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183. SIDNEY, b. Nov. 8, 1842; m. Emma Lombard.

184. ELLEN MINERVA, b. Sept. 16, 1841, m. J. H. Baker.

RHODA STEPHENS, (44), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1819; twin with her brother, John Wesley; married William Hawkey, July 30, 1846. He was born June 12, 1813, in Maryland and died Dec. 20, 1886, in Sidney, Ohio; she died Nov. 13, 1852. Children: 185. STANTON WESLEY, b. Oct. 3, 1848; m. Clara E. Lenox. 186. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 9, 1850; m. J. D. Price.

JOHN WESLEY STEPHENS, (45), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), twin brother of Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, (44), was born Feb. 22, 1819; at Hardin, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm; became a portrait painter and a physician; was surgeon of the 99th Ohio V. I. and 50th O. V. I., Third Division, Army of the Cumberland, serving through the Rebellion; settled at State Line City, Ind., where he died May 18, 1881; he married Feb. 17, 1842, Sarah Graham; she was born May 18, 1817, and yet lives at Sidney, Ohio. She furnishes me with much valuable family history. Children:

187. JAMES EBENEZER, born Nov. 26, 1842; m. Annia I. Lister.

188. SARAH ADELIA, b. July 30, 1844; d. unm. Aug. 27, 1869.

189. ELIZA JANE, b. Aug. 31, 1846; m. David Hoover.

190. ROBERT GRAHAM, b. Dec. 12, 1848; d. Mar. 28, 1853.

191. CAROLINE MARY, b. Oct. 12, 1850; m. E. E. Inlow.

ELIZA STEPHENS, (46), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Mar. 14, 1821, at Hardin, Ohio; married William Hawkey, the former husband of her sister, Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, on Sept. 14, 1853, and died Sept. 29, 1887, at Sidney, Ohio. She had one child:

192. WINONA MAY, b. Aug. 7, 1862; resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, married E. S. Gosney, a banker of that place; has -- children:

DAVID NELSON STEPHENS, (47), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born at Hardin, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm; has lived at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, all his life, with the exception of a short time spent in his early life in Illinois as a farmer; was born Feb. 23, 1823; married Dec. 25, 1853, Elydia Stone; she was born May 28, 1837, and is living at Hardin, Ohio. D. N. Stephens died ----. Children:

193. ALLANSON FOSTER, b. Nov. 23, 1854; m. Mrs. N. A. Princehouse.

194. SHAFFER FREMONT, b. June 14, 1857; m. Rhoda Stilos.

195. WILLIAM JOSHUA, b. Oct. 25, 1858; lives unm. at Flagstaff, Arizona.

196. TAMSON PARMELIA, b. Oct. 8, 1860; m. M. E. Shaw.

197. MARGARET ELLEN, b. June 2, 1863; m. Lewis White.

198. NANCY ALICE, b. Dec. 17, 1866; m. J. W. Turnis.

199. WINNIE JENNIFRED, b. Dec. 2, 1872.

SARAH ANN STEPHENS, (49), daughter of E. D. Stephens, (16), was born Feb. 11, 1827, near Hardin, Ohio; married William Broderick Cannon, son of Richard Cannon (See page 10) (9) July 10, 1846. She died Dec. 22, 1855. He was born April 11, 1826, and lives at Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa. She had four children:

200. MARY ELVIRY, b. Aug. 20, 1847; m. Nathan Swan.

201. RICHARD EBENEZER, b. March 21, 1849; m. Olive Dill.

202. SARAH TAMSON, b. Oct. 7, 1850; d. March 4, 1853.

203. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 26, 1853; d. Feb. 19, 1862.

LUCINDA MOORE, (52), daughter of Priscilla, (Stephens) Moore, (17), was born Oct. 25, 1812; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married Jacob Marshall, of Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Jealousy on the part of her husband led to their separation; in 1836 she disappeared, saying that she was going to live with the Quakers at Dayton, Ohio, since which time she has never been heard from; she had one child:

204. ----, born and died the same day in 1833.

MINERVA MOORE, (53), daughter of P. S. Moore, (17), was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1813; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio; married Richard Francis; had one child which died:

205. ANN, b. ----

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