John C. Stephens (1848 - 1923)

Born 19 Nov 1848 in Laurel, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 Oct 1923 at age 74 in Oklahoma, United States

Biography

John C. Stephens was born in 1848 at Laurel, Kentucky. He passed his early life in his native county, and in the fall of 1868 was married to Adline L. Rose, a native of Virginia, and daughter of Andrew J. Rose, a resident of Franklin County. After his marriage John Stephens went to Madison County, Ark., and in 1885 bought the old home place in Franklin County. His farm contained 160 acres, sixty being under cultivation and well improved, with good buildings, and a two-acre orchard. He and his first wife parted in the year of 1878, and John kept the children, David and Margaret J. Stephens. February 15, 1882, he married Mary E. Forbes, daughter of Robert Forbes, and a native of Kentucky, and there reared. This marriage was blessed with three children: Delie M., Elmer and Clarence B. Stephens. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church, and he was a member of the K. of H. In 1888 he was elected justice of the peace. He died in 1923.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M65Z-YVS : 9 November 2014), John Stephens in household of Solomon Stephens, Laurel county, part of, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing family 528, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZBW-C72 : 30 December 2015), John Stephens in entry for Solomon Stephens, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSR2-TJY : 20 January 2015), John Stephens, Township 19 N. Range 20 E., Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing sheet 20A, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,844.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLQY-JCC : 29 October 2015), John C Stephens, Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,257.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJM8-BPH : 14 December 2015), John C Stephens, Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States; citing sheet 4A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,451.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2R-K4BH : 13 December 2015), John C. Stephens, 1923; Burial, Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States of America, New Home Cemetery; citing record ID 79919228, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago, IL, USA: Goodspeed Publishing, 1889, Franklin County page 1278
• Nuckolls, Charles R. "David Stephens." In The Roses: The Nuckolls Family, the Lyman Family, and One Hundred Fifty Immigrants Who Helped Shape America. New York: iUniverse, 2010.