Brief Life History of Glen Merle
When Glen Merle Stephenson was born on 5 May 1901, in Stony Creek Township, Madison, Indiana, United States, his father, Jeremiah Abraham Stephenson, was 33 and his mother, Laura Alice DeLawter, was 27. He married Sarah Martha Presser on 9 August 1924, in Madison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 7 November 1991, at the age of 90, and was buried in Lapel, Stony Creek Township, Madison, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Glenn Stephenson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Glen Stephenson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018"
- Glen M Stephenson, "BillionGraves Index"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen . Compare Stevenson 1.
English (Durham): variant of Stevenson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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