The Stephens Family Part 5

161. ERNEST TAYLOR, b. May 3, 1863; m. Belle Thatcher.

162. MARY ELOISE, b. Dec. 9, 1867; m. John A. Hesse; he d. Jan. 29, 1903.

163. THORNTON WILBERT, b. April 4, 1874.

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; their children were:

164. ELIZABETH FLORENDA, b. Jan. 8, 1832; m. John Downey.

165. EBENEZER ALLEN, b. Nov. 21, 1883; d. unm. Jan. 4, 1863.

166. RICHARD HAMILTON, b. Jan. 30, 1836; m. 4 times.

167. HENRY CLAY, b. March 11, 1838; d. unm. May 20, 1863.

168. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 8, 1841; d. Jan. 3, 1847.

169. AMANDA MALVINA, b. Nov. 2, 1843.

170. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. May 10, 1846; m. Mrs. Rosella Howe.

171. JOHN MARION, b. May 25, 1850; m. Catherine Regan.

172. WILLIAM HARRISON, b. May 25, 1850; d. Aug. 6, 1850.

173. HETTY MALISSA, b. July 9, 1853; m. H. B. Bilter.

WILLIAM HUMPHREYS STEPHENS, (41), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Feb. 25, 1813, on Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm near Hardin; learned the shoemakers trade in that place; was there in partnership in that business with Calvin Lenox, and married Sept. 13, 1835, his sister, Julian Crisup Lenox, daughter of Richard Lenox, (she was born Oct. 10, 1812, and died Feb. 28, 1839); she bore him two children; he married secondly, Jan. 13, 1840, Eleanor Cecil, daughter of Jude William Wirt Cecil, of the Cecil family of Virginia; (she was born Aug. 5, 1820, near Lockington, Shelby County, Ohio; died June 12, 1866, at Portland, Oregon); he moved to Sidney, Ohio, and engaged in the transportation business on the Miami Ca.n.a.l; moved to Lockington, same County, and built a saw mill there in 1853; was a Whig in politics and a Methodist in religion; in August, 1855, moved to Grundy County, Missouri, and purchased a farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of Trenton; in April, 1857, started overland for California with ox-teams; was harra.s.sed by Indians and Mormans on the way; arrived in California in Oct.; first settled in Ione Valley; then moved to Suisun, Solano County; in 1859, returned to Ione, but lost his farm there by reason of a Pico grant, as he had by the Waterman grant in Solano County; in 1861, moved to Santa Clara, California, where he followed the transportation business till his death; married thirdly, Nov. 30, 1870, Harriet Judidah Lusk, a native of Freehold County, N. Y., by whom he had no children; was town trustee of Santa Clara, and a stockholder in the local bank and street railroad; died Dec. 13, 1879, and was buried by the Odd Fellows, of which organization he had been a member since 1840; he wrote a history of the family, but the ma.n.u.script was lost. Children:

By Julian C. Lenox:

174. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 13, 1837; m. O. S. Frambes.

175. WILLIAM HAMILTON, b. Feb. 20, 1839; m. Georgia A. Harlow.

By Eleanor Cecil:

176. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, b. Dec. 29, 1840; m. 2ts; d. Sept. 7, 1894.

177. Infant died young.

178. ROSETTA, b. April 9, 1843; d. May 30, 1843.

179. Infant died young.

180. VIRGINIA PAULINE, b. April 28, 1845; m. D. H. Zumwalt.

181. BEVERLY WAUGH, b. Nov. 14, 1849; d. April 30, 1853.

182. BASCOM ASBURY, b. Mar. 5, 1855; m. M. M. Overshiner.

JOSHUA M. STEPHENS, (42), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1814; was raised on his father's farm at Hardin; is said to have a.s.sumed the "M" in his name for distinction; settled on a Government claim near Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, where he died July 5, 1844, of a sore throat; he married Minerva Metcalf, she was born October 25, 1815; died Dec. 25, 1876; Children:

183. SIDNEY, b. Nov. 8, 1842; m. Emma Lombard.

184. ELLEN MINERVA, b. Sept. 16, 1841, m. J. H. Baker.

RHODA STEPHENS, (44), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1819; twin with her brother, John Wesley; married William Hawkey, July 30, 1846. He was born June 12, 1813, in Maryland and died Dec. 20, 1886, in Sidney, Ohio; she died Nov.

13, 1852. Children: 185. STANTON WESLEY, b. Oct. 3, 1848; m. Clara E.

Lenox. 186. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 9, 1850; m. J. D. Price.

JOHN WESLEY STEPHENS, (45), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), twin brother of Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, (44), was born Feb. 22, 1819; at Hardin, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm; became a portrait painter and a physician; was surgeon of the 99th Ohio V. I. and 50th O. V. I., Third Division, Army of the c.u.mberland, serving through the Rebellion; settled at State Line City, Ind., where he died May 18, 1881; he married Feb.

17, 1842, Sarah Graham; she was born May 18, 1817, and yet lives at Sidney, Ohio. She furnishes me with much valuable family history.

Children:

187. JAMES EBENEZER, born Nov. 26, 1842; m. Annia I. Lister.

188. SARAH ADELIA, b. July 30, 1844; d. unm. Aug. 27, 1869.

189. ELIZA JANE, b. Aug. 31, 1846; m. David Hoover.

190. ROBERT GRAHAM, b. Dec. 12, 1848; d. Mar. 28, 1853.

191. CAROLINE MARY, b. Oct. 12, 1850; m. E. E. Inlow.

ELIZA STEPHENS, (46), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Mar.

14, 1821, at Hardin, Ohio; married William Hawkey, the former husband of her sister, Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, on Sept. 14, 1853, and died Sept. 29, 1887, at Sidney, Ohio. She had one child:

192. WINONA MAY, b. Aug. 7, 1862; resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, married E. S. Gosney, a banker of that place; has -- children:

DAVID NELSON STEPHENS, (47), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at Hardin, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm; has lived at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, all his life, with the exception of a short time spent in his early life in Illinois as a farmer; was born Feb. 23, 1823; married Dec. 25, 1853, Elydia Stone; she was born May 28, 1837, and is living at Hardin, Ohio. D. N. Stephens died ----. Children:

193. ALLANSON FOSTER, b. Nov. 23, 1854; m. Mrs. N. A. Princehouse.

194. SHAFFER FREMONT, b. June 14, 1857; m. Rhoda Stilos.

195. WILLIAM JOSHUA, b. Oct. 25, 1858; lives unm. at Flagstaff, Arizona.

196. TAMSON PARMELIA, b. Oct. 8, 1860; m. M. E. Shaw.

197. MARGARET ELLEN, b. June 2, 1863; m. Lewis White.

198. NANCY ALICE, b. Dec. 17, 1866; m. J. W. Turnis.

199. WINNIE JENNIFRED, b. Dec. 2, 1872.

SARAH ANN STEPHENS, (49), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Feb. 11, 1827, near Hardin, Ohio; married William Broderick Cannon, son of Richard Cannon (See page 10) (9) July 10, 1846. She died Dec. 22, 1855. He was born April 11, 1826, and lives at Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa. She had four children: