The Stephens Family Part 4

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. d.i.n.kle.

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 WAs.h.i.+NGTON, 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 Mitch.e.l.l; 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. d.i.c.ker.

160. DORA FLORENCE, b. Oct. 25, 1860; m. S. K. Blair.