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Below is a family biography included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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LEMUEL STEPHENSON, farmer, P. O. Ripley, fourth son of Robert P. and Mary Stephenson, was born on his father’s farm, near Ripley, March 18, 1832. He was reared on a farm and educated in the schools of Delaware, Ohio. He taught school one term, then engaged in the grocery business in Ripley with Ephraim Stephenson, and pursued it one year, then returned to his farm and followed agriculture and horticulture up to 1874, when he turned his attention to the dairy business, his present avocation. He was married, February 21, 1856, to Miss Sarah E. Devore, daughter of Nicholas and Hestoria Devore. Mrs. S. was born in this county and died February 23, 1858, leaving one child — George W., now deceased. Mr. S. again married December 22, 1860, this time to Miss Emily Wilson, daughter of Jacob T. Wilson, a native of Huntington Township, where she was born February 9, 1838. Four children were the fruits of this union, of these three are living — Mary M., born November 13, 1861, wife of W. T. Vance; Amasa, born October 12, 1865; and Anna L., born August 21, 1869; Wady (deceased), born August 27, 1863, and died August 1, 1864. Mr. Stephenson and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically, he is an advocate of Democracy. During the late war, he was Captain of Company B, of the Brown County Militia.

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This family biography is one of 992 biographies included in The History of Brown County, Ohio published in 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Brown County, Ohio History and Genealogy

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