Robert Stevenson, Jr.

    Robert Stevenson, Jr., farmer, Shelby Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. He is the second son of Robert Stevenson, Sr., of same township and county. He was born May 28, 1844, and was raised on a farm, and educated in the common schools. In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served two years and six months, when he was discharged for disability received at Chattanooga, January 6, 1864. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Chickamauga and others. He was taken prisoner at Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. Upon returning home, as soon as he had sufficiently recovered from his disability, he resumed the life of a farmer, and has followed it ever since. In 1865 he was married to Mary E. Barber, who had formerly been married to John W. Hicks (a soldier), who was the daughter of James Barber. The result of this union was four children: James W., Lucius L., Minnie E. (who died at twenty-three months of age) and Robert F. Mr. Stevenson is a prominent member of the Baptist Church.

    He has never sought an office of any kind. Having felt the great need of a good education, he is endeavoring to give his children better school advantages than he had himself. Owing tot he hardships of his life in the army he is physically a wreck.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.