William Zadock Stephenson (1840 - 1932)

Born 23 Nov 1840 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1932 at about age 91 in Kentucky

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Biography

William Zadock Stephenson (son of Thomas Stephenson and Nancy Burrus Richardson) was born November 23, 1840 in Kentucky and died in 1932 in Kentucky. He married (1) Mary Jane Lambert . They farmed near Zion Station in Grant County, Kentucky. He helped build the Pleasant View Baptist Church near Elliston. He and Mary were very active in the church for many years. He was a very strong man and was once referred to in a newspaper article as a “walking derrick”. He worked as a railroad supervisor. He was often spotted around the community riding his black horse. Mary died in 1900 and he married (2) S. Jane Webster in 1908 in Grant County, Kentucky. They are buried in the Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery in Grant County, Kentucky.

Children of William Zadock Stephenson and Mary Jane Lambert are:

1 Izora B. Stephenson b. about 1863, KY

2 Lafayette F. Stephenson b. Nov., 1867, KY, d. 1934, IN

3 Melvina Stephenson b. about 1870, KY, d. July 9, 1871, KY

4 Mary Frances Stephenson b. Apr. 7, 1872, KY, d. 1940

5 Martha “Mattie” Ann Stephenson b. Sep. 6, 1878, KY, d. 1921

6 James Monroe Stephenson b. Feb., 1880, KY, d. Jan. 7, 1913, OH

7 Zadoc William Stephenson b. Nov. 10, 1882, KY, d. Jan. 4, 1965, OH

Sources

• 1870: Flat Creek Precinct, Grant County, Kentucky

1880 Flat Creek Precinct, Grant County, Kentucky

1930: Randolph Township, Ohio County, Indiana