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EMMA GASKILL, , daughter of J. C. Gaskill, , was born June 6, 1864; married Dec. 23, 1889, John T. Hamilton. Residence, Hemingford, Nebraska.
ELIZA GASKILL, , daughter of J. C. Gaskill, , was born July 15, 1866; married Feb. 10, 1888, D. J. Kirwan. Residence, Valentine, Nebraska.
ABI CRAMER, , daughter of Phoebe Cramer, , was born Oct. 22, 1862; married Aug. 9, 1882, Edmund D. Mason; he was born in Delaware County, Iowa, in 1857, and moved with his parents to Nebraska in 1879. Residence, Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska. Child:
ROSE DEUCHAR, , daughter of Jennie Deuchar, , was born May 25, 1862; married May 12, 1876, John E. Beach. Residence, Bryan, Williams County, Ohio. Mr. Beach is a photographer. Child:
WINNIE McCLISH, , daughter of John McClish, , was born July 2, 1856; married Oct. 31, 1875, Evan Dalton. Residence, Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:
GILBERT McCLISH, , son of John McClish, , was born in Putnam County, Ohio, Nov. 28, 1857; married Oct. 29, 1882, Flora E. Miller; live at Dupont, Ohio. Children:
JOHN WESLEY HOLT, , son of Hannah Eliza Holt, , was born July 26, 1859; married Lyda Wolet; she was born in 1866; live in Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:
MATILDA WILSER, , daughter of Sarah Wilser, , 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, , son of Martha M. McCoy, , 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, , daughter of Elizabeth Florenda Downey, , was born July 4, 1858; married Nov. 28, 1878, Martin Wilson; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Child:
MARY DOWNEY, , daughter of E. F. Downey, , was born April 12, 1860; married Nov. 1, 1881, George Clarke Jordan; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Children:
HETTIE ELIZABETH MILLER, , daughter of A. M. Miller, , 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:
EDWARD CECIL STEPHENS, , son of C. C. Stephens, , 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:
FRANCES BAKER, , daughter of Ellen Minerva Baker, , was born Aug. 24, 1865; married Nov. 18, 1883, William Hartwell; live in Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin. Child:
JOSEPHINE McCLAIN, , daughter of Susan McClain, , was born Dec. 12, 1862; married Oct. 12, 1889, Dr. C. W. Courtwright; live in Kansas City, Mo. Child:
EDWARD McCLAIN, , son of Susan McClain, , was born May 15, 1865; married June 17, 1890, Nettie Walker. Residence, Kansas City, Mo.
MARY XARISSA WARD, , daughter of Clare Ann Moore, , 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:
IDA JEMIMA WELKER, , daughter of Mary Jane Welker, , was born May 6, 1866; married Oct. 29, 1885, Eugene Henry Loomis; he was born May 15, 1863. Residence, Homer, Dakota Co., Neb. Children:
The foregoing ends the records of the Ninth Generation in so far as I have them to date.
TENTH GENERATION.
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, , daughter of Emily Bennett, , was born May 23, 1864; married May 23, 1882, Walter N. Hammett; live at New Harmony, Indiana. Has one child:
JULIA BENNETT, , daughter of Emily Bennett, , was born Jan. 3, 1867; married June 3, 1888, Frank E. Piper; live at Peoria, Illinois; had one child:
ROBERT FRANKLIN BOWER, , 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:
CLEMENT EARL BOWER, , born at Lima, Ohio. m. to Anna Fisk Glover; lives in Kentucky; has two children, twins:
LELIA BLANCH WOODS, , m. to Vern Woods; live at Dayton, Ohio; their children were:
ROBERT SIDNEY BOWER, , was born in Lima, Ohio, married to Edith Hanson March 23, 1906; lives in Lima, has two children:
CONCLUSION.
The foregoing seventy-three pages include all the names and date of birth, deaths and marriages of the descendents of Joshua Stephens, , 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:
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.
BASCOM ASBURY CECIL STEPHENS, Los Angeles, California, Oct. 25, 1892.
Location of graves in west end of the old Hardin grave yard on N. E. 1/4 of Section 29, of Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
Reading from the left: 1. Sarah Stephens No. 11 2. Benjamin Lakin Stephens No. 16 3. Benjamin Lakin Stephens No. 48 4. Ezekiel Groome Stephens No. 43 5. JOSHUA STEPHENS, b. 1833; d. 1823, No. 6 in this book history, page 5-10. 6. ELIZABETH STEPHENS No. 31 7. RACHEL STEPHENS No. 35
ADDITIONAL FACTS OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FAMILY.
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, 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, , 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, .
NOTE
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
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