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THE SAMUEL STEVENS FAMILY
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Samuel STEVENS was born in Cayuga County, New York, on Aug 11, 1812. When he was of age he moved to Ohio and
from there to Illinois in 1865. There he remained until increasing years made it desirable that he cease from active work.
In 1878 he moved to Iowa, to be with his son Ralph Edward STEVENS with whom he made his home until his death, Apr. 24,
1900, aged 89 Years.
Feb. 15, 1844, in Ohio (Lenox, Ashtabula County) he married Miss Jane E[lizabeth]. LAFFERTY. There was born to this union 4 children.
George W., Ralph E., Electa M. and Orra J. Of them only Ralph survived his father, the others having died in childhood.
His wife, Jane, died about 8 years ago. The loneliness of these last years was cheered by children and grandchildren
until old age caused his death.
While not a member of the church, he was recognized as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He was ready to go when called.
He had won the esteem of many friends as an upright man, a good neighbor and friend.
The funeral services were held at the home of his son, conducted by his Pastor Rev. Ambrose S. WRIGHT, followed by
interment in the Bethel Cemetery,
Ringgold County, Iowa.
Jane Elizabeth (LAFFERTY) STEVENS, Samuel's wife, was born March 31, 1823, Ashtabula County, Ohio, the daughter of
Samuel and Margaret LAFFERTY. She
died in Ringgold County, Iowa, December 15th, 1891, with interment at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Children of Samuel and Jane Elizabeth (LAFFERTY) STEVENS:
1. Ralph Edward STEVENS
b. 12 Mar 1848, Lenox, Ashtablua Co. OH; d. 27 Apr 1911, Grant Twp., Ringgold Co. IA;
married Nancy Jane SIMPSON 22 Jan 1872, Norwood IL
b. 28 Mar 1851, Huntingdon Co. PA; d. 11 Apr 1927;
Ralph Edward & Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS
interred at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
2. George W. STEVENS
3. Electa M. STEVENS
d. 03 Oct ____, Lenox, Ashtablua Co. OH, aged 8y 4m 9d;
4. Orra J. STEVENS
NOTE: Electa M., George W., and Orra J.. are buried at the east Lenox, Ashtablua County,
Ohio cemetery. They are in the same plot with their grandparents, Samuel and Margaret LAFFERTY and their 2 sons.
Ralph Edward STEVENS homesteaded 80 acres in 1876 and built part of the house in 1878. My grandfather, Homer,
was due to be born in the fall of that year and Ralph's folks, Samuel and Jane, were going to move from Illinois so they
were working hard. (The house still stands, no one lives in it, and it is in very poor condition. - June, 1994)
The runaway that Ralph was hurt in, happened south of the house to the corner and west a little ways on a small hill. Homer
told me his Dad had a young horse that he was breaking and had it teamed with an older one. Somehow they run away and
upset the wagon in the ditch, Ralph ended up with a broken leg. My mother, Glee MOORE, remembers going in to see her
grandpa. They had his leg supported up and a piece of cord tied to the foot and this run over, like a pulley, with a
pail tied on to it with rocks in it to keep the leg straight. He must of had a blood clot that hit a vital place. Sounds
crude in this day and age.
Grandmother Nancy continued living on the farm until 1918 when she sold the farm to her son Walter X. STEVENS, for
$138.00 per acre, on March 1, 1918. Nancy built a new house in Diagonal (second house south of the Methodist church,
still being lived in now, 1996) and lived there until her death April. 11, 1927.
Walter's wife Ola lived on the farm until her death December 1972. She was the last of the STEVENS family to own it.
It passed to her nephew, Gail BERRY, and he sold it to Roland YOUNG for $275.00 per acre, The YOUNG family still own
it today (1996).
The Presbyterian church in Diagonal celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday, June 16, 1940. It was founded in Goshen,
then a village two miles west of Diagonal, in 1877 with fifteen charter members. Mr. an Mrs. James CORNES, Mr. and Mrs.
George MORRISON, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph STEVENS, Mrs. D. I. WILEY, Mr. and Mrs. George MOFFET, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. GLENDENNING,
Mr. and Mrs. John G. FOSTER, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. LINDSLEY. Services were held in the Methodist church in Goshen
for a time. The present church was built in Diagonal in 1890. The Homer STEVENS funeral was held in this church in
September 1973 and it was torn down a year or so later. Glee MOORE told me the STEVENS and WILEYS bought the church bell
when the new church was built in Diagonal. - Notes by Claude Dale Moore, Jr.
