Part 7

117. DAVID, b. Aug. 29, 1841; d. Jan. 5. 1861, unm. falling off a gunboat into the Missippi River.

SILAS McCLISH, married secondly Mrs. Sallie (Carter) Hopkins about 1854, by whom he had no children. He died June 16, 1860.

ELIZA McCLISH, (28), daughter of Hannah (Stephens) McClish, (13), was born Dec. 25, 1806; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio; married John Bush in 1822; died Nov. 24, 1827; had two children:

118. ---- died young.

119. ---- died young.

JOSHUA BOWSEN STEPHENS, (32), son of John Stephens, (15), was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 4, 1812; accompanied his parents to Shelby County, Ohio; taught school; settled on Section 21, Turtle Creek Township, where he farmed till his death, Feb. 1 1891; married Nancy Creegan, (she was born Dec. 20, 1820) daughter of James and Eleanor Creegan, Feb. 16, 1843. (From him I obtained much valuable information about family history.) Their children were:

120. SARAH CLEMENTINE, b. Feb. 21, 1844; d. Dec. 21, 1847.

121. JOHN WESLEY, b. Sept. 5, 1845; is a gunsmith; lives in Sidney, Ohio.

122. DAVID HUMPHREYS, b. Sept. 5, 1847, d. unm. Aug. 6, 1878.

123. MARY LOUISA, b. Oct. 22, 1849; m. Thomas Evans Oct. 10, 1876; lives at Atlantic City, Iowa.

124. NANCY ELLEN, b. May 19, 1852.

125. CATHERINE THERESA, b. July 15, 1854.

126. OLIVER PERRY, b. Sept. 5, 1856; a school teacher.

127. MARIA ANTOINETTE, b. July 28, 1858; a school teacher.

128. FLORENCE JANE, b. April 20, 1865.

The children from 124 to 128, inclusive, live on the farm near Sidney, Ohio.

DAVID HUMPHREY STEPHENS, (33), son of John Stephens, (15), was born Nov. 8, 1813, in Pickaway County, Ohio; was a preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church, and President of the Indiana Conference at the time of his death; he married Sytha Annesley Burton April 13, 1838: (she was born Sept. 29, 1817, near Flemingsburg, Ky.); lives at St. Joseph, Mo. He died August 23, 1846; their children were:

129. EMMA CLARISSA, b. June 23, 1842; m. A. D. Jewell.

130. JOHN OLIVER, b. Nov. 20, 1844; m. Sarah J. Dinkle.

131. MARTHA M----, b. May 13, 1847; m. Gad W. McCoy.

MARIA STEPHENS, (34), daughter of John Stephens, (15), was born about 1815, in Ross County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, where she married John Blake in 1846; had only one child, a daughter, who lived only a few months; both mother and child are buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at Sidney, Ohio. Her child was:

132. ----.

OLIVER PERRY STEPHENS, (36), son of John Stephens, (15), was born June 20, 1820, near Sidney, Ohio, where he was raised on his father's farm; became a preacher in the Methodist Protestant Church; married first June 11, 1846, Mary Ann Biddle, a daughter of William H. Biddle, of New Jersey, a direct descendant of William Penn. She was a women of marked literary ability, the author of several fine poems; was born Sept. 19, 1821, and died April 15, 1869; she bore him five children. He married secondly Mary Catherine Hartsook, Nov. 2, 1871; she was the daughter of Elijah Barnett Hartsook, and was born Dec. 3, 1836. She bore him one child. He died at Sabina, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1873, and was buried by the Masonic Lodge of that place. His widow, Mrs. Mary C. (Hartsook) Stephens, lives eight miles southeast of Xenia, Ohio, her post-office address. (His remains now repose in the Cemetery at Xenia, Ohio, where also lives his widow, 1906.) His children are:

By Mary Ann Biddle:

133. DAVID STUBERT, b. May 12, 1847; m. Marietta L. Gibson.

134. EMMA CATHERINE, b. Dec. 6, 1848; m. Ira Underwood.

135. LOUISA FRANCES, b. May 16, 1851; m. J. A. Van Auken.

136. WILLIAM CHALMERS, b. May 29, 1857; m. Mary Anetta Underwood.