Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Stephens, Richard A. 1832 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Richard A. Stephens, farmer, Newtown, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in
1832. His father, William Stephens, was born near Lexington, Kentucky, October
2, 1799, and his mother, Sarah Hard-acre, May 22, 1811. They were married
October 23, 1828, and about 1833 settled north of Newtown, where Mr. Stephens is
now living, in his eighty-second year. Mrs. Stephens died May 18, 1835, and the
family went back to Ohio and remained till 1845. The children by this marriage
were: Nancy, Phebe, Richard A. and Benjamin (deceased). In 1844 Mr. Stephens
married Jane White, and the next year moved back to his former home in Indiana.
By this marriage were born four children: Mary Elizabeth (deceased), William
Owen, James Newton and David Legrand (deceased). Mrs. Stephens died October 9,
1850, and on April 6, 1857, Mr. Stephens was married to Catherine White. The
issue of this marriage was one daughter: Elizabeth Ann. These three wives were
natives of Montgomery county, Ohio. This aged couple have been members of the
Missionary Baptist church the last sixteen years, and all Mr. Stephens' children
except Nancy and Richard belong to the same denomination. Nancy is a Seventh Day
Baptist. Richard was married February 15, 1852, to Mary B., daughter of William
H. Smith, an early settler of Richland township. They have two children: William
Lafayette, born January 24, 1853, and John Winfield, May 21, 1855. Mr. Stephens
owns 120 acres of land less than four miles northeast of Newtown. He
superintends the farm, while his sons do the principal part of the work. He has
kept a thresher of his own running the past dozen years, and for three years he
has been an agent for the sale of agricultural implements and machinery. He is a
democrat.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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