Ralph and Nancy STEVENS provided the foundation and then the building blocks for the family development in Ringgold
County. The values associated with hard work, love of family and friends, and commitment to the church were passed
on to their descendants. - Ramon L. Bear
Ralph Edward and
Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS were interred
at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Ralph Edward STEVENS and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS were the parents of ten children:
1. Carrie Alice STEVENS, Carrie JONES' diary
b. 28 Jul 1873, Norwood IL; d. 24 Dec 1949, Diagonal IA;
; interment Diagonal Cemetery
married
Albert Marion JONES 03 Jul 1895, Diagonal IA
b. 22 Jan 1865, Warren Co. IA; d. 15 Jan 1949, Diagonal IA; interment Diagonal Cemetery
2. Homer R. STEVENS
b.04 Nov 1878, Goshen [Diagonal] IA; d. 15 Sep 1973, Mount Ayr IA;
interment Bethel Cemetery
married Edith May BEADLE 12 Dec 1900, Diagonal IA
b. 10 Sep 1877, Johnson Co. IA; d. 01 Mar 1953, Diagonal IA; interment Bethel Cemetery
3. Alta May STEVENS
b. 05 Oct 1880, Diagonal IA; d. 16 Feb 1934, Omaha, Douglas Co. NE;
married Burney Franklin MONK 10 Apr 1901
b. 03 Nov 1879; died 06 Mar 1960
Alta and Burney interred Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas Co. NE
Children:
1. Beryl Leona MONK
b. 12 Jan 1902, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 11 Jul 1964
married Irwin W. WILHELM 12 Mar 1919
b. 06 Apr 1891, Waco TX; d. 07 Jul 1964; interment Waco TX
2. Lelan Leroy MONK
b. 27 Mar 1905, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 17 Mar 1942, Omaha NE
married Elsie TOFT in 1922
Children:
1. Leroy John MONK married Lucille DeVANEY
2. Margaret Pauline MONK married Nick ERNIAN
3. Edna Lucylle MONK
b. 14 Jul 1907, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 24 Jun 1967, Chicago IL
married Norman PERLMAN 22 Oct 1937
b. 23 May 1893; d. 23 Jun 1967, Chicago, IL
Edna and Norman interred Chicago, Cook Co. IL
4. Elton Alan MONK
b. 06 Jan 1910, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA
married Etta FOX
4. Walter X. STEVENS
b. 02 Oct 1882, Diagonal IA; d. 01 02 Sep 1942, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
;
interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
married Ola STAHL 14 Dec 1910, Diagonal IA
b. 05 Jun 1886, Diagonal IA; d. 18 Dec 1972; interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
5. Edna Grace STEVENS
b. 01 Aug 1885, Goshen [Diagonal] IA; d. 21 Jul 1886 Goshen [Diagonal] IA
;
interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
6. Edward Leroy STEVENS
b. 10 Apr 1887, Diagonal IA; d. 20 Oct 1962, Clarinda, Page Co. IA
married Sarah Jane KESSLER 18 Oct 1911
b. 25 Mar 1888, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 03 Jun 1980, Clarinda, Page Co. IA
Edward and Sarah interred Clarinda Cemetery, Page Co. IA
7. Lura Nettie STEVENS
b. 10 Nov 1889, Diagonal IA; d. 19 Nov 1968
married Harvey Monroe WILLIAMS 31 Dec 1908, son of Cora J. (McKENZIE) & Asbury WILLIAMS
b. 01 Dec 1888, Clearfield IA; d. 13 Jul 1959, Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, IA
Lura and Harvey interred Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
8. Myrtle Myree STEVENS
b. 28 Jul 1891, Grant Twp. Ringgold Co. IA; d. 03 Jun 1977, Diagonal IA
married Rudolph FOGLE 16 Feb 1910, Diagonal IA
b. 18 Feb 1886, Pecin, Bohemia; d. 01 Apr 1964, Diagonal IA
Myrtle & Rudolph interred at Diagonal Cemetery.
9. Lois Fern STEVENS
b. 24 May 1894; d. 15 Apr 1895;
interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
10. Infant Son STEVENS
b. 18 Oct 1898; d. 27 Nov 1898;
interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Carrie Alice STEVENS, daughter of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born
28 Jul 1873, Norwood, Illinois, and died 24 December 1949, Diagonal, Iowa, with interment at Diagonal Cemetery. Carrie Alice
STEVENS
married Albert Marion Jones on 03 Jul 1895, Diagonal, Iowa.Albert Marion JONES was born on January 22,
1865, Warren County, Iowa, and died January 15, 1949, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa. Albert and Carrie were interrred
at Diagonal Cemetery. Carrie wrote a diary for several years.
Carrie Alice and Albert Marion JONES celebrated their
50th Wedding Anniversary at their home in Diagonal, Sunday, July 1st, 1945.
Carrie Alice (STEVENS) and Albert Marion JONES were the parents of seven children:
1. Owen Zell JONES
b. 22 Apr 1896, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; 01 Dec 1959, Ringgold Co. Hospital, Mount Ayr
;
interment Diagonal Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
World War I Veteran, PFC Co. A 334 MG BG
married Bessie Viola TAYLOR 06 Mar 1924
b. 30 May 1904, Afton IA, daughter of James Riley & Nellie May (FIGGINS) TAYLOR
d. 21 Dec 2001, Mount Ayr IA;
Bessie married 2nd 1964, Ralph PERRY, d. Oct 1974
Children of Owen Zell and Bessie Viola (TAYLOR) JONES:
1. Alice Mae JONES
married William Eugene "Bill" JOHNSTON 15 Dec 1946, Diagonal IA
b. 17 Dec 1923, Diagonal IA; d 30 Jul 2009, Beford IA;
WWII Veteran, 3062nd QM Bakery Co. Mobile Special
no children
2. James Albert JONES
b. 13 Dec 1929, farm NW of Diagonal IA; d. 28 Feb 1998, Ringgold Co. Hospital, Mount Ayr IA;
; interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA
married Edna Louise WALTER 12 Jun 1949
Children of James Albert JONES and Edna Louise (WALTER) JONES:
1. James Steven JONES married 1st Patti LOVITT
Children:
1. Jamie Jo JONES married Shane BOOS
2. Justin D. JONES married Teena SHIELDS
Child: MaKayla Christine JONES
3. Stephanie Jayna JONES
James Steven JONES married 2nd Jean DOUD
2. Barry Alan JONES married Katy SCHWENNSEN
Children:
1. Megan Schwennsen JONES
2. Anna Schwennsen JONES
3. Kathy Lyn JONES married Lynn RINEHART
Children:
1. Keely Brianne RINEHART
b. 07 Nov 1980, Ringgold County Hospital;
d. 07 Nov 1980, stillborn, Ringgold County Hospital, Mount Ayr IA
2. Korbie Rae RINEHART
3. Tanner Jones RINEHART
3. Robert Dean JONES
married 1st Rebecca ROBERTS
Children:
1. Robert Owen JONES married Phyllis LAMB
Children:
1. Owen Wayne JONES
2. Alex Robert JONES
2. Scott Dee JONES
3. Todd Michael JONES married Stacie LINTHICUM
Children:
1. Zachary Micahel JONES
2. Paige Brianne JONES
4. Timothy James JONES married Kelly GRUSS
Children:
1. Corrine Caryolyn JONES
2. Chloe Elizabeth JONES
Robert Dean JONES
married 2nd Pamela Kay Haines TOTTEN
Children:
1. Tiffany Marcel JONES married Gary KEMP
Children:
1. Maggie Elizabeth KEMP
2. Benjamin Joseph KEMP
2. Nicole Michael JONES
married 1st Dominic RIZZULTI
Children:
1. Maria Antionette RUZZULTI
2. Bianca Jones RIZZUTI
3. Dominic Nathaniel RIZZUTI
4. Anthony Joseph RIZZUIT
Nicole Michael JONES married 2nd Sam FUCOLARO, no children
Robert Dean JONES married 3rd Margo Farrell SPECK, no children
2. Lois JONES
b. 05 May 1898, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; d. 15 Dec 1961, interment Wellington CO
married John LEMLEY 01 Jan 1915
b. Benton, Ringgold Co. IA; d. May 1971; interment Wellington, Larimar Co. CO
Children:
1. Harold LEMLEY
b. 07 Apr 1916; d. 17 May 2007, Boulder CO,
Social Security Death Index
3. Homer Ernest JONES
b. 26 Sep 1899, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; d. 19 Dec 1964, Council Bluffs IA;
married Nina Fern CAIN 25 28 Sep 1918, Mount Ayr IA
b. 18 Mar 1899, Mount Ayr IA; d. 26 Dec 1985, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co. IA
Homer & Nina interred Diagonal Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Children:
1. Alma Eloise JONES
b. 02 Oct 1919, Mount Ayr IA; d. 06 May 1988, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co. IA
married John Archie ALLEN 28 Dec 1940, Belford MO
b. 13 Jul 1915, Custer Co. OK; d. 07 Mar 1998, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co. IA IA
Alma & John interred Memorial Park Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co. IA
Children:
1. Mark Wallace ALLEN
b. 27 Spe 1943, Great Bend KS; d. 14 Oct 2001
interment Memorial Park, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co. IA
married Chris (unknown)
Children:
1. Tracy Kent ALLEN
2. Annette Sue ALLEN
married 1st Thomas Charles ARRICK
Children:
1. Tammy Kim ARRICK
married Duane Charles HARVEY
Child: Brock Allen HARVEY
2. Thomas Kelly ARRICK
married Karin Ann BENNER
Annette Sue ALLEN married 2nd Jerry SNAP, no children
Annette Sue ALLEN married 3rd Robert Allen CROSBY, no children
4. Alma JONES
b. 12 Jul 1903, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; d. 27 Aug 1993; interment Diagonal Cemetery
married Jack PINE 03 Sep 1921
b. 17 Feb 1900, Diagonal IA; d. 23 Feb 1933
died of sleeping sickness per Carrie (STEVENS) JONES' diary
5. Ralph Edward JONES
b. 1907, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA: d. 01 Sep 1908, interment Diagonal Cemetery
6. Wade JONES
b. 01 Feb 1908, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; d. 12 Aug 1961, interment Ute IA
married Velma Maurine Elsie ENGELKE 05 Jul 1941
b. 13 Jul 1921, Ute IA; d. 17 Nov Nov 1985, Sun City CA
per her request, Velma's ashes were scattered at sea, Pacific Ocean
Children:
1. Ralph Edward JONES married Denise TALLMAN
Children:
1. Larisa Carrie JONES
2. Brian Andrew JONES
3. Emily Caitlyn JONES
2. Linda Maurene JONES married John Allen CURTIS
Children:
1. John Michael CURTIS
7. Annabelle JONES
b. 29 Jun 1912, Goosepond Corner near Benton IA; d. 25 Mar 1981
married 1st Boyd Wayne ETHINGTON 16 Dec 1930, Corning, Adams Co. IA
b. 14 Apr 1912, Diagonal IA; d. 05 Jul 1956 1957, Kellerton, Ringgold Co. IA
Annabelle and Boyd interred at Diagonal Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Children:
1. Patricia Ilene ETHINGTON
married 1st James McDOWELL, Jr.
Children:
1. Gary James McDOWELL
married Connie JOHNSON
Children:
1. Michael Gary McDOWELL
2. Joseph Lee McDOWELL
2. Terry Wayne McDOWELL
married 1st Rebecca SWIGART
Children:
1. Rowdy Wayne McDOWELL married unknown
Children:
1. Maverick Wayne McDOWELL
2. Logan Frances McDOWELL
2. Jeffrey James McDOWELL
married Trica TRULLINGER
Children:
1. Andrea Marie McDOWELL
2. Bailey Ann McDOWELL
Terry Wayne McDOWELL married 2nd Vickie (unknown), no children
3. Debra Jean McDOWELL
married 1st Steven ELASSER
Children:
1. Jason Robert EPPERT
married Dana SCHULTE
Child: Preston Carter EPPERT
married 2nd Randall George EPPERT
Children:
1. Brandon Charles EPPERT
married Danielle BOYD
2. Austin Randall EPPERT
Patricia Ilene ETHINGTON
married 2nd Charles McCAUGHEY
Children:
1. Julie Ann McCAUGHEY
married 1st unknown
Child: 1. Rusty Andrew McCAUGHEY
married 2nd Roger CASEY
Children:
1. Cody Davis CASEY
2. Caitlin Jean CASEY
Patricia Ilene ETHINGTON married 3rd Bill BEARDSLEY, no children
Patricia Ilene ETHINGTON married 4th Gerald Davis FOX, no children
b. 25 Sep 1933; d. 23 Apr 2003
2. Marion Harvey ETHINGTON married Carolyn Louise DAVENPORT
Children:
1. Boyd Wayne ETHINGTON
married 1st Belinda (unknown)
married 2nd Georgeanna Kay CARICO
Children:
1. Heather Marie ETHINGTON married Jeff OSBORN
Child: Jade Ryan OSBORN
2. Holly Ann ETHINGTON married Jayson Dean WINKELMAN
2. Rebecca Lynn ETHINGTON
3. Jack Wade ETHINGTON married Karen Louise MATHIS
Children:
1. Randall Wade ETHINGTON
married 1st Cathy Renee BLACKBURN
Children:
1. Roxanna Renee ETHINGTON
married 1st Mr. PETERSON
Children:
1. Kelsey Renee PETERSON
Roxanna Renee ETHINGTON married 2nd Jonathan BAILEY, no children
Jack Wade ETHINGTON married 2nd Carol Ann EILANDER, no children
2. Jeffrey Alan ETHINGTON married Dara DONELSON
Children:
1. Anna Elizabeth ETHINGTON
2. Jacob Henry ETHINGTON
3. Zachary Jeffrey ETHINGTON
4. Carol Ann ETHINGTON married Lloyd Franklin REED
Children:
1. Kalina Michelle REED married Richard Harvey MAXWELL, Jr.
Children:
1. Richard Harvey MAXWELL III
2. Megan Michelle MAXWELL
2. Kenton Mickael REED married Mary Elizabeth JOHNSON
Children:
1. Taylor Ann REED
2. Elizabeth Nichole REED
5. James Lewis ETHINGTON II married Olivia Louise BONEBRAKE
Children:
1. James Lewis ETHINGTON III married Amanda Kathleen DeMOSS
Children:
1. James Lewis ETHINGTON IV
2. Adrienne Morgan ETHINGTON
2. Tabitha Jo ETHINGTON
3. Lanaya Lynn ETHINGTON
Annabelle JONES married 2nd Marvin SNODGRASS 30 Jun 1974
Marvin SNODGRASS, b. 1909; inter: Exline Cemetery, Appanoose Co. IA
with 1st wife Dorothy P. (1912-1973)
-Appanoose Co. Cemeteries, Appanoose County Genealogy Society, Nov. 1989
Homer R. STEVENS, son of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born on November 4th, 1878, southwest
of Diagonal [present-day ghost town of Goshen], Grant Township, Ringgold County, Iowa, and died September 15, 1973, Clearview
Nursing Home, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Homer R. STEVENS and Edith May BEADLE were married on December 12, 1900,
Diagonal, Iowa, and observed their 50th wedding anniversary on December 12th, 1950, at their home in Diagonal.
Edith May BEADLE, the daughter of
Emeline (BAILEY) and Benjamin F. BEADLE, was born in Johnson County, Iowa, on September 10,
1877, and died in Diagonal, Iowa, on March 1, 1953. Homer R. and
Edith Mae were interred at Bethel Cemetery,
Ringgold County, Iowa.
