Joseph Smith Stevens (1845 - 1919)

Born 12 Mar 1845 in Yellrome, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Morana (King) Stevens — married 12 Aug 1865 in Circleville, Piute, Utah Territory, United States

Died 8 Nov 1919 at age 74 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Biography

Joseph Smith Stevens was born on March 12, 1845 in Yellrome, Hancock, Illinois, United States. He is the son of Lymon Stevens and Martha Durfee.

When he was four years old, his family immigrated to the Utah Territory with the Silas Richards Company in 1849.^[1]

In 1850, he lived in Salt Lake County, Utah Territory with his family.

He married Abigail Morana King on August 12, 1865 in Circleville, Piute County, Utah. They had ten children.

1. Martha Caroline Stevens was born on April 30, 1866 in Circleville.
2. Abigail Matilda Stevens was born on March 25, 1868 in Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah.
3. Joseph Smith Stevens Jr was born on May 11, 1870 in Ephraim.
4. George William Stevens was born on January 19, 1873 in Ephraim.
5. Mary Jane Stevens was born on March 25, 1875 in Ephraim.
6. Charles Franklin Stevens was born on June 2, 1877 in Mayfield, Sanpete County, Utah.
7. John Eleazer Stevens was born on January 7, 1880 in Mayfield.
8. James Lyman Stevens was born on September 28, 1883 in Ferron, Emery County, Utah.
9. Huldah Lovina Stevens was born on April 20, 1885 in Ferron.
10. Lilly Jeanette Stevens was born on March 21, 1890 in Ferron.

Joseph fought in the Blackhawk War.^[2][3][4]

His wife died on July 24, 1913.^[5][6]

Joseph passed away at an age of seventy-four on November 8, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He is buried in the Ferron City Cemetery.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HJ1S : 10 February 2018), Joseph Smith Stevens, 29 Oct 1849; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/5098 : 2004-).
2. ↑ "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD3-53WN : 14 November 2020), Joseph S Stevens, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,200.
3. ↑ "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRM-1Z4 : 6 December 2014), Joseph S Stevens, 08 Nov 1919; citing City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, military unit Capt Lewis Larson's Co Cav, Ut Ter Mil, Blackhawk, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,489.
4. ↑ "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL7B-1X8 : 14 December 2020), Joseph S Stevens, ; excerpted from Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Books, 1913).
5. ↑ "Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSF-RLHK : 17 March 2018), Joseph S Stevens in entry for Mrs Abigail King Stevens, 30 Jul 1913; citing Salt Lake Herald 12, The University of Utah. J. Willard Marriott Library, Salt Lake City.
6. ↑ "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HFYW-KHZM : 28 January 2020), Joseph Smith Stevens in entry for Abigail Marina King, .
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120218/joseph-smith-stevens : accessed 24 January 2021), memorial page for Joseph Smith Stevens Sr. (12 Mar 1845–8 Nov 1919), Find a Grave Memorial no. Find A Grave: Memorial #120218, citing Ferron City Cemetery, Ferron, Emery County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Helen Walter (contributor 48002827) .
8. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGF-PWB : 27 December 2020), Joseph Smith Stevens, 08 Nov 1919; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, certificate 1828, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
9. ↑ "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ46-XDM : 4 August 2017), Joseph Smith Stevens, 08 Nov 1919; citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,710.
10. ↑ "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLL3-7FSZ : 13 February 2020), Joseph S Stevens, 8 Nov 1919; citing Death, Utah, United States, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
11. ↑ "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85F-K89 : 28 January 2020), Joseph Smith Stevens, .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-Y31 : 23 December 2020), Joseph Stephens in household of Lyman Stephens, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCY-PXQ : 2 January 2021), Joseph Stevens, 1870, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRV-FP8 : accessed 24 January 2021), Joseph S. Stevens, Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 196, sheet 5B, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,683.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XS-R23 : accessed 24 January 2021), Joseph S Stevens, Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 9A, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1603; FHL microfilm 1,375,616.