Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Stevens, Jesse C. September 9, 1847 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 364 & 365

Jesse C. Stevens, eldest son of Walter G. and Martha Stevens, was born in St. 
Joseph County, Mich., Sept. 9, 1847, and when three years of age came with his 
parents to Wayne County, Ind. He received a liberal business education, and is 
now one of the best informed men of his age in the township. He is a diligent 
reader and a close observer of all public issues. He cast his first vote for 
Abraham Lincoln. He attended the funeral of that President and also of 
President Garfield. He takes an active interest in all measures of interest to 
county, State and Nation. He is foremost in all undertakings. He has 
represented the Republican party in county, State and Congressional 
conventions. He is a member of both county and State horticultural societies, 
making vegetables and small fruits a specialty. He has forty-five varieties of 
potatoes and seventy-five varieties of strawberries, comprising the best in 
the United States. He was married Nov. 14, 1867, to Eliza A., daughter of 
James W. D. and Malinda King. They have seven children--- Martha, Malinda, 
Walter, Ollie J., Viola, Flora and James.

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