611. MARTHA ANN, b. Feb. 24, 1881.
612. DANIEL, b. July 13, 1883.
MATILDA WILSER, (366), daughter of Sarah (McClish) Wilser, (116), was married to Mr. Coombs; said to live at Evansville, now Drusilla, Putnam County, Ohio.
NOTE:—Has not responded to many letters of inquiry.
EDWARD SEBERRY McCOY, (376), son of Martha M. (Stephens) McCoy, (131), was born June 5, 1865; married April 10, 1887, S. E. Shultz; she was born Jan. 7, 1869. Residence, Mound City, Holt County, Missouri.
HETTIE ALLSETTA DOWNEY, (419), daughter of Elizabeth Florenda (Lenox) Downey, (164), was born July 4, 1858; married Nov. 28, 1878, Martin Wilson; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Child:
613. GUY LENOX, b. July 17, 1880.
MARY DOWNEY, (420), daughter of E. F. (Lenox) Downey, (164), was born April 12, 1860; married Nov. 1, 1881, George Clarke Jordan; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Children:
614. FLORENCE ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 13, 1882.
615. JOHN CLARKE, b. Nov. 3, 1883.
616. NANCY HELEN, b. March 13, 1885.
HETTIE ELIZABETH MILLER, (424), daughter of A. M. (Lenox) Miller, (169), and W. G. Miller, was born near Wapakoneta, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1865; married April 29, 1886, Justus Augustus Rhule; live at Celina, Liberty Box, Mercer County, Ohio. Child:
617. GEORGE WILLIAM, b. April 15, 1887.
EDWARD CECIL STEPHENS, (444), son of C. C. Stephens, (175), was born in San Jose, California, Jan. 30, 1870; married Esther Eve Benjamine; she was born in Towoomba, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 1868. Residence, Oakland, California. Children:
618. VIVIENNE GERTRUDE, b. April 9, 1881.
619. BEATRICE EVE, b. ——.
620. EDNA CATHERINE, b. Aug. 13, 1897.
621. ——, a boy, born June 29, 1906.
FRANCES BAKER, (457), daughter of Ellen Minerva (Stephens) Baker, (163), was born Aug. 24, 1865; married Nov. 18, 1883, William Hartwell; live in Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin. Child:
622. ——.
JOSEPHINE McCLAIN, (509), daughter of Susan (Baker) McClain, (217), was born Dec. 12, 1862; married Oct. 12, 1889, Dr. C. W. Courtwright; live in Kansas City, Mo. Child:
623. BESS, b. Nov. —, 1890.
EDWARD McCLAIN, (510), son of Susan (Baker) McClain, (217), was born May 15, 1865; married June 17, 1890, Nettie Walker. Residence, Kansas City, Mo.
MARY XARISSA WARD, (520), daughter of Clare Ann Moore, (221), was born March 8, 1868; married Aug, 17, 1886. Oliver Fernandus McCoy; he was born May 19, 1861; she died Nov. 8, 1888: Mr. McCoy resides at Mooresburg, Ind. Children:
624. WILLARD ARTHUR, b. June 22, 1887.
625. ORMY XARISSA, b. Sept. 19, 1888.
IDA JEMIMA WELKER, (536), daughter of Mary Jane Welker, (229), was born May 6, 1866; married Oct. 29, 1885, Eugene Henry Loomis; he was born May 15, 1863. Residence, Homer, Dakota Co., Neb. Children:
626. HENRY DE WAYNE, b. Jan. 27, 1888.
627. FRANKIE EUGENE, b. Aug. 26, 1890.
The foregoing ends the records of the Ninth Generation in so far as I have them to date.
NOTE:—It does not appear of record that there are any yet born of the Tenth Generation; but it may be there are, as I have not yet been able to get the records of the following families:
MOLLY BENNETT, (579), daughter of Emily (Schnae) Bennett, (259), was born May 23, 1864; married May 23, 1882, Walter N. Hammett; live at New Harmony, Indiana. Has one child:
627½. WALTER BENNETT, b. Feb. 25, 1883.
