Henry Stevens

9 March 1784–9 July 1874 (Age 90)
Maryland, United States

The Life Summary of Henry

When Henry Stevens was born on 9 March 1784, in Maryland, United States, his father, Richard Stevens, was 49 and his mother, Lydia Garner, was 42. He married Hannah Mariah Bennett on 17 January 1805, in Ohio, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1840 and Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 July 1874, in No Creek, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Carson Cemetery, Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Stevens
1784–1874
Hannah Mariah Bennett
1788–1855
Marriage: 17 January 1805
Nancy Stevens
1805–1806
John Bennett Stevens
1806–1877
Richard Stevens
1808–1894
Charles Wesley Stevens
1810–1878
Sarah Ann Stevens
1813–1892
William Fletcher Stevens
1815–1828
Rev James Axley Stevens
1817–1883
Mary Elizabeth Stevens
1819–1897
Martha Green Stevens
1821–1848
Susan Stevens
1822–1859
Henry T. Stevens
1824–1825
Lydia Charlotte Stevens
1826–1902
Rachael Stephens
1829–1896
Ellen Stevens
1831–1911
Altha J Stevens
1833–1855

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 January 1805Ohio, Kentucky, United States
    • Children

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 2
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1792 · Becomes the 15th State
    Age 8
    On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
    1808
    Age 24
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Stephans
    Steeves
    Stephens
    Stevers
    Steven

    Sources (11)

    • Henry Stevens, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Henry Stevens, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
    • Henry Stevens in entry for Stellen Barnett, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

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