The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens

by Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens

175. WILLIAM HAMILTON, b. Feb. 20, 1839; m. Georgia A. Harlow.

By Eleanor Cecil:

176. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, b. Dec. 29, 1840; m. 2ts; d. Sept. 7, 1894.

177. Infant died young.

178. ROSETTA, b. April 9, 1843; d. May 30, 1843.

179. Infant died young.

180. VIRGINIA PAULINE, b. April 28, 1845; m. D. H. Zumwalt.

181. BEVERLY WAUGH, b. Nov. 14, 1849; d. April 30, 1853.

182. BASCOM ASBURY, b. Mar. 5, 1855; m. M. M. Overshiner.

JOSHUA M. STEPHENS, (42), son of E. D. Stephens, (16), 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: