Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Stephen, William 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Stephen, William (deceased), formerly an agriculturalist of Kendall and Grundy 
counties, and later a retired farmer of Morris, was born in Scotland, May 26, 
1817, and died in the latter city, May 18, 1889. On February 27, 1843, he 
married Margaret Waterman, and they had the following children: William I., 
Amelia A., Hester E., Merritt J., Ella P., Charles M., Ada H., Helen I., 
Hettie J., and Fred L. Mr. Stephen served as a Justice of the Peace, School 
Director, and Alderman. In 1854 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
died in its faith. His widow survived him until February, 1900, when she, too, 
passed away.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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