Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Stevenson, Silas 1822 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 10:15 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. SILAS STEVENSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, is a son of James and Unity (New) Stevenson, and was born in Champaign County, Ohio, October 23, 1822. In 1827, his parents settled on the line between Logan and Hardin Counties. In 1834, they removed to Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, where he bought a farm and resided until their deaths. Mrs. Unity Stevenson died March 10, 1864. Mr. Stevenson died June 6, 1865. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm. On May 24, 1849, he was united in marriage to Ruby, a daughter of John H. and Selina Tyler. She was born in Orleans County, N. Y., October 27, 1827. Mr. Stevenson was married and lived there four years, and in 1858 removed to his present farm in Buck Township, Ohio. He has acquired good property, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He and his wife have been faithful workers in the Methodist Church for thirty-nine years. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/stevenso351bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb