ANDREW STEVENSON

STEVENSON, HENDERSON, GILBERT

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 11/17/2008 at 18:33:28

ANDREW STEVENSON

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa
Lewis Publishing Company, 1887. p. 358.

"Andrew STEVENSON, section 17, Tingley Township, is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, born October 5, 1840, a son of John and Margaret (Henderson) Stevenson.

In 1862 he enlisted in the defense of his country, and was assigned to Company A, Eighty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and was discharged in June, 1865.

He was married in April, 1864, to Mary C. Gilbert, of Licking County, Ohio. After his return from the war he engaged in farming until 1868, when he moved to Ringgold County, Iowa, and located on his present farm, which contains 200 acres of choice land.

Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have five children - Byron, Margaret, Elizabeth, Sadie and Ida. Two are deceased, the eldest, Ella, and the third, May. They are members of the United Presbyterian church, at Eugene."

Submitted to the Ringgold County IAGenWeb Project by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com