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

SEVENTH GENERATION.

JOSHUA WING STEPHENS, (18), son of David H. Stephens, (10), was a tanner at Evansville, Indiana; married Nancy Gibson; lived in Evansville, Indiana. He died in California, Oct. 9, 1849. He had seven children:

65. SILAS, m. Emma Walker.

66. MALINDA, m. Thomas Bethel; sine prole; residence Newburgh, Ind.

67. ANN ELIZA, b. Dec. 29, 1824; m. 2ts.

68. SARAH, m. Dr. W. Norton.

69. THOMAS, d. unm.

70. FRANCES, m. first George Jacquese; m. second ——.

71. JULIENNE, d. unm.

CHARLES A. STEPHENS, (19), son of David H. Stephens, (10), lived at Evansville, Indiana; married in 1819, Malinda Carr, daughter of Samual Carr, of Kentucky, and Mary Delaney, of Va., (one account says that Malinda was born in North Carorlina, probably an error); their children were:

72. JOHN, b. July 19, 1823; he went to California, fate unknown.

73. NANCY MARIA, b. Jan. 25, 1825; m. William Parvin.

74. SUSAN, b. Nov. 19, 1826; m. 2ts.

75. ELIZA, b. March 1, 1828; m. William Miller.

76. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 8, 1831; m. Jeanette Ray.

77. JULIA, b. Nov. 1, 1835; m. William Underwood.

78. JAMES EMORY, b. Nov. 28, 1837; m. Margaret Todd.

One account says that Charles Stephens was born in North Carolina, lived from about 1823 to 1831, at Morganville, Ky.; then from about 1835 to 1837 at Belleville, Ky.; died near Evansville, Ind.

SILAS STEPHENS, (20), son of David H. Stephens, (10), lived in Evansville, Ind.; born in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 24, 1801; married Julienna Evans, the only daughter of General Evans, the founder of Evansville (she was born April 14, 1811, and died March 15, 1845); they had six children. (He died Feb. 26, 1876).

79. JANE EVANS, b. April 30, 1830; m. James Scantlin.

80. MARTHA STOCKWELL, b. Oct. 26, 1832; d. Sept. 29, 1833.

81. Infant son, b. and d. Dec. 6, 1833.

82. ROBERT MORGAN EVANS, b. Oct. 15, 1834; m. Mary Tribble.

83. JOSHUA WING, b. Oct. 29, ——, d. unm., Feb. 20, 1843.

84. HENRY CLAY, b. Sept. 21, 1842; m. Caroline Renschler; d. Feb. 5, 1884.

MARY VANDEVER, (23), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born about 1802, in Ross County, Ohio; married John Wilson, of Virginia, about 1824; moved to Jefferson, Mo., about 1833; since which nothing definite has been heard from them. It is known that she had five children:

85. MATILDA.

86. HASSA HOPA.

87. ISAIAH.

88. JOSHUA.

89. ——.

CATHERINE VANDEVER, (24), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born in Ross County, Ohio, March 4, 1804; married Josiah Gaskill; they ultimately settled in Putnam County, Ohio; he was born Jan. 27, 1802, and died May 29, 1870; she died Nov. 3, 1845, and was buried at Bluffton, Ohio. She had six children:

90. SARAH, b. Sept. 7, 1829: d. Jan. 23, 1845, unm.

91. CALEB, b. Nov. 7, 1832; m. Julia Nelson.

92. JESSE T——, b. April 21, 1834; m. Isabella Nelson.

93. MINERVA, b. Feb. 19, 1837; d. unm. June 9, 1851.

94. JOSEPH C——, b. Oct. 16, 1839; m. Mary E. Hurley.

95. PHOEBE, b. Nov. 22, 1842; m. Wm. C. Cramer.

RACHEL VANDEVER, (25), daughter of Sarah (Stephens) Vandever, (11), was born in Ross County, Ohio, May 9, 1809; married John Carnahan at Chillicothe, Jan. 4, 1830; died near Columbus, Ohio, December 3, 1850; John Carnahan was born Feb. 26, 1807; d. ——. She had seven children:

96. ELIZABETH C., b. Dec. 5, 1830; d. Aug. 30, 1831.

97. MARY WILSON, b. July 11. 1832; m. Oscar Mott.

98. JOSHUA VANDEVER, b. Oct. 30, 1834; m. Sarah Ward Dec. 24, 1856; d. in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1857, sine prole.

99. JENNIE, b. Dec. 4, 1836; m. E. M. Deuchar.

100. JOHN JACKSON, b. April 28, 1840; d. unm. Dec. 2, 1862.

101. WILL ALLEN, b. Aug. 29, 1842; was living at Eagle Pass, Texas.

102. CATHERINE STEPHENS, b. Mar. 28, 1846; d. July 21, 1865, unm.

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.

