIAM, ----, b. Feb. 20, 1846; d. Oct. 2, 1848.
238. MARY BELLE, b. March 4, 1849; m. Henry E. Welsh.
239. ELIZABETH, I, b. ---- (MARGARET), b. Mar. 2, 1852; d. Feb.
26, 1859.
240. HARRIET E---- A----, b. June 15, 1854; d. July 29, 1859.
241. EPHRIAM T----, b. June 29, 1857, d. Sept. 3, 1857.
242. ANN R----, b. and d. Jan. 20, 1859.