Stevens Family Pictures etc.

William Jackson and Mary Jane (Cain) Stevens

William J. and Mary J. Stevens are my great great great grandparents. William Jackson Stevens was born to William W. Stevens and Mariah Catherine Hamilton on September 3, 1828 in Fairfield County, Ohio. He died March 21, 1919. He is buried in the IOOF Cemetary Grant County, Indiana. He Maried Mary Jane Cain on December 21, 1851. Mary Jane Cain was born to John Cain and Catherine Bish on December 14, 1835. She died on July 16, 1927 and is buried in the IOOF Cemetary, Grant County, Indiana. William and Mary had 9 children.(1.) Anianios Stevens b 10/12/1852 d. 1854 (2.)Rosetta Stevens b.October 14, 1854 d.1935 (3.)Amos M. Stevens b.June 01, 1857 d. ??? (4.)Orange Lemon Stevens (shown below) b.February 19, 1860 d.June 09, 1920 (5.)Rufus Stevens b.October 22, 1861 d.1874 (6.)Isabel Stevens b. September 27, 1865 d. September 14, 1943 (7.)William J. Stevens b.May 28, 1867 d. November 03, 1885 (8.)David Milton Stevens b. March 22, 1871 d. March 09, 1964 (9.)Mary Etta Stevens b.July 10, 1875 d. January 1878.(Picture sent to me from(Amy Hedrick)

Orange Lemon and Louella (Sirk) Stevens

Orange Lemon and Louella Stevens were my great great grandparents. Orange Lemon Stevens was born in Grant County, Indiana on February 19, 1860. He died June 09, 1920 in Grant County, Indiana and is buried in the IOOF Cemetary, Grant County, Indiana. Cause of death was a farming accident. He married Luella Ann Sirk on October 06, 1881. She was born to Perry Sirk and Druscilla Jane Hurley on December 27, 1866. Luella died on March 07, 1932 on Grant County, Indiana. She is buried in the IOOF Cemetary, Grant County, Indiana. Orange and Luella had 9 children beginning with (1.)Myrtle Belle Stevens b.February 14, 1882 d. Unknown (2.)Naldo Lemon Stevens b. February 06, 1884 d. January 01, 1960 (3.)Rosa Mae Stevens b. August 28, 1887 d. September 26, 1961 (4.)Mary Jennie Stevens b. February 11, 1888 d. 1956 (5.)William E. Stevens b. February 02, 1890 d.September 21, 1890 (6.)Otto Lawrence Stevens b.November 28, 1893 d.September 15, 1977 (7.)Millie Irene Stevens b.May 19, 1899 d. August 25, 1986 (8.) (9.)Bernard Gail Stevens b.August 12, 1904 d.June 12, 1918. (This picture was sent to me from Peggy Eckert)

Arthur Ambrose and Millie Irene (Stevens) Stevens

Arthur and Millie Stevens were my great grandparents. They are the ones that make my Stevens relatives intertwined. The reason for this is because they were 2nd. cousins. Millie's and Arthur's grandfathers were brothers.
Arthur Ambrose Stevens was born to Emanuel Stevens and Mary Elizabeth Whiteman on August 01, 1894 in Grant County, Indiana. He died on March 04, 1959 in Wabash County, Indiana and is buried in the IOOF Cemetary, Grant County, Indiana. Millie Irene Stevens was born to Orange Lemon Stevens and Luella Ann Sirk on May 19, 1899 in Grant County, Indiana. She died on August 25, 1986 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana and is buried in the IOOF Cemetary, Grant County, Indiana.
Athur Stevens worked at the Anaconda in Marion, Indiana for may years. Millie Stevens was a house wife and mother. As far as I know she never worked outside of her home. Her husband always handled all there financial affairs etc. until his death in 1959. Then Millie had to learn how to manage her checkbook and all her accounts. She was a very resourcefull woman. Even after Arthur's death she never went to work away from home. I can remember that she could make a big meal for any unexpected visitors. It seems she was always prepared to do this. This among other things was always amazing to me. She was very particular about her yard and how it was mowed. Beleive me I know because I mowed it enough times for her. She didn't want 1 blade of grass out of place it seemed to me. She would even get her broom out and sweep the sidewalks off as the grass was being mowed. But not sure she wasn't sweeping the yard as my back was turned. She always wore her bonnet while we worked in the yard to protect her face from the sun and to keep her ears warm. She said her ears always got cold while working outside.

The Next Generation

Front Row: Arthur Ambrose and Millie Irene (Stevens) Stevens.
Second Row: Darl Stevens, Freda Delight (Stevens)Simons, Boots, Polm, Elda Mae (Stevens) Bunch, Eva Joann (Stevens) Booher
Third Row: Merrill Stevens, Milford A. Stevens, Howard Stevens, Wayne Stevens, Bernard Max Stevens, Eldon Stevens