Cynthia (Hensley) Stevens (abt. 1839)

Born about 1839 in , Vermilion County, Illinois, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Francis M. Stevens — married 2 Jan 1868 in , Vermilion County, Illinois, United States of America

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Biography

Cynthia was born c1839 in Vermilion County, Illinois, the second of eight known children and four daughters of Jepthah and Elizabeth W. Morgan Hensley.

On 2 January 1868 she married Francis M. Stevens in Vermilion County, Illinois.

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Marriage record for Francis Stevens and Cynthia Hensley

1870 census

Cynthia appears in the 1870 United States Federal Census living with her husband, Frances [Francis] Stephens, a 30-year-old farmer with $250 in personal property. (He is denied voting rights, which suggests he was a Confederate sympathizer in the Civil War.)

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1870 census for Francis and Cynthia Stephens household

Name: Franc[i]s Stephens; Age in 1870: 30; Birth Year: c1840; Birthplace: Indiana; Dwelling Number: 29; Home in 1870: Center, Hickory County, Missouri; Gender: Male; Occupation: Farmer; Male Citizen Over 21: Y; Denied Voting Rights: Y; Personal Estate Value: 250.

Household Members: Name Age

Franc[i]s Stephens 30

Cynthia Stephens 30^[1]

Citations

1. ↑ 1870 Census, Center, Hickory County, Missouri; Roll: M593_779; Page 2B, Image 4 of 28, Family History Library Film 552278, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=8526739. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7163/4273254_00008?pid=8526739&backurl=http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1870usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D8526739&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 16 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

Prickett-120 created Francis M. Stevens on 16 October 2017.

Sources

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PF-LY4 : 29 December 2014), Francis M. Stevens and Cynthia A. Hensley, 02 Jan 1868; citing Vermillion, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,298,747.

• U. S. Bureau of the Census. 1870 Census, Center, Hickory County, Missouri; Roll: M593_779; Page 2B, Image 4 of 28, Family History Library Film 552278, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&indiv=try&h=8526739. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7163/4273254_00008?pid=8526739&backurl=http://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1870usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D8526739&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 16 Oct 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

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