Homer R. and Edith May (BEADLE) STEVENS were the parents of six children:
1. Vera Coral STEVENS
b. 26 Aug 1901, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 02 Jan 1974, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR;
married 1st Benjamin "Shafter" HARRIMAN 14 Jul 1920, Ringgold Co. IA
b. 01 Sep 1898, Kellerton IA; d. 01 Aug 1962, Portland OR;
Vera and Shafter interred Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR
Children:
1. Verla Dean HARRIMAN
b. 07 May 1922, Ellston IA; d. 23 Mar 2008, Sacramento, Sacramento Co. CA
married Hollis Witherden OREN 22 Jun 1944, Vancouver, Clark Co. WA
b. 11 May 1920, Gary IN; d. 09 May 2004, Beaverton, Washington Co. OR
ashes scattered at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR
Children:
1. Steven Arthur OREN married Emily Jane PERRY
Children:
1. Adam Perry OREN
2. Shannon Holly OREN
3. Kimberly Jean OREN
2. Virginia Carroll HARRIMAN
married 1st Hugh R. SKINNER
b. 19 Oct 1920, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 12 Mar 1978, Portland OR
Children:
1. Sharon Lynn SKINNER
married 1st Fredric Bryant ANDRIANOFF
Children:
1. Catherine Marie ANDRIANOFF
married Edwin Francis THATCHER
2. Rebecca Lynn ANDRIANOFF
married William Zbigniew BRANDT
Children:
1. Aaron William BRANDT
2. Sarah Marie BRANDT
3. William Theodore ANDRIANOFF
married Karla ROLAND
Children:
1. William Richard ANDRIANOFF
2. Johnathan William ANDRIANOFF
married 2nd Richard LAUBER
b. 22 Feb 1925; d. 15 Feb 2007, OR
2. Hugh Ray SKINNER, Jr.
married Sharon Joan DENNIS
Children:
1. Patrick S. SKINNER married Michele (unknown)
2. Donna SKINNER married Randy (unknown)
3. Dennis Eugene SKINNER
married Monna HOWARD
Children:
1. Michael Benjamin SKINNER
2. Kathleen SKINNER
4. Vickie Lee SKINNER
married 1st Jim FRANICH
Children:
1. Lauhri FRANICH married Duane OLSON
Children:
1. Julie OLSON
2. Diane OLSON
3. Devin OLSON
2. Mary FRANICH married Melvin TAVARES
Children:
1. Taylor TAVARES
2. Jodylynn TAVARES
married 2nd Clint STODDARD
Virginia Carroll HARRIMAN married 2nd Russell METTS, d. Nov 1984
Virginia Carroll HARRIMAN married 3rd Wendell Thruman METTS
Vera Coral STEVENS married 2nd Donald B. PIERCE
2. Nira "Glee" STEVENS
b. 17 Feb 1904, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 15 Jan 2000, Clearview Nursing Home, Mount Ayr IA;
married Claude Dale MOORE, Sr.
b. 11 Oct 1898, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 26 Oct 1981, Fort Collins CO;
Glee and Claude's 25th Wedding Anniversary newspaper clipping
Glee and Claude were interred Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold Co. IA
Children:
1.
Claude Dale MOORE, Jr.
b. 17 Nov 1920, Mount Ayr IA; d. 05 Apr 2003, Mesa, Maricopa Co. AZ
interment Praire View Cemetery, Paullina, O'Brien Co. IA
married Ruth Ann HOGER
Children:
1. Rebecca Mae MOORE
b. 12 Sep 1946, Leon IA; d. 14 Sep 1946, Leon IA
interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA
2. Shari Ann MOORE
born & died 11 Oct 1947, Wellden Hospital, Des Moines IA
interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA;
3. Tom MOORE
born & died 06 Apr 1950, Denver CO
interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr IA
4. Steven Kelly MOORE married Christine Frances DECKER
Children:
1. Kelly Christine MOORE
2. Andrew Steven MOORE
5. Sharon Annette MOORE married Vick Julian LUSERO
Child: Samuel Julian LUSERRO
6. Denise Dale MOORE married Roger FRANGENBERT
Children:
1. Michael Allen FRANGENBERG married Lisa Joy JENNES
2. Angie Sue FRANGENBERG
Child: Ashley Nicole FRANGENBERG
3. Christie Amber FRANGENBERG
3. Cecil Raymond STEVENS
b. 04 Oct 1907, NW of Diagonal IA; d. 30 Jul 1993, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
; interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton, Taylor Co. IA
married Dorothea Marguerite CRONK 15 Jan 1934, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
b. 28 Sep 1914, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA; d. 20 Aug 1991, Clearfield, Taylor Co. IA
interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton, Taylor Co. IA;
Children:
1. John Raymond STEVENS
married Karen Jill HIBBELER
b. 23 Aug 1945, St. Louis MO; d. 09 Jan 1996, Harrison, Boone Co. AR
interment Maplewood Cemetery, Harrison, Boone Co. AR
Children:
1. Neal Gregory STEVENS
b. 25 Nov 1968, Kansas City MO; d. 10 Jun 1991, Dallas TX
interment Maplewood Cemetery, Harrison, Boone Co. AR
2. Eric Timothy STEVENS married Velia Irene CASTILLO
Child: Eric Rey CASTILLO-STEVENS
2. Shana WOODFIELD
3. Karen Louise STEVENS married Jerry Gene KEMERY
Children:
1. Kathryn Lou KEMERY married Scott COULTER
Children:
1. Cody Scott COULETER
2. Kaylee Bryann COULTER
2. Connie Sue KEMERY
b. 10 Jan 1961, Ringgold Co. Hospital, Mount Ayr; d. 30 May 1977 near Blockton IA
; interment Rose Hill Cemetery, Blockton, Taylor Co. IA
