Ruth (Long) Stephens (abt. 1807 - 1889)

Born about 1807 in Baltimore Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States

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Descendants

Died 19 Jun 1889 at about age 82 in Sussex, Delaware, United States

Biography

Ruth Long was born near Selbyville, Delaware of Joseph Long and Mahala Murray about 1807. She married William Stephens in Sussex Co. Delaware. ^[1]

William died before 1880 as Ruth is found as a widow living with Joshua in the 1880 census.^[2]

Ruth Stephens died on 19 Jul 1889^{[3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8B-LWS : 9 November 2014>, Ruth Stephens in household of William Stephens, Dagsborough Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States; citing family 160, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC6-546 : 14 July 2016), Ruth Stephens in household of Joshua J Stephens, Baltimore, Sussex, Delaware, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 380D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0117; FHL microfilm 1,254,117.
3. ↑ "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FNP2-J8H : 3 December 2014), Ruth J. Stephen, 19 Jul 1889; citing Sussex Co., Delaware, United States, Hall of Records, Dover; FHL microfilm 6,372.
4. ↑ "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9R-3LTH : 25 June 2015), Ruth J Stephen, 19 Jul 1889; citing Death, Selbyville, Sussex, Delaware, United States, Public Archives, Dover.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to John Long for starting this profile based on <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=idamay&id=I16627>