Charles Orson Stevens

1868–1945 (Age 76)
Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

The Life of Charles Orson

When Charles Orson Stevens was born on 13 December 1868, in Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Clark Stevens, was 29 and his mother, Mary S. Schoff, was 18. He married Eda Leavitt on 24 February 1926, in Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire, United States. He lived in Dixville Township, Coos, New Hampshire, United States in 1900 and Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire, United States for about 30 years. He died on 20 July 1945, in Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Stratford, Coos, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Orson Stevens
1868–1945
Eda Leavitt
1877–1943
Marriage: 24 February 1926

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
24 February 1926
Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire, United States

Parents & Siblings

  • Clark Stevens

    Male1839–1896Male

  • Mary S. Schoff

    Female1850–1942Female

siblings

(10)

  • Pearl C. Stevens

    Female1864–1892Female

  • Charles Orson Stevens

    Male1868–1945Male

  • Julia Eliza Stevens

    Female1870–1932Female

  • Clark Perley Stevens

    Male1873–1892Male

  • Mary M. Stevens

    Female1875–1940Female

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 2

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 2

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 22

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from the personal name Steven . It is also found in this spelling as a Dutch and North German name, and as an Americanized form of some like-sounding Jewish name, as well as cognate names in other European languages such as Stefan and Steffen and their derivatives.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Chas A Stevens, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Charles O Stevens, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Charles O Stevens, "United States Census, 1940"

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