Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens

Name: The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens
Author: Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens

The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

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“The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens”, is a work by Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens. It explores elements such as Shelby County, Ohio and Hardin.

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ No writings of his are known to be in existence to-day. To his out-door life must be attributed the cause of his longevity, extending to a period of ninety years. He did not marry until he was 38 years of age. In 1771 he married Priscilla Humphreys. The fact that she was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church, who were then quite numerous in Chester County to the South of Berkes, and that his son E. D. Stephens was born in Chester, suggests that at an early date in his life Joshua left Berkes and settled in Chester, which he did at any rate, and lived not far from Valley Forge. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ After another few years to Lexington, Kentucky. While there, Daniel Boone was a frequent visitor and greeted him as "Cousin". About 1798, he decided to remove to near Chillicothe, Ohio, lived in either Ross County or Franklin County until about 1816, when he followed his two sons, John, (15) , and E. D., (16) , to Shelby County, where he lived with them on their farm near Hardin. His grand-children remember his old Revolutionary Army great coat and his stories of Revolutionary times. His love for the chase never forsook him. He attributes his longevity to his outdoor life. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ The father of Joshua Stephens, Sr., (3) , who, it is supposed, remained in Wales, may have been named Stephens, (2) , and his father's name may have been Evans, (1) ; indeed, this theory is reasonable both from tradition and the etymology as given in the foregoing. EVANS is a Welsh form of JOHN, a Greek word of Hebrew derivation, meaning "the grace of God."
This tradition is further strengthened by another: that the immigrant ancestors of the family, sometime after their arrival in Pennsylvania, fell heir to their father's estate in Wales. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he identified himself with the patriot cause, and, according to the statement of his son, E. D. Stephens, was commissioned Captain of a Company of sharpshooters. During the famine of the American army in the winter of 1777-8 at Valley Forge, he hauled corn to relieve their distress. On one occasion he obtained a furlough to return home during harvest. With a Quaker and his brother John he was in the orchard gathering apples. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ SARAH ELIZABETH STEPHENS, (174) , daughter of W. H. Stephens, (41) , and Julian Crisup Lenox, was born in Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, March 13, 1837; has been a successful teacher in the public schools, academies, colleges and universities, all her life. Wrote a grammar; married at Santa Clara, California, June 14, 1860, Oliver Spencer Frambes, of Ohio, a professor then in the University of the Pacific, and the founder of several academies and colleges, and the University of Southern California, now a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ HETTY STEPHENS, (40) , daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16) , was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1811; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married John Lenox, son of Richard Lenox, (he was born Oct. 8, 1809, and died Feb. 14, 1891) ; they lived on their farm just South of Wapakoneta, Ohio, all their lives; she was the mother of ten children; she died May 30, 1860 ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ JOSHUA, born in 1733, the immediate ancester of the family, and with whom the certain history of the family begins.
7. JOHN }
8. STEPHENS } Of these two brothers nothing is further known than that from a family tradition they "went South", whatever that means: "South" being an indefinite term from a standpoint in Berkes County. John was a tory during the Revolution. The existence of Stephens depends upon the testimony of Joshua Bowen Stephens of Hardin, Ohio, in a conversation with me there in 1886. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ STANTON WESLEY HAWKEY, (185) , son of Roda (Stephens) Hawkey, (44) , was born Oct. 3, 1848; married May 11, 1870, Clara Edith Lenox, daughter of James Lenox, born Nov. 4, 1855, (brother of John Lenox of Wapakoneta, Ohio.) They live at No. 70 Woodlawn Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana; he is a grocer. Child:
466. WINNIFRED GERTRUDE, b. Aug 25, 1872.
SARAH ELIZABETH HAWKEY, (186) , daughter of Rhoda (Stephens) Hawkey, (44) , was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1850; married James Daniel Price; he was born Nov. 9, 1852; farms near Flagstaff, Arizona. Children:
467. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ JOHN OLIVER STEPHENS, (130) , was born Nov. 30, 1844; served in the U. S. Army in the War of the Rebellion. Married Sarah J. Dinkle; sine prole; is a successful business man; lives at St. Joseph, Missouri.
MARTHA M—— STEPHENS, (131) , daughter of D. H. Stephens, (33) , was born May 13, 1847; married March 8, 1864, Cad W. McCoy, to whom she has borne eight children; lives at Mound City, Holt County, Missouri. Children:
376. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ Louis, Mo., was private Secretary to the President of the "Cotton Belt Route" from 1886 to 1888; was Loss and Damage Freight Agent same road from 1888 to 1890; was Soliciting Freight Agent same road at Little Rock, Ark., from 1890, to 1891; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., in July 1891, to accept position as freight agent with the "Queen & Crescent Route," in the service of which line he has continued up to date, now holding the position of Division Freight Agent, with headquarters at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he resides at 1020 Tenth Street. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ HERBERT TAYLOR STEPHENS, (137) , son of Rev. O. P. Stephens, (36) , was born Sept. 10, 1864; is a graduate of Adrain College, Michigan; member of the Prohibition Party; minister of the Methodist Protestant Church; married Oct. 15, 1891, Emma West Johnston; lives at New Cumberland, West Virginia.
ADDENDA, 1907. Is also a graduate of the Pittsburg, Pa., Theological Seminary and Harvard University. Moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1895, to accept a chair in Kansas City University, which he now occupies. Children are:
——. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ HETTIE ALLSETTA DOWNEY, (419) , daughter of Elizabeth Florenda (Lenox) Downey, (164) , was born July 4, 1858; married Nov. 28, 1878, Martin Wilson; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Child:
613. GUY LENOX, b. July 17, 1880.
MARY DOWNEY, (420) , daughter of E. F. (Lenox) Downey, (164) , was born April 12, 1860; married Nov. 1, 1881, George Clarke Jordan; live in Evans, Marshall County, Illinois. Children:
614. FLORENCE ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 13, 1882.
615. JOHN CLARKE, b. Nov. 3, 1883. ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ Is the mother of one child:
——. MARIE CLAUDIUS, b. Feb. 9, 1890.
DORA FLORENCE MITCHELL, (160) , daughter of Nancy (Stephens) Mitchell, (39) , was born Oct. 25, 1860; married Dec. 16, 1879, Solen Kent Blair; lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana; has two children:
417. KENT LAURUE, b. April 9, 1881.
418. MARY ELIZABETH, b. June 11, 1886; m. Oct. 24, 1906, Harry Alfred Hattersley.
ERNEST TAYLOR MITCHELL, (161) , son of Nancy (Stephens) Mitchell, (39) , was born May 3, 1868; married Sept. 15, 1886, Bell Thatcher; lives in Lima, Ohio ”

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Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens, The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

“ JOSHUA AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (3) , the immigrant ancestor of this family.
4. EBENEZER AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (4) .
5. DAVID AP STEPHENS AP EVANS, (5) .
Who left their native home in Wales, and embarking in a sailing vessel, after a voyage of something like thirty days, landed at Philadelphia; this sometime prior to the year 1733. The three brothers selected lands in what is now Berkes County, which was not set off from Philadelphia County until 1752. There are traces of them in Union Township, where a David Stephens held land in 1728 ”

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