Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Stephenson, Jewett 1846 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  Jewett Stephenson, among the largest land owners of Johnson county, is now
living at Gardner, practically retired, after a successful business career. Mr.
Stephenson was born in Washington county, Ohio, November 29, 1846. He is a son
of John and Louisa (Gray) Stephenson, both natives of the Old Dominion, who were
born and reared beneath the shadows of the Blue Ridge mountains. John Stephenson
and Louisa Gray were married in Ohio and became the parents of seven children,
of whom Jewett was the youngest. He spent his early life in hic native State,
and in 1880 came to Johnson county, Kansas, to visit a brother who resided in
Spring Hill township. This section of the country impressed him very favorably,
and after spending a few months here, he returned to Ohio and disposed of his
interests there and the following year returned to Kansas and engaged in the
livery business at Spring Hill. He conducted this business about eighteen months
when he traded it for twenty acres of land in Gardner township, lie bought more
land from time to time, until now he owns 480 acres. Mr. Stephenson has been an
extensive farmer and stock raiser, and has been one of the leading producers of
blue grass in the county. He has always been a successful trader and dealer, and
has made a great deal of money in land transactions and speculation of that
character. At one time he owned over 700 acres of land in Johnson county for
speculative purposes. His natural trait as a speculator manifested itself in his
early life. During the Civil war he and his brother bought a great many horses,
which they sold to the Government and cleared up a great deal of money in this
way. Mr. Stephenson was married February 27, 1890, to Miss Carrie Kauf, a native
of Pennsylvania. Her parents were Daniel and Caroline Kauf, both Pennsylvanians,
who moved to Ohio and spent their lives in that State. Mr. Stephenson is one of
the prosperous and substantial men of Johnson county. He is a member of the
Grange and, although reared a Republican, he is inclined to be independent in
his political views.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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