HENRY STEVENSON

STEVENSON, CAMRON, BLAIR

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/20/2009 at 18:30:20

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

HENRY STEVENSON, farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Hibbsville; born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1802; his father, William S., a weaver by trade, was born in Ireland. During the year 1808, he started for his native country, having heard of a fortune left him there from his father's (Henry's grandfather) estate, consisting of $16,000. He never was heard from afterward, not reaching his destination. His mother, Mary, whose maiden name was Camron, died in Butler Co., Ohio, in 1841; she was born in Washington Co., Penn. At his father's death, she was left with nine children; Henry being the youngest; himself and one sister are now the only ones of the family living. From the time he could earn $3.00 per month, he supported his mother. At the age of 21, he married Miss Sarah Blair; she was born in Fayette Co., Penn., in 1807, her father, Robert B., being a much-respected citizen of that county; her mother's maiden name was Lettice Parkhill; both were from Ireland, and married there and emigrated to the United States immediately thereafter. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have five children living - Mary, Parkhill, Sarah, Blair and Henry W.; three have died - Leteis, Robert and Rebecc. Mr. S. came to this county in 1852, where he owns 120 acres of land valued at $35 per acre. Was Justice of the Peace here for eight years; has held some of the school offices. Learned the shoemaker's trade in Pennsylvania, which he followed for twenty years. On coming to Iowa, he first settled in Wapello Co., where he made money, through renting land, to buy his present farm.