Bio of STEVENS, Francis Edwin (b.1844 d.1922), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 725-726
FRANCIS EDWIN STEVENS
Francis Edwin Stevens, who during the last four decades of his life represented
the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company of Minneapolis, long enjoyed the reputation of
being the best grain buyer in the Northwest. He had been a resident of this city
for fifty-five years when called to his final rest, on the 29th of December,
1922, at the age of seventy-eight. His birth occurred in Parishville, New York,
on the 2d of March, 1844, his parents being Henry P. and Marila (Daggett)
Stevens, both of whom were natives of Vermont. He obtained his education in the
place of his 'nativity and during the last two years of the Civil war served as
a Union soldier with Scotts Nine Hundred, in the Eleventh New York Cavalry. The
year 1867 witnessed his arrival in Minneapolis and dur­ing 1870 and 1871 he was
associated with George A. Brockett in the building of the Northern Pacific
Railroad. Subsequently he was identified with Ankeny and Newton in the lumber
business until 1883 and on the 5th of February of that year entered the service
of the Pillsbury Flour Mills Company, with which he remained continuously until
his demise. As above stated, he became widely recognized as the best grain buyer
for cash in the Northwest, purchasing more grain than any other man in the
employ of the Pillsbury corporation, which counted him among its most valued and
trustworthy representatives.
Mr. Stevens was married for the third time in 1912, when Miss Mary Hicks became
his wife. He gave his political allegiance to the democratic party, belonged to
the Chamber of Commerce and maintained pleasant relations with his old army
comrades through his membership in Rawlins Post, G. A. R. Fraternally he was
identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and he attended the services
of Trinity Baptist church. His death was deeply regretted by an extensive circle
of friends, as well as by his immediate family and his memory will long be
cherished in the hearts of those who knew him. His widow, Mrs. Mary Stevens,
makes her home in the Hampshire Arms Hotel of Minneapolis.