STEPHENS, Silas L. from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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SILAS L. STEPHENS, a farmer of Crescent Township, was born in Utah 
Territory, November 7, 1854, a son of William C. and Lydia S. 
(Ballard) Stephens, natives of Tennessee.  The father was reared on 
the farm, and in 1859, after having gone to Utah during the great 
Mormon emigration, was married.  About 1866 he returned to Council 
Bluffs and some months afterward went to Crescent City, bought forty 
acres near by, made a number of improvements, and about five years 
afterward he sold it, and was in different places until he bought 
eighty acres of partly improved land, which he now occupies.  He has 
put the place in good condition, and has been successful in his 
enterprises.  He makes his home partly in Council Bluffs.  He had 
eight children:  James, born in 1859, and now residing in Council 
Bluffs; Silas L. was next; Philip and Robert are both dead; Samuel 
U., born in 1874, is in Council Bluffs; and Bert, born in 1873, lives 
also in that city.

Mr. Silas L. Stephens, January 2, 1887, married Alice Gideon, the 
daughter of V. M. and Rosanna (Baum) Gideon, who had four children:  
Alice, just mentioned, was born in Madison County, Iowa, September 12, 
1868.  After his marriage, Mr. Stephens worked with his team on the 
grade, then rented a farm for two years and since then he has been 
following agricultural pursuits on the old home place, where he is 
enjoying the pleasures of a well finished residence.  His two children 
are Ernest R., born October 17, 1888; and Lydia Rosanna, September 19, 
1889.

Mr. Stephens is a stanch Democrat, well principled and energetic.  Is 
a good violinist and a favorite in social circles.

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If you would like more information about anyone mentioned in this
biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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