3. Marilyn Jo KEMERY
married 1st Jeffrey RUCKER
Child: Nicholas Garrett RUCKER
married 2nd Ronald MILLER
Child: Taylor MILLER
4. Ralph Benjamin STEVENS
b. 08 Jul 1911, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 24 Sep 1991, Mercy Hospital, Des Mones, Polk Co. IA
World War II Veteran, U.S. Navy
;
interment Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
married 1st Ruth BEDIER circa 1933
b. 04 Jan 1911, Sand Creek, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 21 Jan 1977
:
interment Westerville Cemetery, Decatur Co. IA
Note: Westerville is a ghost town located northwest of Grand River, Iowa
married 2nd Mary May DOWELL
Children:
1. Willetta "Marie" STEVENS married Gary LADD
Children:
1. Bryan Charles LADD married Kelli NELSON
Child: Taden Dean LADD
2. Brenda Jane LADD
2. Pamela Kay STEVENS married Pat O'GORMAN
Children:
1. Amy Kay O'GORMAN married Mark ARTWEIN
Children:
1. Austin Alois ARTWEIN
2. Kylee Diane ARTWEIN
2. Joseph Patrick O'GORMAN
5. Donna Leslie STEVENS
b. 04 Mar 1915, Knowlton IA; d. 02 Jan 2003, Clearview Nursing Home, Mount Ayr IA;
married Orville Nelson "Doc" BEAR 21 Aug 1931, Bethany, Harrison Co. MO
b. 10 Oct 1910, Kellerton, Ringgold Co. IA, son of William F. & Anna P. (SHELDEN) BEAR
d. 26 Apr 2002, Clearview Nursing Home, Mount Ayr IA;
Donna and Orville interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold Co. IA
BIOGRAPHY of Orville and Donna BEAR
Visit Deloris (Gravett) and Ramon L. Bear's website for more information about
Donna Leslie (STEVENS) BEAR
and Orville Nelson "Doc" BEAR
Children:
1. Nadine Gay BEAR
married 1st Keith Lavern WALBRIDGE
Children:
1. Craig Layne WALBRIDGE
married 1st Karen Gail AUMNDSON
Children:
1. Christopher John DEA married Memorie (unknown)
Child: Henry DEA
2. Michael David WALBRIDGE married Amanda MAUQUEST
3. Jessica Renee WALBRIDGE married Amos Roy MAYNE
Craig Layne WALBRIDGE married 2nd Laura Ann ROE
married 2nd Oscar Mares BALES, no children
2. Shannon Glee WALBRIDGE married Douglas Wayne ESCH
Children:
1. Meghan Jolene ESCH
married unknown
Child: Christian McKay CRAWFORD
married 2nd Christian Fletcher STAPLES
Child: Fletcher Christian STAPLES
2. Branden Wayne ESCH married Tristan Lee SELARS
Children:
1. Alyssa Tayler ESCH
2. Olivia Grace ESCH
3. Jeremy Ryan ESCH
4. Devin Jay ESCH
2. Ramon Lee BEAR
married Deloris Mae GRAVETT
daughter of John Allen GRAVETT (1881-1956)
& Abigal Mae (PETTIS) GRAVETT (1898-1998)
Child: Allen Lee BEAR married Wanda Kay ROBOR
Child: Nathaniel Solomon BEAR
3. Gary Ray BEAR
b. 11 Dec 1938, Mount Ayr IA; d. 09 Feb 2007, Ringgold Co. Hospital, Mount Ayr IA
; interment Diagonal Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Visit Deloris (Gravett) and Ramon L. Bear's website for more information on Gary Ray BEAR
married 1st Edith A. CREGEEN
Child: Lori LeNae BEAR
Gary Ray BEAR married 2nd Nancy Ellen DINHAM
Gary Ray Bear married 3rd Helen Venuti OATT
Gary Ray BEAR married 4th Marilyn L. STARMER
4. Glee Maxine BEAR married Dennis Ray TONEY
Children:
1. Cristopher Ray TONEY married Allynn Elizabeth CAPRIA
Children:
1. Collin Ray TONEY
2. Kyle Robert TONEY
2. Debra Denise TONEY married Robert John AURINGER, Jr.
6. Walter Leroy "Steve" STEVENS
b. 15 Sep 1917 near Kellerton IA; d. 27 Jul 1988, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
World War II Veteran, Merchant Marines
; interment Sunset Memorial Gardens, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
married 1st Margaret TREICHLER circa 1939
b.1921; d. Oct 2006; gravestone for Margaret (TREICHLER) APPLEGATE at
Oliver Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA with no death date.
Child: Jerry Lee STEVENS
b. 1939, Ellston IA; d. 18 Nov 1993, Eugene OR
; ashes scattered Oliver Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
married 1st Dorothy (unknown)
married 2nd unknown
Child: Shannon STEVENS married Mindi (unknown)
Children:
1. Aerial STEVENS
2. Tiffany STEVENS
married 3rd Anne Madeline FREEMAN
Child: James Barry STEVENS married Cynthia Rose LOTTES
Child: Scott James STEVENS
Walter Leroy "Steve" STEVENS
married 2nd Wanda Margaret (unknown)
Child: Lawana STEVENS
b. 18 Jan 1941; d. 15 Jan 1998
married Mr. CHAUMOND
Child: Donnie CHAUMONT
Walter Leroy "Steve" STEVENS
married 3rd Verna McDERMOTT
Children:
1. Rodney Lee STEVENS married Regina Ann CAVIN
Children:
1. Hope Marie STEVENS
b. 06 Aug 1985, Des Moines IA; d. 24 Aug 1985, Des Moines IA
interment Athelstan, Taylor Co. IA
2. Shannon Sunn STEVENS
3. Sammuel Stormon STEVENS
4. Sierra Starr STEVENS
2. Deborah Kay STEVENS married Gary Allen SCHOONOVER
Child: Chelsie May Lyn SCHOONOVER
Alta May STEVENS, daughter of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born October 5, 1880, Diagonal,
Ringgold County, Iowa, and died February 16, 1934, Omaha, Douglas County, Iowa. .
