Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - John A. Stevenson

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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John A. Stevenson was born November 29, 1828, in the Indian Territory, 
a son of James G. and Jane (Wadkins) Stevenson [see sketch of Samuel 
Stevenson]. He was taken by his father when a month old to Washington 
County, Ark., reared on a farm there until twelve years old, and then 
came to Crawford County, schools then being almost unknown, and 
consequently he did not attend over four months. In 1850 he left home 
and went across the plains to [p.1197] California, where he mined for 
three years. In 1861, having returned home, he enlisted in an 
independent company of the Arkansas State troops, and fought in the 
battle at Wilson's Creek. The company was then ordered to enlist in 
the regular Confederate service, which he refused to do, and in 1863 
he joined Company L, Second Arkansas Cavalry, of the Federal army. He 
was discharged at St. Louis at the close of the war, and has since 
farmed and built cotton-gins. He now owns 172 acres, 120 being finely 
cultivated, and is a successful man. In 1853 he married Elizabeth 
White, who was born in Tennessee January 28, 1831, and accompanied her 
parents to this county when a girl. Jackson White and his wife, 
Elizabeth (Rider) White, were among the early settlers of the county. 
Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have five children: William W., James G., 
Augusta M., Robert A. J., and Elizabeth F. A. Mrs. Stevenson is an 
active member of the Christian Church. Mr. Stevenson is a Republican 
in politics, a Mason, I. O. O. F. and K. of P.  

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