The Stephens Family Part 10

347. GEORGE H----, b. Aug. 20, 1851; lives in Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio.

THOMAS McCLISH, (112), son of Silas McClish, (27), was born Dec. 11, 1825; married April 1, 1852, Susannah Curtis, who bore him one child only. He died Jan. 11, 1854. Child:

348. DAVID, who died aged 19 years.

JOHN McCLISH, (113), son of Silas McClish, (27) was born Jan. 27, 1829; married first, Aug. 3, 1854, Hannah Jeffrey, by whom he had four children. His wife dying, he married secondly, April 2, 1860, Harriet Dash, by whom he had four children. His wife dying, he married thirdly, Jan. 29, 1874, Elizabeth Hitchc.o.c.k, by whom he had no children. He died ----, 1879. He was a member of Co. H. 66th O. V. I. His widow lives on the estate near Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

By Hannah Jeffreys:

349. NANCY, b. Dec. 13, 1850; m. ---- Pitcher.

350. WINNIE, b. July 2, 1856; m. Evan Dalton.

351. GILBERT, b. Nov. 28, 1857; m. Flora E. Miller.

352. GEORGE, b. April 9, ----; d. July 29, 1859.

By Harriet Dash.

353. FRANK, b. Jan. 22, 1861; d. April 29, 1874.

354. AMBROSE, b. Sept. 5, 1862.

355. MARY, b. May 19, 1868.

356. ALICE, died young.

WILLIAM McCLISH, (114), son of Silas McClish, (27), was born April 24, 1833; in 1854 went to California gold mines where he lost an eye by a premature explosion of gunpowder in blasting in a mine; returned to Putnam County, Ohio, married Mary Ellen Wagoner, by whom he had four children; died about 1871. Children:

357. JOHN, b. about 1868.

359. ----.

360. ----.

HANNAH ELIZA McCLISH, (115), daughter of Silas McClish, (27), was born in Putnam County, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1837; married July 15, 1854, Samuel Holt; he was born March 31, 1828. She has borne him four children. They farm at Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

361. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 15, 1856; d. Nov. 28, 1856.

362. JOHN WESLEY, b. July 26, 1859; m. Lydia Wolet.

363. IRA RINALDO, b. Aug. 14, 1862.

364. DAVID POOL, b. April 6, 1865.

SARAH McCLISH, (116), daughter of Silas McClish, (27), was born Feb. 8, 1838; married John Wilser; he was born Dec. 29, 1839; she had four children; she is dead. (All efforts to open communication with the children for several years have been failures.) John Wilser was living in 1888 at Merice City, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

365. MARY.

366. MATILDA, m. ---- Coombs; said to live at Evansville, Putnam County, Ohio, now Drusilla P. O.

367. WILLIAM.

368. GEORGE.

EMMA CLARISSA STEPHENS, (129), daughter of D. H. Stephens, (33), was born June 23, 1842; married July 22, 1860, Aden Dudley Jewell; he was born Nov. 28, 1838; to him she had borne seven children. All the family are musicians, and have an entire string band. They live at Worthington, Indiana, Children:

369. MARTHA ELLEN, b. June 1, 1862.

370. JAMES DAVID, b. April 8, 1864.

371. JOHN OLIVER, b. Nov. 7, 1866.

372. WILLIAM, b. May 25, 1869.

373. MINERVA BELLE, b Aug. 3, 1872.

374. FREDERICK ALTON, b. May 28, 1874.

375. MARY ETTA, b. April 20, 1878.

JOHN OLIVER STEPHENS, (130), was born Nov. 30, 1844; served in the U. S.

Army in the War of the Rebellion. Married Sarah J. d.i.n.kle; sine prole; is a successful business man; lives at St. Joseph, Missouri.

MARTHA M---- STEPHENS, (131), daughter of D. H. Stephens, (33), was born May 13, 1847; married March 8, 1864, Cad W. McCoy, to whom she has borne eight children; lives at Mound City, Holt County, Missouri.

Children:

376. EDWARD SEBERRY, b. June 5, 1865; m. S. E. Shultz.

377. CHARLES OLIVER, b. May 21, 1870.

378. JEANETTE ANNESLEY, b. Oct. 21, 1872.

379. MARTHA ELNORA, b. Jan. 15, 1876.

380. GRACE EDELL, b. Dec. 10, 1878.

381. BLANCHE EMILY, b. Jan. 23, 1881.

382. MINERVA TOIS, b. Sept. 7, 1884.

383. JOHN STEPHENS, b. June 6, 1887.

DAVID STUBERT STEPHENS, (133), son of O. P. Stephens, (36), was born May 12, 1847; graduate of Edinburgh University, Scotland; ex-president of Adrian College, Michigan; preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church; editor of the "Methodist Recorder," Pittsburg, Pa., where he resides; married Marrietta Louisa Gibson, Oct. 7, 1874; she was born Oct. 10, 1850.

(ADDENDA, 1907. He is also a graduate of Wittenburg College, Springfield, Ohio, and Adrian College, Michigan. Moved from Pittsburg, Pa., to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1894, to accept the Chancellors.h.i.+p of the Kansas City University, which position he now holds. Was permanent chairman of the Tri-Church Conference, composed of delegates from the Congregational, United Brethren and Methodist Protestant churches, held at Dayton, Ohio, in February, 1906, to consider the question of Church Union.) Children:

384. THOMAS CALDERWOOD, b. March 9, 1876.