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DAVID HUMPHREY STEPHENS, , son of John Stephens, , 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: ; lives at St. Joseph, Mo. He died August 23, 1846; their children were:

MARIA STEPHENS, , daughter of John Stephens, , 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:

OLIVER PERRY STEPHENS, , son of John Stephens, , 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. Stephens, lives eight miles southeast of Xenia, Ohio, her post-office address. His children are:

SARAH STEPHENS, , daughter of John Stephens, , was born in Shelby County, Ohio, August 4, 1822; married Smith Wallace May 11, 1843; they moved to Clark County, same state, where Wallace farmed; she died June 3, 1868. Her children were:

CATHERINE STEPHENS, , daughter of John Stephens, , was born in Shelby County, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1824; d. Jan. 29, 1905; married Robert Bower of Lima, Ohio; died Dec. 6, 1905. Her children were:

NANCY STEPHENS, , daughter of John Stephens, , was born in Shelby County, Ohio, March 22, 1827; died Jan. 8, 1909; married January 29, 1850, Thornton Talyor Mitchell; he was born Aug. 27, 1827; died Nov. 24, 1907; they lived in Lima, Ohio. Their children were:

HETTY STEPHENS, , daughter of E. D. Stephens, , was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1811; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married John Lenox, son of Richard Lenox, ; they lived on their farm just South of Wapakoneta, Ohio, all their lives; she was the mother of ten children; she died May 30, 1860; their children were:

WILLIAM HUMPHREYS STEPHENS, , son of E. D. Stephens, , was born Feb. 25, 1813, on Walnut Creek, Franklin County, Ohio; was raised on his father's farm near Hardin; learned the shoemakers trade in that place; was there in partnership in that business with Calvin Lenox, and married Sept. 13, 1835, his sister, Julian Crisup Lenox, daughter of Richard Lenox, ; she bore him two children; he married secondly, Jan. 13, 1840, Eleanor Cecil, daughter of Jude William Wirt Cecil, of the Cecil family of Virginia; ; he moved to Sidney, Ohio, and engaged in the transportation business on the Miami Canal; moved to Lockington, same County, and built a saw mill there in 1853; was a Whig in politics and a Methodist in religion; in August, 1855, moved to Grundy County, Missouri, and purchased a farm 2-1/2 miles southeast of Trenton; in April, 1857, started overland for California with ox-teams; was harrassed by Indians and Mormans on the way; arrived in California in Oct.; first settled in Ione Valley; then moved to Suisun, Solano County; in 1859, returned to Ione, but lost his farm there by reason of a Pico grant, as he had by the Waterman grant in Solano County; in 1861, moved to Santa Clara, California, where he followed the transportation business till his death; married thirdly, Nov. 30, 1870, Harriet Judidah Lusk, a native of Freehold County, N. Y., by whom he had no children; was town trustee of Santa Clara, and a stockholder in the local bank and street railroad; died Dec. 13, 1879, and was buried by the Odd Fellows, of which organization he had been a member since 1840; he wrote a history of the family, but the manuscript was lost. Children:

JOSHUA M. STEPHENS, , son of E. D. Stephens, , was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1814; was raised on his father's farm at Hardin; is said to have assumed the "M" in his name for distinction; settled on a Government claim near Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, where he died July 5, 1844, of a sore throat; he married Minerva Metcalf, she was born October 25, 1815; died Dec. 25, 1876; Children:

RHODA STEPHENS, , daughter of E. D. Stephens, , was born at Hardin, Shelby County, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1819; twin with her brother, John Wesley; married William Hawkey, July 30, 1846. He was born June 12, 1813, in Maryland and died Dec. 20, 1886, in Sidney, Ohio; she died Nov. 13, 1852. Children: 185. STANTON WESLEY, b. Oct. 3, 1848; m. Clara E. Lenox. 186. SARAH ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 9, 1850; m. J. D. Price.

ELIZA STEPHENS, , daughter of E. D. Stephens, , was born Mar. 14, 1821, at Hardin, Ohio; married William Hawkey, the former husband of her sister, Rhoda Stephens Hawkey, on Sept. 14, 1853, and died Sept. 29, 1887, at Sidney, Ohio. She had one child:

SARAH ANN STEPHENS, , daughter of E. D. Stephens, , was born Feb. 11, 1827, near Hardin, Ohio; married William Broderick Cannon, son of Richard Cannon July 10, 1846. She died Dec. 22, 1855. He was born April 11, 1826, and lives at Allerton, Wayne County, Iowa. She had four children:

