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ROBERT MORGAN EVANS STEPHENS, (82), son of Silas Stephens, (20), was born Oct. 15, 1834, in Evansville, Ind.; married Oct. 4, 1857, Mary M---- Tribble, by whom he had three children. He died May 3, 1864; his widow yet lives in Evansville. Children:

290. MARY ELLA, b. July 15, 1859; m. A. J. Miller.

291. EDGAR, b. Aug. 8, 1861; d. April 22, 1866.

292. JANE CAROLINE, (or Jennie), b. Nov. 20, 1863; m. Ed. F. Sonntag.

HENRY CLAY STEPHENS, (84), son of Silas Stephens, (20), was born in Evansville, Ind., Sept. 21, 1842; was a farmer; married Nov. 7, 1861, Caroline Ronschler (she was born Aug. 19, 1839), by whom he had six children. He died Feb. 5, 1884. Children:

293. EMMA JANE, b. Aug. 18, 1862.

294. SILAS SCANTLIN, b. March 22, 1864.

295. ROBERT MORGAN EVANS, b. Dec. 6, 1866.

296. JULIENNE EVANS, b. Sept. 6, 1868.

297. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 8, 1870; d. Jan. 31, 1871.

298. DEWITT EVANS, b. Aug. 24, 1873.

The widow and surviving children live in Evansville, Ind.

CALEB GASKILL, (91), son of Catherine (Vandever) Gaskill, (24), was born May 7, 1832; married Nov. 13, 1860, Julia Nelson (she was born Feb. 15, 1842; died Sept. 30, 1881), by whom he had seven children. He was a member of Company G, 7th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, U. S. A., participating in seven pitched battles during the war of the Rebellion, and was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., May 9, 1865; now farms near Brainerd, Nebraska. Children:

299. WILLIAM, b. ----, 1861; d. ----, 1874.

300. ALBERT, b. Jan. --, 1864; d. Nov. 2, 1880.

301. SARAH, b. ----, 1868; d. ----, 1875.

302. GEORGE J----, b. May 6, 1873.

303. RENNIE, b. ----, 1877; d. ----, 1877.

304. ANNIE MAY, b. April 12, 1879.

305. CORA, b. Mar. 20, 1881; d. Dec. 15, 1881.

JESSE T---- GASKILL, (92), son of Catherine (Vandever) Gaskill, (24), was born April 21, 1834; married Isabella Nelson (she was born ----, 1840; d. ----, 1883) by whom he had eight children. He is a farmer and lives near Haysprings, Nebraska. Children:

306. FRANCIS A----, b. ----, 1858; d. ----, 1861.

307. SARAH A----, b. ----, 1859; d. ----, 1861.

308. ELLEN, b. ----, 1860; m. Perry Milliken.

309. FLORA CATHERINE, b. ----, 1862; m. Hugh L. McCoy.

310. JESSIE (?), b. ----, 1864; d. ----, 1865.

311. GEORGE WILSON, b. ----, 1866; d. ----, 1867.

312. ESTELLA MARY, b. Nov. 2, 1868; m. Lewis Jacobs.

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