William James H. Stevenson and Clara E. McClester

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Husband William James H. Stevenson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1871 2
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         Father: Philip H. Stevenson (1820/1823-1893) 1 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth McCormick (      -Aft 1908) 1 2

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       Marriage: 8 Apr 1896 4

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Wife Clara E. McClester ⁴

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         Father: John McClester (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Margaret Clark (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - William James H. Stevenson

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He received his education at the public schools and at Mount Union College, from which he graduated in 1894. He at once took up the study of law, reading under the instruction of Judge C. S. Fetterman, of Pittsburgh. He was admitted to the bar in 1896, enabling him to practice in the courts of his native state. He at once opened an office at what was then No. 93 Diamond street, Pittsburgh, later the site of the Frick Building Annex. He practiced in conjunction with his brother, Charles L. Stevenson, who had been admitted before he was\emdash about 1892. In 1899 they removed to the Park Building, where they did a general law practice. They were among the foremost lawyers in civil cases in the city of Pittsburgh. In addition to his legal business Mr. Stevenson was the secretary of the Farmers and Mechanics' Savings Fund Association. Politically Mr. Stevenson was a Democrat and in church connection he was a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a member of Milnor Lodge, No. 287, Free and Accepted Masons, at Pittsburgh, and of Pennsylvania Consistory.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 480.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 322.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 187.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 323.