127. MARIA ANTOINETTE, b. July 28, 1858; a school teacher.

128. FLORENCE JANE, b. April 20, 1865. The children from 124 to 128, inclusive, live on the farm near Sidney, Ohio.

DAVID HUMPHREY STEPHENS, (33), son of John Stephens, (15), was born Nov. 8, 1813, in Pickaway County, Ohio; was a preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church, and President of the Indiana Conference at the time of his death; he married Sytha Annesley Burton April 13, 1838: (she was born Sept. 29, 1817, near Flemingsburg, Ky.); lives at St. Joseph, Mo. He died August 23, 1846; their children were:

129. EMMA CLARISSA, b. June 23, 1842; m. A. D. Jewell.

130. JOHN OLIVER, b. Nov. 20, 1844; m. Sarah J. Dinkle.

131. MARTHA M——, b. May 13, 1847; m. Gad W. McCoy.

MARIA STEPHENS, (34), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born about 1815, in Ross County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, where she married John Blake in 1846; had only one child, a daughter, who lived only a few months; both mother and child are buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at Sidney, Ohio. Her child was:

132. ——.

OLIVER PERRY STEPHENS, (36), son of John Stephens, (15), was born June 20, 1820, near Sidney, Ohio, where he was raised on his father's farm; became a preacher in the Methodist Protestant Church; married first June 11, 1846, Mary Ann Biddle, a daughter of William H. Biddle, of New Jersey, a direct descendant of William Penn. She was a women of marked literary ability, the author of several fine poems; was born Sept. 19, 1821, and died April 15, 1869; she bore him five children. He married secondly Mary Catherine Hartsook, Nov. 2, 1871; she was the daughter of Elijah Barnett Hartsook, and was born Dec. 3, 1836. She bore him one child. He died at Sabina, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1873, and was buried by the Masonic Lodge of that place. His widow, Mrs. Mary C. (Hartsook) Stephens, lives eight miles southeast of Xenia, Ohio, her post-office address. (His remains now repose in the Cemetery at Xenia, Ohio, where also lives his widow, 1906.) His children are:

By Mary Ann Biddle:

133. DAVID STUBERT, b. May 12, 1847; m. Marietta L. Gibson.

134. EMMA CATHERINE, b. Dec. 6, 1848; m. Ira Underwood.

135. LOUISA FRANCES, b. May 16, 1851; m. J. A. Van Auken.

136. WILLIAM CHALMERS, b. May 29, 1857; m. Mary Anetta Underwood.

137. HERBERT TAYLOR, b. Sept. 10, 1864; m. Emma West Johnston.

By Mary C. Hartsook.:

138. ELIZABETH HARTSOOK, b. May 7, 1873; m. Charles Doods.

SARAH STEPHENS, (37), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, August 4, 1822; married Smith Wallace May 11, 1843; they moved to Clark County, same state, where Wallace farmed; she died June 3, 1868. Her children were:

139. ELLEN, b. April 9, 1844; m. J. T. Miller.

140. MELISSA, b. Feb. 2, 1846; d. unm., Jan. 20, 1861.

141. JOHN H——, b. Mar. 15, 1849; d. Sept. 4, 1861.

142. JENNIE, b. May 25, 1851; m. J. R. Thompson.

143. HUGH, b. Aug. 17, 1853; unm.

144. EMMA O——, b. Nov. 15. 1855; m. J. E. Lowry.

145. WILLIAM SMITH, b. Jan. 12, 1858; m. Mary E. Trumbo.

146. CHARLES BUCKINGHAM, b. April 26, 1860.

147. ELMER KENT, b. Nov. 28, 1862.

148. Infant died young.

CATHERINE STEPHENS, (38), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1824; d. Jan. 29, 1905; married Robert Bower of Lima, Ohio; died Dec. 6, 1905. Her children were:

149. COLUMBUS TAYLOR, b. Sept. 14, 1848; m. Lucy Swab.

150. JOHN STEPHENS, b. July 28, 1849; m. Mary Boysell.

151. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Aug. 25, 1852; d. Aug. 26, 1908.

152. ALANZO SMITH, b. Oct. 9, 1855; m. Clara Boyer.

153. ALVERO LINCOLN, b. Aug. 30, 1858.

154. ADOLPHUS LEE, b. July 25, 1861; m. Margaret McKenna.

155. FLORA MAY, b. May 17, 1864.

156. ZORA CATHERINE, b. Nov. 25, 1866.

NANCY STEPHENS, (39), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, March 22, 1827; died Jan. 8, 1909; married January 29, 1850, Thornton Talyor Mitchell; he was born Aug. 27, 1827; died Nov. 24, 1907; they lived in Lima, Ohio. Their children were:

157. FRANCES ROWENA, b. July 26, 1851; m. A. C. Baxter.

157½ JOHN PORTER, b. Aug. 25, 1853; d. Dec. 17, 1853.

