John A. Stevenson and Sarah J. Hissem

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Husband John A. Stevenson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1838 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Stevenson (1810-1873) 1
         Mother: Mary L. Sherbondy (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 16 Oct 1866 3

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   Other Spouse: Lida Jane Churns (      -1886) 3 - 16 Aug 1882 3

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Wife Sarah J. Hissem ²

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            AKA: Sarah J. Hissam 3
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         Father: Samuel Hissem (1811-1882) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Kintigh (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Lizzie Stevenson ³

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2 F Ada Stevenson ³

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3 F Maggie Stevenson ³

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General Notes: Husband - John A. Stevenson

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He was educated in the common schools, Mt. Pleasant college and the Pennsylvania State normal school at Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1855 he began teaching in the common schools of Westmoreland County and continued in that line of work until 1862. On February 18, 1862, he enlisted in the Union army as a member of the Anderson bodyguard, in which he served until it was mustered out of the service March, 26, 1863. In March, 1864, he re-enlisted and entered the 11th Pa. Vols., under command of Col. Richard Coulter, and appointed to the office of sergeant-major. He was promoted on September 5, 1864, to first lieutenant of Co. C, appointed soon after acting adjutant and was commissioned adjutant November 23, 1864. At the battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, he was badly wounded and was conveyed first, to field hospital, City Point, and afterward to Army Square hospital, Washington, D. C., where he remained until honorably discharged, July 1, 1865.
After the war he again engaged in teaching and was principal of the West Newton public schools from 1866 to 1877. In the latter year he removed to Mt. Pleasant where he became business manager and editor of the Mt. Pleasant Dawn, later Journal. At the same time he embarked in a drug store and continued in both lines of business until 1883. In 1883 he opened a large and well stocked hardware, seed, feed and implement establishment and commanded an extensive and paying patronage. He was also associated with his brother, S. C. Stevenson, under the firm name of Stevenson Bros., in the fire insurance and real estate business. He was a member of the G. A. R., Odd Fellows, K. of H. and A. O. U. W., and was a member of the Mt. Pleasant school board for several years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church for thirty-four years. He was a republican in political matters.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 218.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 351.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 219.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 672.