She was interred at Hillcrest Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.
Alta May married on April 10, 1901 to Burney Franklin MONK. Burney Franklin MONK was born November 3, 1879, and died
March 6, 1960. Alta May and Burney MONK were the parents of four children:
1. Beryl Leona MONK
b. 12 Jan 1902, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 11 Jul 1964
married Irwin W. WILHELM 12 Mar 1919
b. 06 Apr 1891, Waco TX; d. 07 Jul 1964; interment Waco TX
2. Lelan Leroy MONK
b. 27 Mar 1905, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 17 Mar 1942; interment Omaha, Douglas Co. NE
married Elsie TOFT in 1922
b. Omaha, Douglas Co. NE
Children:
1. Leroy John MONK married Lucille DeVANEY
2. Margaret Pauline MONK married Nick ERNIAN
3. Edna Lucylle MONK
b. 14 Jul 1907, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. 24 Jun 1967, Chicago, Cook Co. IL
married Norman PEARLMAN 22 Oct 1937
b. 23 May 1893; d. 23 Jun 1967
4. Elton Alan MONK
b. 06 Jan 1910, Bedford, Taylor Co. IA; d. unknown
married Etta FOX
Walter X. STEVENS, son of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born October 2, 1882, Diagonal,
Ringgold County, Iowa, and died September 1, 1942, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. He was
interred at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa. Walter married Ola STAHL in
Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa, on December 14, 1910.
Ola STAHL was born June 5, 1886, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa, and died December 18, 1972;
interment at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Walter X. and Ola (STAHL) STEVENS were the parents of one child:
1. Donald Alonzo STEVENS
b. 26 Feb 1912; d. 28 Feb 1912
interment Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Edward Leroy "Ed" STEVENS, son of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born southwest of Diagonal,
Ringgold County, Iowa, and died October 20, 1962, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. He was interred at Clarinda Cemetery.
Edward Leroy "Ed" STEVENS married on October 18, 1911 to Sarah Jane KESSLER. Sarah Jane KESSLER was born March 25,
1888 in Ringgold County, Iowa, and died 03 June 1980, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa.
Edward Leroy "Ed" and Sarah Jane (KESSLER) STEVENS were the parents of two sons:
1. Edward Leroy STEVENS, Jr.
b. 16 Nov 1917, Diagonal, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 05 Apr 1983; inter: Clarinda Cemetery, Page Co. IA
married Phyllis E. MICHELSON
Child: Susan Kay STEVENS
2. Richard E. STEVENS
married 1st Joyce Francis CHRISTENSEN
Child: Richard E. STEVENS, Jr.
married 2nd Nancy (unknown)
Lura Nettie STEVENS, daughter of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane (SIMPSON) STEVENS, was born November 10, 1889,
Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa, and died at her home in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, on November 19, 1968. She was
interred at Bethel Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Lura Nettie STEVENS married Harvey Monroe WILLIAMS on December 31, 1908. Harvey Monroe WILLIAMS was born in
Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa, on December 1, 1888, and died July 13, 1959, Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines,
Polk County, Iowa. He was interred at Bethel Cemetery.
Lura Nettie (STEVENS) and Harvey Monroe WILLIAMS were the parents of one son:
1. Harvey Lyle WILLIAMS
b. 03 Apr 1910, Diagonal, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 20 May 2003, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines IA
; interment I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Warren Co. IA
married 1st Eleanor BAILEY 18 Jul 1928
b. 03 Dec 1908, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA; d. 27 Mar 1980, Des Moines, Polk Co. IA
Children:
1. Robert Lyle WILLIAMS
b. 24 Jan 1929, Indianola IA; d. 24 Jul 1966 when operating heavy earth moving machinery
interment I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola, Warren Co. IA
married Mary Louise DAY
Children:
1. Robin Louise WILLIAMS
married 1st Mark OLSON
married 2nd Mr. O'CONNOR
Child: Maureen O'CONNOR
2. Robert Lyle WILLIAMS II married Joanne STASTNY
Children:
1. Robert Lyle WILLIAMS III
2. Becky WILLIAMS
3. Heather WILLIAMS
2. Betty Jean WILLIAMS married W. Craig WORRELL
Children:
1. Dennis Craig WORRELL married Kelly RICE
Children:
1. Isaac William WORRELL
2. Evan Antony WORRELL
3. Jordyn Ann WORRELL
2. Vicki Jean WORRELL
3. Diane Leigh WORRELL married Brian L. HARRIS
Children:
1. Danica Jo HARRIS
2. Derek Brian HARRIS
4. Jeffrey Lyle WORRELL
married 1st Deanne MORRIS
Child: Brittney Ann WORRELL
married 2nd Deanna ROWE
Child: Tyler Jeffrey WORRELL
Harvey Lyle WILLIAMS married 2nd Lois E. ROUSE
Myrtle Myree STEVENS, daughter of Ralph Edward and Nancy Jane SIMPSON STEVENS, was born July 28, 1891, Grant
Township, near the present-day ghost town of Goshen, Ringgold County, Iowa. She died June 3, 1977, Diagonal, Ringgold
County, Iowa.