158. ELMER BOND, b. Oct. 25, 1854; m. Claude Ralston; she d. Dec. 14, 1905.

159. EMMA HERRIET, b. June 25, 1857; m. A. E. Dicker.

160. DORA FLORENCE, b. Oct. 25, 1860; m. S. K. Blair.

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 Canal; 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 2½ miles southeast of Trenton; in April, 1857, started overland for California with ox-teams; was harrassed 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 manuscript 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 assumed 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 Cumberland, 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:

200. MARY ELVIRY, b. Aug. 20, 1847; m. Nathan Swan.

201. RICHARD EBENEZER, b. March 21, 1849; m. Olive Dill.

202. SARAH TAMSON, b. Oct. 7, 1850; d. March 4, 1853.

203. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 26, 1853; d. Feb. 19, 1862.

LUCINDA MOORE, (52), daughter of Priscilla, (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born Oct. 25, 1812; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married Jacob Marshall, of Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Jealousy on the part of her husband led to their separation; in 1836 she disappeared, saying that she was going to live with the Quakers at Dayton, Ohio, since which time she has never been heard from; she had one child:

204. ——, born and died the same day in 1833.

MINERVA MOORE, (53), daughter of P. S. Moore, (17), was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1813; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio; married Richard Francis; had one child which died:

205. ANN, b. ——

HUGH SCOTT MOORE, (54), son of Priscilla Moore, (17), was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Mar. 17, 1815; accompanied his parents to Shelby County, Ohio; was a farmer; lived near Sidney, Ohio, until his death March 22, 1872; married March 25, 1843, Anna Bryan (she was born May 25, 1819); by whom he had four children; she died ——; he married secondly Eveline ——, who survived him. Mrs. Evaline Moore lives in Piqua, Ohio. The four children by Ann Bryan were:

206. JAMES, b. March 27, 1844; d. July 22, 1864, unm.

207. MINERVA, b. Sept. 13, 1845; m. William Clawson.

208. SARAH, b. Oct. 1, 1847; m. C. P. Croy.

209. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. Jan, 27, 1847; m. Florence Mous.

DOUGLAS LEE MOORE, (55), son of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; was born March 9, 1816; with his two brothers Thomas McClish and Ephrain Riley founded the town of Mooresburg in Pulaski County, Indiana, in 1851, and built a flour mill which was burned in the summer of 1853. He married first Nov. 16, 1840, Nancy Rockwell, sister of John Baker Rockwell, by whom he had four children. His wife dying, he married secondly, Jane Todd of Pleasant Grove, Fulton County, Indiana, by whom he had no children. His second wife dying he married thirdly, Martha Jane Borders, by whom he had one child. He died April—, 1853.

By Nancy Rockwell:

210. LORETTA R——, b. Jan. 12, 1843; married J. G. Martin.

211. Infant died young.

212. HANNAH, d. 2 years old.

213. RICHARD EPHRAIM, b. ——, 1844; d. Dec. —, 1854.

By Martha Jane Borders:

214. FRANCES JEMIMA, b. Oct. —, 1852; d. Sept. 1, 1854.

HANNAH MOORE, (56), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17) was born July 16, 1817, in Franklin County, Ohio.; married about 1835, Jacob Baker, of Port Jefferson, Shelby County, Ohio, to whom she bore six daughters; she died Oct. 25, 1852. Jacob Baker was born in Sidney, Ohio, March 1, 1813 and is living at Nebo, Cass County, Indiana. Children:

215. MARIA JANE, b. Aug. 26, 1837; d. ——, 1841.

216. Infant died young.

217. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 30, 1842; m. 2ts.

218. Infant died young.

219. PRISCILLA MARGARET, b. Aug. 6, 1847; m. Jacob Miller.

220. LAURA ANN, b. Oct. 4, 1652; m. John Clark.

THOMAS McCLISH MOORE, (58), son of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born June 25, 1820, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; with his two brothers E. R. and D. L. founded the town of Mooresburg, in Pulaski County, Ind. He married Oct. 16, 1845, Mary A. Mowdy, at Logansport, Indiana, by whom he had seven children. She was born June 25, 1856, and died Dec. 10, 1885. He died Dec. 4, 1862. Children:

