Stevens, William W., Shortville, Clark Co., Wisconsin

Bio: Stevens/Stephens, William Warren & Jane (Fillmore)
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Surnames: Crosby, Fillmore, Holine, Smith, Stevens/Stephens, Tullies

 

William Warren & Jane (Fillmore) Stevens/Stephens

Shortville, Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

William W. Stevens, a Civil War veteran, was born in South Wales, Erie Co., New York in May of 1841 (alt. 6 Sep 1835) to Samuel (b. 6 Sep 1802 in MA) and Relief (Crosby) Stephens (1 Aug 1802).  Samuel's second wife was Elizabeth Baker French.

 

About 1870, he was married to Jane Fillmore (b. May 1838, NY) in Walworth, Wisconsin, Oct. 21, 1869.  She was the daughter of Herman Fillmore.  They had three children: William Willie (b. 1873, WI), Lucinda Mabel (b. abt. 1875, WI) and Samuel "Sammie" (b. May 1880, WI and named for his fraternal grandfather) and Their son, Willie, married Anna Shoop.

 

He died 11 May 1899 of heart trouble at his home in Shortville, Clark County, Wisconsin, and is buried in the Neillsville City Cemetery, Pine Valley Twp. Clark County, Wisconsin.

 

 

Census Records

 

1880 Federal Census--La Grange, Walworth, Wisconsin
 Name  Relation Marital Status Sex Race Age Nativity Occupation Father's Nativity Mother's Nativity
 Warren (William) Stephens   Self   S   Male   W   45   NY   Farmer   MA   MA 
 Jane Stephens   Wife   S   Female   W   42   NY   Keeping House   VT   NY 
 Willie H. Stephens   Son   S   Male   W   7   WI      NY   VT 
 Lucinda M. Stephens   Dau   S   Female   W   6   WI      NY   VT 

 Mabel Stephens 

 Dau 

 S 

 Female 

 W 

 3 

 WI 

  

 NY 

 VT 

 (Samuel) Stephens 

 Son 

 S 

 Male 

 W 

 1M 

 WI 

  

 NY 

 VT 

 Flora Smith 

 Other 

 S 

 Female 

 W 

 22 

 WI 

 Teaches School 

 NY 

 NY 

Previous Household: Theodore & Sophia Holine.  Next Household:  Charles & Cathrine Tullies

 

 

Military

 

Not yet confirmed.

*George L. Stevens served as a Private in Company A, the 102nd  New York Infantry in the Civil War and is buried in the Neillsville City Cemetery, Pine Valley Twp. Clark County, Wisconsin.

 

Please note that the children of Samuel & Relief (Crosby) Stephens, the parents of Warren W. Stevens/Stephens were: Warren W. (b. 6 Sep 1835, So. Wales, Erie Co., NY); Althera (b. Sep 1836, Wales, NY); Sythera A. (b. 15 Sep 1836, Wales, Erie Co., NY); George (b. 2 Feb 1840, Wales, Erie Co., NY); Relief (b. aft. 1842, NY); and Anson Smith (b. 30 Mar 1842, Wales, Erie Co., NY).

 

 


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