Jane M. "Janie" DENNIS was born on 26 September 1874 in Monroe County, Ohio and died on 27 March 1900. She was the daughter of Lemuel DENNIS and Hannah Loretta "Retta" WINLAND. She is buried in the Center Valley U.M. Church Cemetery, Wirt County, West Virginia.[1]
Residences:
This individual was never enumerated in a Federal Census Record. Her family was missed in the 1880 United States Federal Census record and she died before the enumeration of the 1900 United States Federal Census record. She is believed to have been born in Monroe County, Ohio and moved to West Virginia when young with her parents probably around 1880.
Marriage:
She was married on 6 March 1892 in Wirt County, West Virginia to Henry H. STEPHENS.[2]
Spouse:
Henry H. STEPHENS was born on 3 November 1865 in Jackson County, West Virginia[3] and died on 28 November 1941 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio. He was the son of William STEPHENS, Jr. and Nancy D. LOCKHART. After his first wife's death, Henry married on 8 August 1902 in Wirt County, West Virginia to Anna Bell COURTNEY.
Spouse's Name Conflict:
He was listed on his birth record as Henry H. STEWART instead of STEPHENS.[3] This record is typed so possibly not the original record. Perhaps this was an error by the typist.
Children of Henry H. STEPHENS and Jane M. DENNIS:
Roy STEPHENS (Born: 22 December 1891 in Wirt County, West Virginia; Died: 18 August 1893 in Wirt County, West Virginia) - no birth or death certificate found for the dates provided on the WV Vital Research Records Project website.
Clarence STEPHENS (Born: 20 January 1893 in Wirt County, West Virginia; Died: 18 August 1893 in Wirt County, West Virginia) - no birth or death certificate found for the dates provided on the WV Vital Research Records Project website.
Herman Nolan STEPHENS (Born: 31 January 1897 in Leroy, Jackson County, West Virginia;[4] Died: 2 April 1964 in New Philadelphia, Tuscawarus County, Ohio); Married: 1 September 1923 in Medina County, Ohio to Adeline Milla MABRY
Orvan O. STEPHENS (Born: 4 December 1899 in West Virginia; Died: 29 August 1963 in Ohio); Married: before 1925 to Irene Elva CUNNINGHAM
Sources
↑Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2018), memorial page for M. Janie Dennis Stephens (26 Sep 1874–27 Mar 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #67734099, citing Center Valley Cemetery, Wirt County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Crystal (contributor 46975682).
↑ Wirt County, West Virginia, "Marriage Record Search (1848 - 1861, 1863 - 1970)," Henry Stephens and Jane Dennis, 1892; database with images, West Virginia Vital Research Records Project (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_mcsearch.aspx : accessed 30 September 2018); citing West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, West Virginia.
↑ 3.03.1 Jackson County, West Virginia, "Birth Record Search (1843, 1852 - 1854, 1856 - 1917)," Henry H. Stewart, 1865; database with images, West Virginia Vital Research Records Project (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcsearch.aspx : accessed 30 September 2018); citing West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, West Virginia.
↑ Jackson County, West Virginia, "Birth Record Search (1843, 1852 - 1854, 1856 - 1917)," Herman Nolan STEPHENS, 1897; database with images, West Virginia Vital Research Records Project (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_bcsearch.aspx : accessed 30 September 2018); citing West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, West Virginia.
Widowed Husband and children listed in 1900: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9C2-TQC : accessed 30 September 2018), Henry Stephens, Ravenswood district (east side), Jackson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 32, sheet 13B, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,760.
Unable to find death record for Jane M. DENNIS. Death date from Find a Grave information.
Last known census of husband: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWPW-HZG : accessed 22 May 2016), Henry H Stevens, Ward 10, Akron City, Akron City, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-252, sheet 60B, family 151, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 3182.
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