Husband John W. Stephens 1 2 3
Born: 14 Dec 1823 - Allegheny Co, PA 2
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Died: Aft 1893
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Father: John D. Stephens (1800-1870) 2
Mother: Mary Nutt (1788-1869) 2
Marriage: 7 Jan 1851 4
Wife Martha Jane Bentley 2 5
AKA: Margaret J. Bentley 4
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Died: 1895 6
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Father: Sheshbazzar Bentley ( -1866) 7 8 9 10
Mother: Hannah Cleaver ( -1874) 2 9
Children
1 F Amanda Edmonia Stephens 4 11
Born: Cal 4 Jun 1852
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Died: 23 Aug 1856 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M Franklin Moore Stephens 11
Born: 2 Nov 1854 11
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3 M William Pusey Stephens 11
Born: 2 May 1857 11
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Spouse: Elizabeth J. White ( - ) 11
4 M Charles Edgar Stephens 3 11
Born: 27 Jan 1860 - Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA 3 11
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Spouse: Minerva J. Colvin ( - ) 6
Marr: Jan 1898 6
5 M Henry Bentley Stephens 11
Born: 19 Nov 1862 11
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6 M Sheshbazzar Stephens 4 11
Born: Cal 28 Aug 1865
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Died: 18 Oct 1867 4
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - John W. Stephens
He was born on the banks of the Monongahela river, at Lock No. 3, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on a farm then owned by his father, afterward by his father's brother, Nathaniel, and by him sold to Hon. James G. Blaine. When about six or seven years of age his father purchased a farm and removed to Jefferson township, Fayette County, on which he subsequently established the Fayette Nurseries, which he continued to carry on while he lived, his son, John W., assisting him in the business, except while absent at school. He was educated at the public schools and at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania.
In 1848 he left his father's home to engage in the foundry business with an uncle, Richard Miller, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. While there he was married and shortly after he sold out his interest in the foundry business to his uncle, and removed to Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, where he continued to reside for many years, except two years he spent on a farm purchased by him in Allegheny County. While residing there, farming was his chief pursuit, but he was also engaged for some years in merchandising. In the spring of 1889 he retired from all active business, and removed to Monongahela.
He was always a Republican, joining the party in its first organization, and attended its first convention, held in Pittsburgh in 1856. During the Civil war he was draft commissioner, and made the first military draft for Washington County. In 1878 he was elected a member of the State Legislature by a flattering vote, his colleagues being Democrats. While an earnest Republican he was not a place seeker. He and his wife were long-time members of the M. E. Church. [CBRWC, 18]
He was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. [TCHWWC, 602]