When Dudley Stephenson was born on 2 March 1798, in Kenton, Kenton, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Stephenson, was 44 and his mother, Mary Colley, was 43. He married Nancy Ann Morris on 17 January 1817, in Campbell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Boone, Kentucky, United States in 1850. He died on 3 September 1850, in Verona, Boone, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in New Bethel Cemetery, Verona, Boone, Kentucky, United States.
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Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen . Compare Stevenson 1.
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