LUCINDA MOORE, , daughter of Priscilla, Moore, , was born Oct. 25, 1812; accompanied her parents to Shelby County; married Jacob Marshall, of Fort Jefferson, Ohio. Jealousy on the part of her husband led to their separation; in 1836 she disappeared, saying that she was going to live with the Quakers at Dayton, Ohio, since which time she has never been heard from; she had one child:

MINERVA MOORE, , daughter of P. S. Moore, , was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1813; accompanied her parents to Shelby County, Ohio; married Richard Francis; had one child which died:

DOUGLAS LEE MOORE, , son of Priscilla Moore, , was born in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; was born March 9, 1816; with his two brothers Thomas McClish and Ephrain Riley founded the town of Mooresburg in Pulaski County, Indiana, in 1851, and built a flour mill which was burned in the summer of 1853. He married first Nov. 16, 1840, Nancy Rockwell, sister of John Baker Rockwell, by whom he had four children. His wife dying, he married secondly, Jane Todd of Pleasant Grove, Fulton County, Indiana, by whom he had no children. His second wife dying he married thirdly, Martha Jane Borders, by whom he had one child. He died April --, 1853.

HANNAH MOORE, , daughter of Priscilla Moore, was born July 16, 1817, in Franklin County, Ohio.; married about 1835, Jacob Baker, of Port Jefferson, Shelby County, Ohio, to whom she bore six daughters; she died Oct. 25, 1852. Jacob Baker was born in Sidney, Ohio, March 1, 1813 and is living at Nebo, Cass County, Indiana. Children:

THOMAS McCLISH MOORE, , son of Priscilla Moore, , was born June 25, 1820, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; with his two brothers E. R. and D. L. founded the town of Mooresburg, in Pulaski County, Ind. He married Oct. 16, 1845, Mary A. Mowdy, at Logansport, Indiana, by whom he had seven children. She was born June 25, 1856, and died Dec. 10, 1885. He died Dec. 4, 1862. Children:

ANN URITTA MOORE, , daughter of Priscilla Moore, , was born Nov. 3, 1822, in Franklin County, Ohio; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married June 16, 1844, Thomas Shepherd Long. He was born Sept. 17, 1819, and died Sept. 23, 1872; she died June 17, 1864. Children:

EPHRIAM RILEY MOORE, , son of Priscilla Moore, , was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1824; accompanied his parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; with his brothers D. L. and T. McL., , founded the town of Mooresburg. He married first Oct. 13, 1847, Sarah Jane Patterson, by whom he had two children. His wife dying, he married secondly June 13, 1852, Rachel Ann Murphy, who bore him five children. He died July 8, 1864. His widow survives him, now Mrs. R. A. Hastings, of Mooresburg, Pulaski County, Indiana, who has the original family record of Mrs. Priscilla Moore, , Children:

ELIZABETH MARGARET MOORE, , daughter of Priscilla Moore, , was born Sept. 17, 1826; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; married Sept. 28, 1843, John W. Williams, to whom she bore four children; she died May 25, 1856; J. W. Williams still lives in Union City, Indiana. Children:

ELLEN MARY MOORE, , daughter of Priscilla Moore, , was born April 17, 1828; accompanied her parents to Western Ohio and Indiana; in which latter state at Logansport she married Richard Richardson, to whom she bore one child, and died in May 1853. Child:

NOTE:--The foregoing closes the records of the Seventh Generation, so far as I have them to date.

EIGHTH GENERATION.

SILAS STEPHENS, , son of Joshua Stephens, , married Emma Walker, by whom he had two children. His parents lived in Evansville, Indiana; was a tanner; moved to a farm in Warrick County, Indiana; died Feb. 28, 1859. It has been very difficult to get any information about him, or what has become of his children who are:

SARAH STEPHENS, , daughter of Joshua Stephens, , married Dr. W. Norton; probably lived in Evansville Indiana; had one child:

She married secondly, Thomas T. Roberts.

FRANCIS STEPHENS, , daughter of Joshua Wing Stephens, ; married first George Jaques; probably living in Owensville, Gibson County, Indiana. Had three children:

NANCY MARIE STEPHENS, , daughter of Charles Stephens, ; married William Parvin; lives at Crevi, Mississippi.

SUSAN STEPHENS, , daughter of Charles Stephens, , was born Nov. 19, 1826; married first Aug. 10, 1844 John Sibley Wilson. They moved from Evansville, Ind., to Tallahatchie County, Missippi; Wilson died Aug. 28, 1852; she married secondly John Troutman, who yet lives at Crevi, Tallahatchie County, Miss. She is dead. She had eight children:

ELIZA STEPHENS, , daughter of Charles Stephens, , was born March 1, 1826; married William Miller.

SAMUEL STEPHENS, , son of Charles Stephens, , was born Sept. 8, 1831, in Morgansfield, Ky.; married Jeanette Ray; lives at West Shoals, Marvin County, Ind.; has had five children:

JULIA STEPHENS, , daughter of Charles Stephens , was born Sept. 8, 1836, at Belleville , Ky.; married Dec. 14, 1869, William Underwood; lives at Sherman, Grayson County, Texas; has one child:

JANE EVANS STEPHENS, , daughter of Silas Stephens, , was born April 30, 1830, in Evansville, Ind., where she yet lives at No. 617 Upper Water Street; married Sept. 2, 1846, James Scantlin, to whom she bore eight children:

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

The widow and surviving children live in Evansville, Ind.

PHOEBE GASKILL, , daughter of Catherine Gaskill, , was born Nov. 22, 1842; married William C. Cramer, Aug. 29, 1861, to whom she bore three children; lives near Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska. Children:

JENNIE CARNAHAN, , daughter of Rachel Carnahan, , was born Dec. 4, 1836; married Nov. 8, 1860, Dr. Edgar Montague Deucher; he was born in 1832, and was killed in the battle of Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1864, while in command of his Company, of which he was Captain, Co. E. 38th O. R. She bore him one child.

ISAIAH WHITE VANDEVER, , a son of Joshua Vandever, , was born May 8, 1838; married Lydia A. Martin; lives at Webster, Darke County, Ohio.

SARAH ELLEN VANDEVER, , daughter of Joshua Vandever, , was born January 28, 1840; married April 23, 1865, James Barnett Bell. He was born Aug. 9, 1835. They live at Gettysburg, Darke County, Ohio. Their children are:

MARY CATHERINE VANDEVER, , daughter of Joshua Vandever, , was born Jan. 18, 1842; married Joseph Orrin Fuller. He was born May 8, 1845; died Dec. 13, 1886. She died March 28, 1884. They lived in Darke County, Ohio. Their children were:

BASIL BURTON VANDEVER, , son of John Vandever, , was born May 4, 1848; married Feb. 7, 18--, Florence Emma Cruea . She was born June 2, 1860. They lived in Tippecanoe City, Ohio. Children:

LYDIA McCLISH, , daughter of Silas McClish, , was born Jan. 4, 1824; married May 18, 1843, Daniel Ridenour, to whom she bore four children. She died Oct. 15, 1851. He was born Sept. 10, 1811, and died on the Pacific Ocean while en route from Panama to San Francisco, Jan. 7, 1852. They lived in Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

THOMAS McCLISH, , son of Silas McClish, , was born Dec. 11, 1825; married April 1, 1852, Susannah Curtis, who bore him one child only. He died Jan. 11, 1854. Child:

WILLIAM McCLISH, , son of Silas McClish, , was born April 24, 1833; in 1854 went to California gold mines where he lost an eye by a premature explosion of gunpowder in blasting in a mine; returned to Putnam County, Ohio, married Mary Ellen Wagoner, by whom he had four children; died about 1871. Children:

HANNAH ELIZA McCLISH, , daughter of Silas McClish, , was born in Putnam County, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1837; married July 15, 1854, Samuel Holt; he was born March 31, 1828. She has borne him four children. They farm at Dupont, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

SARAH McCLISH, , daughter of Silas McClish, , was born Feb. 8, 1838; married John Wilser; he was born Dec. 29, 1839; she had four children; she is dead. John Wilser was living in 1888 at Merice City, Putnam County, Ohio. Children:

EMMA CLARISSA STEPHENS, , daughter of D. H. Stephens, , was born June 23, 1842; married July 22, 1860, Aden Dudley Jewell; he was born Nov. 28, 1838; to him she had borne seven children. All the family are musicians, and have an entire string band. They live at Worthington, Indiana, Children:

DAVID STUBERT STEPHENS, , son of O. P. Stephens, , was born May 12, 1847; graduate of Edinburgh University, Scotland; ex-president of Adrian College, Michigan; preacher of the Methodist Protestant Church; editor of the "Methodist Recorder," Pittsburg, Pa., where he resides; married Marrietta Louisa Gibson, Oct. 7, 1874; she was born Oct. 10, 1850.

Children:

EMMA CATHERINE STEPHENS, , daughter of Rev. O. P. Stephens, , was born Dec. 6, 1848; married Aug. 19, 1904, Ira Underwood; they live in Athens, Calhoun County, Michigan.

LOUISA FRANCES STEPHENS, , daughter of Rev. O. P. Stephens, , was born May 16, 1851; married June 18, 1874, Jared Antony VanAuken . She died July 20, 1900. To them were born two children. They are both graduates of Adrian College, Michigan. He is Register of U. S. Land Office, at Central City, Colo.; he is also editor of the "Colorado Miner", at Georgetown, Colo. Children:

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