Part 24

ELLEN MINERVA STEPHENS, (183), daughter of Joshua M. Stephens, (42), was born Sept. 16, 1841; married Joseph H. Baker; he was born Dec. 9, 1835, and was shot and killed Oct. 20, 1876, while Sheriff of Portage County, Wisconsin, in the act of executing a writ of ejectment; his murderer was promptly hanged by a mob. She is the mother of six children, and lives at Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin. Children:

457. FRANCES, b. Aug. 24, 1865; m. William Hartwell.

458. JOHN STANLEY, b. April 9, 1867; d. Jan. 7, 1875.

459. GEORGE H----, b. April 9, 1869.

460. WALTER, b. June 10, 1871.

461. BLANCHE, b. June 19, 1874.

462. JOSEPH H----, b. April 13, 1876.

SIDNEY STEPHENS, (184), son of Joshua M. Stephens, (42), was born Nov. 8, 1842, near Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois; married Oct. 10, 1866, Emma Elizabeth Lombard; she was born Oct. 8, 1845; they live in Livingston, Montana. Children:

463. MINERVA ISABELL, b. Nov. 27, 1867.

464. MABEL SIDNEY, b. Dec. 11, 1873.

465. ARTHUR DUANE, b. Oct. 11, 1884.

STANTON WESLEY HAWKEY, (185), son of Roda (Stephens) Hawkey, (44), was born Oct. 3, 1848; married May 11, 1870, Clara Edith Lenox, daughter of James Lenox, born Nov. 4, 1855, (brother of John Lenox of Wapakoneta, Ohio.) They live at No. 70 Woodlawn Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana; he is a grocer. Child:

466. WINNIFRED GERTRUDE, b. Aug 25, 1872.

SARAH ELIZABETH HAWKEY, (186), daughter of Rhoda (Stephens) Hawkey, (44), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1850; married James Daniel Price; he was born Nov. 9, 1852; farms near Flagstaff, Arizona. Children:

467. HARLEY CLIDE, b. April 12, 1879.

468. RHODA FAY, b. June 3, 1881.

469. JOSEPH WILLIAM, b. Aug. 4, 1885.

470. EDNA BROWNING,

471. ETHEL MAY, b. March 14, 1887.

472. CARRIE KIBBON, b. June 27, 1890; d. Nov. --, 1890, at Los Angeles, California.

JAMES EBENEZER STEPHENS, (187), son of Dr. John Wesley Stephens, (45), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Nov. 26, 1842; served a short time in the Union Army; was a Freemason, a music teacher, editor of the Veedersburg (Ind.) Reporter; married Jan. 10, 1875, Annie I. Lister; she was born Dec. 27, 1857. He was drowned Feb. 3, 1883. His children are all dead. His widow lives at Aylesworth, Indiana. Children:

473. JOHN REUBEN, b. Dec. 2, 1875; d. Oct. 13, 1878.

474. WILLIAM WIRT, b. Mar. 26, 1877; d. Nov. 15, 1878.

475. CHARLES EDWARD, b. Feb. 2, 1879; d. Feb. 16, 1879.

476. ALTA MAY, b. Feb. 27, 1880; d. Feb. 12, 1884.

477. ELEANOR BERTHA, b. Jan. 7, 1883; d. Feb. 10, 1884.

ELIZA JANE STEPHENS, (189), daughter of Dr. J. W. Stephens, (45), was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Aug. 31, 1846; married David Hoover, who farms near Tocsin, Indiana. Children:

478. JOHN WILLIAM, b. Nov. 26, 1866; d. Aug. 23, 1876.