221. CLARA ANN, b. Oct. 19, 1846; m. A. C. Ward.

222. JAMES IRA, b. Dec. 8, 1848; lives unmarried at Mooreburg.

223. EMMA IRENE, b. Sept. 21, 1850; m. P. P. Dukes.

224. THOMAS DUDLEY, b. Jan. 19, 1852; m. Ellen McCoy.

225. ELIZABETH ALICE, b. Feb. 8, 1856.; d. Dec. 21, 1856.

226. CHARLES EPHRIAM, b. Jan. 7, 1858; m. Ida M. Loy.

227. HARRIET ELSIE, b. Nov. 18, 1861; m. John Cokain.

JEMIMA CARTER MOORE, (59), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born Sept. 21, 1821, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married Nov. 16, 1840, John Baker Rockwell, brother of Nancy Rockwell, (wife of D. L. Moore, (55)); he was born May 25, 1821; served in the U. S. Army in the War of the Rebellion; was killed by a stroke of lightning Sept. 18, 1884; she still lives in Homer, Dakota County, Nebraska. Children:

228. ANNA, b. June 15, 1843; d. June 25, 1843.

229. MARY JANE, b. May 16, 1845; m. J. D. Walker.

230. HANNAH, b. Feb. 8, 1848; d. unm., June 13, 1864.

231. RICHARD DOUGLAS, b. Jan. 21, 1850; m. Susannah Myres.

232. STEPHEN MILLS, b. Jan. 7, 1853; m. Sylvia E. Snyder.

233. MARTHA, b. Oct. 6, 1855; d. Jan. 9, 1863.

234. JEFFERSON, b. May 7, 1858; m. Nancy A. Biggs

235. ROSA ANN, b. Dec. 27, 1860; m. Albert Peterson.

236. MARGARET ALICE, b. Dec. 6, 1863; m. William J. Walter.

ANN URITTA MOORE, (60), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born Nov. 3, 1822, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married June 16, 1844, Thomas Shepherd Long. He was born Sept. 17, 1819, and died Sept. 23, 1872; she died June 17, 1864. Children:

237. WILLIAM, ——, b. Feb. 20, 1846; d. Oct. 2, 1848.

238. MARY BELLE, b. March 4, 1849; m. Henry E. Welsh.

239. ELIZABETH, I, b. —— (MARGARET), b. Mar. 2, 1852; d. Feb. 26, 1859.

240. HARRIET E—— A——, b. June 15, 1854; d. July 29, 1859.

241. EPHRIAM T——, b. June 29, 1857, d. Sept. 3, 1857.

242. ANN R——, b. and d. Jan. 20, 1859.

243. FRANCIS (?), b. Feb. 25, 1860; d. Mar. 9, 1860.

244. ANDREW MORTON, b. Mar. 31, 1863; lives unm. at Mishawaka, Ind.

EPHRIAM RILEY MOORE, (61), son of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1824; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; with his brothers D. L. (55) and T. McL., (58), founded the town of Mooresburg. He married first Oct. 13, 1847, Sarah Jane Patterson, by whom he had two children. His wife dying, he married secondly June 13, 1852, Rachel Ann Murphy, who bore him five children. He died July 8, 1864. His widow survives him, now Mrs. R. A. Hastings, of Mooresburg, Pulaski County, Indiana, who has the original family record of Mrs. Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), Children:

By S. J. Patterson:

245. WILLIAM PATTERSON, b. Oct. 25, 1848; m. M. Locke.

246. JOHN WESLEY, b. ——, 1849; d. May 10, 1856.

By R. A. Murphy.

247. NATHAN HURT, b. Mar. 23, 1853; m. Susie A. Parsley.

248. EPHRIAM RILEY, b. July 27, 1856; d. Aug. 12, 1856.

249. THOMAS RILEY, b. Feb. 27, 1857; m. Nettie L. Borch.

250. LILY DAY, b. Nov. 18, 1853; m. Lee Monroe.

251. HENRY P——, b. Nov. 23, 1860; d. Mar. 3, 1861.

ELIZABETH MARGARET MOORE, (63), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born Sept. 17, 1826; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married Sept. 28, 1843, John W. Williams, to whom she bore four children; she died May 25, 1856; J. W. Williams still lives in Union City, Indiana. Children:

252. PRISCILLA ELLEN, b. May 29, 1845; m. Oscar Knowlton.

253. SARAH JANE, b. Mar. 20, 1848; m. E. W. Penny.

254. MARY ANN, b. Aug. 9, 1850; d. Aug. 2, 1851.

255. EVA ADALINE, b. Aug. 13, 1853; d. Oct. 17, 1853.

ELLEN MARY MOORE, (64), daughter of Priscilla (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born April 17, 1828; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; in which latter state at Logansport she married Richard Richardson, to whom she bore one child, and died in May (or June) 1853. Child:

256. DUDLEY, lived five or six years.

NOTE:—The foregoing closes the records of the Seventh Generation, so far as I have them to date.

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