The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua StevensStephens, Bascom Asbury Cecil
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The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens
Stephens, Bascom Asbury Cecil
Stevens family
JOSHUA VANDEVER, (26), son of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born
on Walnut Creek in Ross County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1812; married Susanna
Burton May 31, 1837; she died Dec. 10, 1856; he died at Gettysburg,
Darke County Ohio. ----; his eight children were:
103. ISAIAH WHITE, b. May 8, 1838; m. Lydia A. Martin.
104. SARAH ELLEN, b. Jan. 28, 1840; m. James B. Bell.
105. MARY CATHERINE, b. Jan. 18, 1842; m. J. O. Fuller.
106. MALISSA ALRIRLY, b. Oct. 16, 1844; d. 1847.
107. NANCY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 29, 1846; lives unm. in Elkhart, Ind.
108. BASIL BURTON, b. May 4, 1848; m. Florence E. Gruea (?).
109. SHADRACH BURTON, b. July 4, 1853; m. Lucy B. Collins.
110. REBECCA ANN, b. March 25, 1855; d. Oct. 16, 1856.
SILAS McCLISH, (27), son of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born in
Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1804; accompanied his parents to Putnam
County, of which he was the first judge, which position he held for over
twenty years, and "was quite wealthy"; was married by James Lenox, Esq.,
Jan. 2, 1823, to Nancy Mellinger, daughter of David Mellinger, of Shelby
County, Ohio; there were seven children:
111. LYDIA, b. Jan. 24, 1824; m. Daniel Ridenour.
112. THOMAS, b. Dec. 11, 1825; m. Susanna Curtis.
113. JOHN, b. Jan. 27, 1829; m. 3ts.; d. ----.
114. WILLIAM, b. April 24, 1823; m. Mary E. Wagoner.
115. HANNAH ELIZA, b. Feb. 2, 1837; m. Samuel Holt.
116. SARAH, b. Feb. 8, 1838; m. John Wilser.
117. DAVID, b. Aug. 29, 1841; d. Jan. 5. 1861, unm. falling off a
gunboat into the Missippi River.
SILAS McCLISH, married secondly Mrs. Sallie (Carter) Hopkins about 1854,
by whom he had no children. He died June 16, 1860.
ELIZA McCLISH, (28), daughter of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was
born Dec. 25, 1806; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio;
married John Bush in 1822; died Nov. 24, 1827; had two children:
118. ---- died young.
119. ---- died young.
JOSHUA BOWSEN STEPHENS, (32), son of John Stephens, (15), was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1812; accompanied his parents to Shelby
County, Ohio; taught school; settled on Section 21, Turtle Creek
Township, where he farmed till his death, Feb. 1 1891; married Nancy
Creegan, (she was born Dec. 20, 1820) daughter of James and Eleanor
Creegan, Feb. 16, 1843. (From him I obtained much valuable information
about family history.) Their children were:
120. SARAH CLEMENTINE, b. Feb. 21, 1844; d. Dec. 21, 1847.
121. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 5, 1845; is a gunsmith; lives in Sidney,
Ohio.
122. DAVID HUMPHREYS, b. Sept. 5, 1847, d. unm. Aug. 6, 1878.
123. MARY LOUISA, b. Oct. 22, 1849; m. Thomas Evans Oct. 10, 1876;
lives at Atlantic City, Iowa.
124. NANCY ELLEN, b. May 19, 1852.
125. CATHERINE THERESA, b. July 15, 1854.
126. OLIVER PERRY, b. Sept. 5, 1856; a school teacher.
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