William T. Stevenson and Harriet Jane Coleman
Husband William T. Stevenson 1 2 3 4
Born: 16 Sep 1842 - Mercer Co, PA 3 4 Christened: Died: 24 May 1887 1 3 4 Buried: - Sandy Lake, Mercer Co, PA
Father: Thomas Stevenson (1809-1846) 2 3 4 Mother: Sarah DeVore ( - ) 2 3 4
Marriage: 7 Oct 1873 1
• Note: This may be the same person as : [Unk] Stevenson.
Wife Harriet Jane Coleman 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: James Coleman ( -1905) 5 6 7 Mother: Harriet Jane Egbert (1834-1855) 5 6 7
• Note: This may be the same person as : Harriet Coleman.
Children
1 F Sara DeVore Stevenson 5
Born: 3 Jan 1876 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John P. Orr ( - ) 5
2 M Edgar Taft Stevenson 5
Born: 1 Oct 1878 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ferne Frick Braddock (1885- ) 5 8 Marr: 27 Jun 1907 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
3 F Mary Mowry Stevenson 5
Born: 31 Oct 1879 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Harry Thomas Stevenson 5
Born: 13 Aug 1883 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - William T. Stevenson
When a young man he worked at the printing trade in the Franklin, Pennsylvania, Spectator office, for one year, when his eye-sight failed, compelling him to quit. Subsequently he volunteered in and served as a soldier of the Union army during the Rebellion. After the war he engaged with his uncle, William Devore, in the mercantile business at Cooperstown, Venango County; and they removed their extensive business to Sandy Lake about 1873. Mr. Stevenson was a careful accountant, a popular salesman and successful merchant, and liked by all for his sociability. In politics he was a pronounced Republican. In religion he had been for many years a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sandy Lake.
As a young man he served in the civil war as a corporal in Company I, First West Virginia Cavalry Regi-ment; was mustered into service at Clarksburg, West Virginia, November 18, 1861, and was with his command until he was mustered out at Washington City, October 29, 1862, on ac-count of disability incurred in the line of duty. After recovering he returned to the army as a substitute, and served in the commissary de-partment. After the close of the war he took employment in a mercantile establishment at Cooperstown, Pennsylvania, and later became junior partner in the firm of DeVore & Steven-son, of which his uncle, William S. DeVore, was senior partner, at Sandy Lake.
General Notes: Wife - Harriet Jane Coleman
After her mother died in 1855, her father went west, and she was reared by her grandparents, Egbert.
1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1050.
2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1016.
3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 787.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 517.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 518.
6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1051.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1128.
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Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer (Milton, NJ: The Evergreen News, 1903), Pg 120.
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