Myrtle Myree STEVENS married Rudolph FOLGE on February 16, 1910, Diagonal, Iowa.
Rudolph FOGLE was born in Pecin, Bohemia, on February 18, 1886, and died April 1, 1964, Diagonal.
Myrtle and Rudolph were interred at Diagonal Cemetery, Ringgold County, Iowa.
Myrtle Myree STEVENS and Rudolph FOGLE were the parents of five children:
1. Lucille FOGLE
married Robert NICHOLS
b. 28 Sep 1915, Diagonal, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 31 Mar 1969, Vancouver WA
interment Memorial Gardens, Vancouver WA
Children:
1. Patty Lu NICHOLS married Elvin E. BECKER
Children:
1. Pamela Patrice BECKER married John CHICECHILL
2. Allen Ray BECKER
3. Kathleen Sue BECKER
b. 28 Sep 1954, Vancouver WA; d. 15 Nov 1953, Vancouver WA
4. Robert Earl BECKER
2. Leah Rae NICHOLS married Keith HENNIKEN
Children:
1. Kelly Marie HENNIKEN
2. Steven Edward HENNIKEN
3. Margaret Ann NICHOLS
married 1st Vern RYMER
Child: Teri Lynn RYMER
married 2nd James "Jim" STUCKY
Children:
1. Leni Lynn STUCKY
2. Philip STUCKY
3. Lori Ann STUCKY
4. Cindy Jo STUCKY
5. Harold James STUCKY
4. Mary Ethelyn NICHOLS
married James ROGERS
Children:
1. Child ROGERS
born & died 29 Sep 1961, Vancouver WA
2. Scotty ROGERS
3. Mary Elizabeth ROGERS
5. Judith Kay NICHOLS
married 1st Charles KEE, b. 12 Oct 1938, Venetta OK; d. 06 Dec 1964, Tacoma WA
Children:
1. Ricky Lee KEE
2. Connie Marie KEE
married 2nd Glen CHESTNUT
Child: Kimberly CHESTNUT
6. Bobbe Jane NICHOLS married Floyd CALDWELL
Children:
1. Nikki Lynn CALDWELL
2. Tracee Ann CALDWELL
3. Jennifer Sue CALDWELL
4. Dianne CALDWELL
5. Floyd CALDWELL, Jr.
2. Geraldine FOGLE
b. 14 Dec 1912, Diagonal, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 06 May 1999, Clearview Home, Mount Ayr IA
;
interment Centenary Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
married 1st Paul Revere MAHONEY
Children:
1. Robert Paul MAHONEY married Carrol L. PATTON
Children:
1. Brenda Lee PATTON
2. Robert Paul MAHONEY, Jr.
2. Peggy Jean MAHONEY
married 1st Norval R. JOHNSON
married 2nd Gary SHIVELY
Geraldine FOGLE
married 2nd Freeman Glen RIEF 10 Apr 1943
b. 23 Mar 1906, Osage Co. KS; d. 05 Nov 1988, Diagonal IA
interment Centenary Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
Children:
1. Steven John RIEF married Karen RHINEHART
2. Randall Ray RIEF
3. Willis Lee REIF married Cynthia QUINN
Children:
1. Taylor Quinten RIEF
2. Chad Quinten RIEF
3. Marie FOGLE
married 1st Leroy McCREARY
Child: Allen Leroy McCREARY
b. 08 Jan 1938, Diagonal, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 06 Aug 1939, Sycamore IL
interment Centenary Cemetery, Ringgold Co. IA
married 2nd Raymond MAES
b. 01 May 1903, Belgium; d. 03 Jul 1987
4. Margaret FOGLE
married Claude COCHRAN
b. 11 Nov 1920, Portland OR; d. 08 Jun 1995; interment Sunset Hill Cemetery, Portland OR
Children:
1. Carol Ann COCHRAN
2. Claudia Kay COCHRAN married James A. JOYCE III
Children:
1. James Cochran JOYCE
2. Keri JOYCE
5. Raymond Rudolph FOGLE
b. 30 Mar 1927, Kellerton, Ringgold Co. IA; d. 26 Sep 2009, Methodist Medical Ctr., Des Moines IA
World War II Veteran, U.S. Army Air Corps
; interment Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union Co. IA
married Elizabeth Ann WIRTH 13 Jun 1948
b. 01 Dec 1928, Creston, Union Co. IA; d. 03 Sep 1994
interment Graceland Cemetery, Creston, Union Co. IA
Children:
1. Larry Ray FOGLE married Catherine Louise GREER
Children:
1. Bradley Ray FOGLE
2. Derek Alvin FOGLE
2. Ann Denise FOGLE
married 1st Robert McKEE
married 2nd Kirk Philip LEVINE
Children:
1. Mathew Ronald LEVINE
2. Jeffrey Raymond LEVINE
3. Scot Philip LEVINE
Visit Deloris (Gravett) and Ramon L. Bear's website
for more information on the Samuel STEVENS Family.
Courtesy of Deloris (Gravett) and Ramon Bear, November of 2009
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