JULIA BENNETT, (580), daughter of Emily (Schnae) Bennett, (259), was born Jan. 3, 1867; married June 3, 1888, Frank E. Piper; live at Peoria, Illinois; had one child:
628. JULIA, b. Feb. 28, 1887; d. May, 25 1889.
ROBERT FRANKLIN BOWER, (405), born at Lima, Ohio, August 4th, 1874. m. to Mary Adeline Wright. Invented roller bearings for vehicles and all kind of friction bearings which is proving very successful; moved to Dayton, Ohio, where he established a large factory. Has two children:
629. BURCHARD BENJAMIN, b. May 13, 1907.
630. VIRGINIA ADELINE, b. ——, 1909.
CLEMENT EARL BOWER, (406), born at Lima, Ohio. m. to Anna Fisk Glover; lives in Kentucky; has two children, twins:
631. EULA LEE, b. July 28, 1906.
632. CLEMENT EARL, b. July 28, 1906.
LELIA BLANCH (Bower) WOODS, (408), m. to Vern Woods; live at Dayton, Ohio; their children were:
633. FLORENCE EVELYN d. ——.
634. JOHN ELY, b. 1904.
FLORENCE ANNETTA (Bower) BINKLEY, (409), m. to —— Binkley; live at Columbus, Ohio. Have one child:
635. MARY ——, b. ——.
ROBERT SIDNEY BOWER, (411), was born in Lima, Ohio, married to Edith Hanson March 23, 1906; lives in Lima, has two children:
636. DOROTHY FAY, b. May 9, 1907.
637. MARY JANE, b. May 17, 1908.
The foregoing seventy-three pages include all the names and date of birth, deaths and marriages of the descendents of Joshua Stephens, (6), which I have to date. The subject matter is merely a skeleton of the mass of family history data, which I have on hand, including biographies, pictures, manuscripts, letters, papers, relics, etc. I have put it in this shape for the reasons:
1. That it is impossible just now to publish the family history in full as it should be.
2. Fearing possibly a destruction of the data, etc., on hand, in this shape it can at least be preserved, as one copy will be deposited in the archives of the "Historical Society of Southern California," at Los Angeles, California, and one copy in the archives of the "Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society" at Columbus, Ohio; so that, if fortunately any relative should have a sufficiency of that commendable family love and pride to perpetuate the record, he will have a foundation on which to build, by going to those archives.
I am aware that this work must contain errors. Many letters are vague; hand-writing hard to understand; correspondents are often contradictory, and many of their statements are known by me to be erroneous. I have endeavored to verify each report, and have, in many instances, successfully. I will reserve an account of my very interesting experience in digging up family history for the to be published work. There are undoubtedly clerical errors in this work, which I have corrected with ink so far as detected.
THIS WORK OF GATHERING family was begun in April, 1881, and has been continued by me unremittingly ever since, and will be so long as I live. Due acknowledgements will be made in the to-be published work, of all assistance.
(Signed)BASCOM ASBURY CECIL STEPHENS,Los Angeles, California, Oct. 25, 1892.
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Location of graves in west end of the old Hardin grave yard on N. E. ¼ of Section 29, of Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
Reading from the left:1. Sarah (Groome) Stephens No. 112. Benjamin Lakin Stephens No. 163. Benjamin Lakin Stephens No. 484. Ezekiel Groome Stephens No. 435. JOSHUA STEPHENS, b. 1833; d. 1823, No. 6 in this book history, page 5-10.6. ELIZABETH STEPHENS No. 317. RACHEL STEPHENS No. 35
A church of Seventh-Day Baptists was established on French Creek, in the Northern part of Chester County, Colony of Pennsylvania, in the year 1722. It became extinct after 1812. The name of Stephens is on the list of Members.—Letter of Charles H. Greene, of Alfred, N. Y., July 11, 1901.
JOSHUA HUMPHREYS was granted 400 acres near where the town of Carlisle now stands, in Fayette County, Virginia, (near Kentucky in the year 1785) upon a Land Office Treasury Warrant issued July 1, 1780, and survey made Feb. 26, 1873.—Letter of J. D. Hudgens, Clerk of the U. S. Office at Frankfort, Ky.
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).
Desiring for myself a copy of the generalogy of the Stephens family I found on investigating, that a number of printed copies could be secured at the cost of one typewritten one, and after deciding to print I concluded to have a number printed for distribution.
All who may receive one of these histories will appreciate the greatness of the task accomplished by our esteemed relative, Bascom A. C. Stephens of California, who searched out the historical facts and family traditions. The family is fortunate to have one of its members able and willing to devote the time and labor necessary to gather this information.
I am under obligation to W. G. Stephens of Chattanooga from whose book this copy is taken.
I am taking some liberties in having a number of copies printed, knowing that many members of the family would never have an opportunity to see and a much less chance to own one of these histories unless someone would assume this responsibility.
Respectfully,A. S. Bower
Transcriber's Note:Variations in spelling, abbreviations, punctuation and hyphenation, as well as unexpected spellings have been retained as in the original.
Transcriber's Note:Variations in spelling, abbreviations, punctuation and hyphenation, as well as unexpected spellings have been retained as in the original.